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Don't have any info on Texas, but wanted to welcome you!
Hope someone out there can help you out.
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Welcome. Well i dont know texas, but what i do know is that bowhunting mule deer is not the same as whitetail. Mule deer are much harder, espeacially with a bow!!! You have to spot and stalk them. Unless you can sit in a blind at a pond and wait till that buck comes along! Hope you get a chance to go muledeer hunting in texas and GOOD LUCK! :thumb

Never been to texas, can't help you there. But welcome to Muleymadness.

Welcome to MuleyMadness! As with the previous posters, I have never hunted Mulies in Texas but hopefully someone here will be able to help you out.

Welcome to Muley Madness. :) From what I know of Texas, most if not all of the good hunting is on private land. I know they have Muleys in West Texas but to be honest, a lot of Texans do their Muley hunting in New Mexico.

Welcome DirtyMax! I had the misfortune of living in the panhandle of Texas for a few years. The good news is there are mulies. The bad news is there is very, very little public land to hunt. Further south you run into the "desert mulies". Texans have been trying to get them classified as a separate species for a number of years because they don't tend to be as big. What part of the state is your son in? Years back when I lived there it wasn't a problem getting permission to hunt on someone's land. Now a days, with all the big hunting ranches in the state, most private landowners will charge you to hunt their land, whether they manage the deer or not. Not sure how much that helps you.

not much info here just that the north west corner is supposed to be good and i've seen a few pics from good bucks come from there

ABert is right. I live in Texas and there is no public land and most people will not let you hunt on their land for free because of liability reasons. The cheapest way would be to find a ranch that allows "day hunting". By "day hunting" I mean the landowner charges you X amount of dollars for hunting access for one day. Be careful though because you don't get to scout the area so you may not get a deer, much less see one. Another option would be to find a landowner who leases hunting rights to his ranch per season. This would be more expensive than day hunting but you would have access to the land for a couple of months instead of a few days. Our lease costs $1500 per gun but we get to hunt muleys, whitetails, turkey, bobcats, etc. Other than that you could go with an guide/outfitter service who manages a game ranch. This would be the most expensive option but would almost guarantee you a NICE muley assuming you picked a good outfitter. Expect to pay at least $5000+ for a guided hunt. Hope that helps!

Welcome!

Dirtymax:

Welcome to the Madness! :arrow

Dirtymax, There are a "few" mulies in Texas and there is just a "few" select areas that are publics that have them on, but they are few. Most of the areas are towards that western and some o the mid-western part of Texas where they have some Texas mountain areas--I have been through those parts. I have heard of places in the northern part of the state as well, but don't know much about them.
Most (99.8%) of the hunting in Texas is just what they have said--private and the best way to hunt in Texas is if you get to know someone who has property, or there are a few places that will charge you a fee to hunt for a day or you may have the option if you have the funds to buy in on a lease type situation with a group of people for hunting.

There are a few mulies killed in Texas, but most Texans go to other states to hunt muledeer.

Good Luck!!

Texas is a great bowhunting state.

Hey there bud I see you made it over. I sure hope these guys were able to help some. these are a great bunch of guys.Sure hope to se you around here for awhile.

Nice to have ya on board.