Never Leave Home Without Rattling Horns

Without question, Texas is indeed a unique place when it comes to both deer hunting culture and strategies.

From the mesquite and prickly pear cactus-choked senderos of the South Texas Brush Country to the rolling oak-filled terrain of the Texas Hill Country to the brushy draws of the state's Cross Timbers region near the Red River, the state looks visibly different than most other deer hunting hotspots in the Midwest, Canada and the Deep South.

With boot-leather tough terrain – not to mention warm, dry weather much of the year – a plethora of hunting methods have arisen in the Lone Star State, tactics that one will be hard pressed to find elsewhere.

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