stuckinthereeds:
From what I understand 90 - 95% of land in Texas is private, so when public land does open up is filled to the brim with hunters.
Actually I think 98% of Texas is private. But public land in Texas is different then other states. The WMA in Tx are ran like private ranches. Most of the time you have apply for a drawing, if your name is drawn then you get to hunt the area that you applied for. Most of the time these areas are several thousand acres, but they normally only allow 5-100 deer hunters out there each year. They allow very few people to hunt on the WMA. Most public land in Texas will not allow you to just walk on and hunt like you can do in other states. You have to check in and out of the main gate each day. And even if you do get drawn to hunt, you can normally only hunt from 3-5 days. So to answer you question, no the public land in Texas is not overly crowded, except for a few places which are all in East Texas.