They're out there. I wouldn't say rare by any means. Yeah, way more greys than reds.
They're just elusive and sly. I went for a long time without ever seeing a lion in east
Texas, and everyone would say they don't exist, or that I'd seen a bobcat and didn't
know what I was talking about. They'll stay away from coyotes
My wife’s grandparents old place in the iron ore hills of linden had lions. Big prints that I had never seen before! Supposedly tpwd released some out there. I didn’t ever feel safe walking to or from the stand in the dark after I found those prints around the property.
Never saw a fox, bobcat, or rabbit on the property. Few deer and pigs. Lots of hairy crap though. Somehow only shot coyotes and ducks there.