Thanks for all the info.
We moved here for my wife's work, I do consulting workand am pretty flexible on location.
I grew up in North East Texas near Tyler, but spent most of my time down around Houston.
I have been doing lots of research on Topo maps and Google earth, trying to find remote dead end roads as jump off points. My biggest unknown is the snow factor and how bad the roads will get and how soon.
Crowds don't bother me too much, I have been doing DIY public land elk hunts in Colorado for the past 5 years and it can get pretty busy down there.
Looking forward to the elk, kinda disappointing that deer seem so tough to hunt.