Bowman24 just remeber this:

Hunters make up about 5% of the public. Of those 5%, how many do you think are land owners?

Also keep in mind that we live in a democracy. The overwhelming majority of the non-hunting population supports hunting. But when they see you on the world wide web, talking about possession of wildlife and treating the deer like you own them, what then?

And back to the scenario with the 8 vehicles on some 40 clear cut acres- i don't even think you're the one that posted it but I am not taking the time to read back to it now. I am gonna just address it. Let me tell you no one in this great stae invites 8 carloads of cousins to come hunt their land. Not even one carload or in fact probably be lucky if ever. Only way that would even work is if they did a deer drive... on a clear cut pasture with no cover?

I am calling BS on that scenario.

The problem with TPWD is that the only people paying them any attention are well heeled landowners, so naturally they have started to lean their way.

So if you don't agree with the general public/status quo, you say they support a socialist ideology. Meanwhile, you are complaining about how a current regulation that has come from our system of government restricts your ability to "own" the states wildlife. I would say count yourself as lucky to have the ability HF your land as many states don't allow that privilege.

Elitism vs. Populism

Good luck to a couple of you guys out there. I’m fighting for a change that will help our entire industry. Elitist vs populism? Populism is on my side from what I’ve seen from taxpaying landowners at the Capital. The Elitist are currently running TPWD...that’s the elitists. Yes, we do live in a democracy, that’s what I’m fighting for. You all like the fact that TPWD makes the rules, enforces those rules and then is the judge/prosecutor of those rules.
Yes, you can buy whitetails and turn them loose on your high fence ranch and they do not belong to you anymore! That’s nuts! When the state takes any other property from a property owner they have to pay fair market value. I can’t believe my true American friends are ok with this and don’t see it as a problem.
Keep fighting!

While I can understand the frustration, because we feed all year and then the little properties around come in and start feeding just before season and start harvesting deer we had been watching all year. I still wouldn't want to see the state or federal government setting anymore restrictions regardless of property size. I think we already have government telling us what we can and can't do more than I would like. So if we ask for it for a particular size property, what's to stop them from coming up with more regulations and limitations for others.

Thanks for the link. Small property owners are being robbed by the state yet again. Once only large corporate ranches are left you can sell the guns.

Since each state surrounding Texas has a muzzleloader (black powder/primitive firearm) season, I proposed the following:

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should begin offering a Statewide muzzleloader season to begin the last week of October starting the Saturday the week before the end of the month and to end on the last Sunday of the month of October.