I remembered one other thing that a forum (I don't remember if it was this one) helped me with. I didn't know that Texas had a lottery type draw for hunts, since I usually hunt out of state on my own land and leases. A reminder came out a couple of weeks before the deadline for applications. I pulled the permit book off of the TPWD website,sent in some applications for me and my brother in law and low and behold we were drawn on one of the hunts. Had a great time and killed some deer. If it wasn't for a forum, I would have never known about it.