Around, I am in the same position. We live in San Diego Ca. and my wife is from Pittsburg Tx. which is about an hour and a half east of Dallas. Man I fell in love with that area! Her entire family is in Pittsburg with the exception of her sister in E. Dallas, she wants to move there but I told her I was'nt leaving San Diego to live in Dallas, I want to live in the country. So, it looks like it'll be one of the little towns a half hour outside of Dallas. The internet is a powerful tool, go to google.com and type in "east texas deer leases" or "east texas deer hunting" I found a organization that has leases for 475.00-700.00 a year at least thats what they say. I guess there is lots of land owned by paper companies that lease to hunters, also you say your wifes family is there, my wife has three brothers and many cousins and nephews so I'm counting on rubbing elbows with the right guys and getting some inside info. Good luck!

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