Texas is overrated. Deer are small, racks are small, the weather is hot, and every plant you'd encounter has thorns or poison. The whole rumor about good deer hunting in Texas was spread by the Texas Mosquito Growers, as they noticed their skeeters performed much betterontourists than natives. And don't forget the killer bees, deer dicks, and fire ants. It's likeeverything out thereis trying to tell you to go away.