Austin Texas

[tamu94]

Thanks for the replies. I have some land in Miss. that has some pastures , woods, a catfish pond and garden/orchard. Lots of wildlife too for hunting.Trails for riding the 4-wheeler and golfcart. Was looking for something close to that. Thinking now," I may be looking for a needle in a haystack". Budget about $400k for land only.

Land in the hill country is about $3000/acre if you are at least an hour outside the city. Look into Lampasas county. Quick and easy access down highway 183.

 

[EddieWalker]

Lampasas is probably the area where I was actually nervous driving at night a few years ago. There where deer everywhere on the sides of the roads, crossing the roads, or just standing there in the middle of the roads!!!! Never in my life have I seen so many deer all at once, and all over the road

Eddie

 

[tamu94]

Lampasas is probably the area where I was actually nervous driving at night a few years ago. There where deer everywhere on the sides of the roads, crossing the roads, or just standing there in the middle of the roads!!!! Never in my life have I seen so many deer all at once, and all over the road

Eddie

Tell me about it! There is a reason most of the trucks in the hill country have a massive "cow catcher" brush guard on the front. Highest concentration of deer in the state.

 

[mikim]

Toad range doesn't go east of FM2104. I'm in the range, but just on the out skirts. I have toad limitations....but they aren't great. I paid an extra $1500 to build the house - for the toad-- but then again I get wildlife exemption because of the toad that saves me more than that each year in taxes. I haven't run into anything yet that I can't do because of toad habitat. I just have to abide by good land practices so as to not hinder it's making a home here. Stuff that I would do anyway.

 

[MacLawn]

Boys, them deer need killin' and eatin'. As for TEXAS, I like that Burnet County idea. Sounds like real freedom. I've only been to TEXAS a couple of times in my life, but you gotta love TEXAS. I just do like my water. So, a good well, or county water would be very important! I'm thinking more of them Kalifornians will be moving to TEXAS as their water dries up.

 

[ultrarunner]

Hard to say... maybe farmers leaving if not enough to farm or raise livestock... make no mistake... some small areas have been hit hard... the State as a whole is not out of water...

We have been asked to limit to 35 gpd per person... which seems to work for the urban centers...

 

[mikim]

Texas is running out of water too. Too many people moving here - not enough water to support 'em all. We're in a fight now to keep water speculators from drilling big wells in the country and selling it to the urban areas. Afraid they'll dry up the local family wells. I've started collecting rain as a backup because big money always wins out in the end. Wish they'd simply require rain collection on all new construction.

 

[MacLawn]

That rain collection idea sounds good. I read somebody was fined though for collecting rain from their roof somewhere!

 

[EddieWalker]

Hard to say... maybe farmers leaving if not enough to farm or raise livestock... make no mistake... some small areas have been hit hard... the State as a whole is not out of water...

We have been asked to limit to 35 gpd per person... which seems to work for the urban centers...

Seems to me that I heard they haven't built any new lakes to hold water for the growth of people who live there and they are actually tearing down three dams so the fish can swim upstream in a natural habitat instead of using the man made paths created for them to get around the dams.

Hard to understand how a state that goes through drought on such a regular basis could be so surprised every time it happens.

Eddie

 

[ultrarunner]

Exactly true...

The latest is farmers with senior water rights going back to the founding of California have been told to stop drawing water from the San Joaquin river... 100% cut off.