I usually buy a bale and drop a few blocks on the ground and usually will pour milo on it for the quail. Deer don't seem to eat it much.

Last year we had some real problems with poachers. We had a lot of oil field workers on our place and had 3 of our cameras raided at the feeders and the chips were removed and broken and dropped on the ground. also found a number of places where deer were gutted at our feeders. Land owner said he would look into it, but nothing ever happened.

Caddo National grasslands by permit - deer and turkey. Some of the guys on this site have done pretty well out there

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge - bowhunting by permit (outstanding non typicals but difficult to get in)

Lake Lavon and Lake Lewisville by permit - duck hunting

Fishing - numerous lakes.  Lake Fork, east of DFW west of Quitman, is one of the premier largemouth bass lakes in Texas.

I live in Louisiana and I've never seen a deer eat a cypress ball and there's plenty of cypress trees where I hunt. Birds bust them and eat them, but never seen a deer touch it.

Hunting in Texas from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

I have never hunted during muzzle loader season and don't understand some of the terminology, but if I understand it correctly, breech muzzle loading firearms are not classified as a muzzle loader authorized for use during deer season in Texas.

If someone understands and can clarify the wording and terminology used to define a muzzle loading firearm, please contribute to either affirm my thoughts or correct them.

Means and Methods - Firearms