I fall along the same lines a Jorgy. I have lived in and hunted in five different states including Texas and every where except Texas I was able to hunt public land and did not have to pay any fees at all. The only reason that I was able to hunt in Texas was my mother worked for BFI and one of their perks was they leased about 20,000 acres in south Texas. All we had to do was sign up for when we wanted to hunt. There is no way that I would pay the fees that land owners charge in Texas.