Texas Land Management

Texas Land Management

A professional Texas Wildlife Management Plan is the first step towards improving the quality and quantity of game species, increasing the value of your property, and in many counties, is required in order to file for the tax benefits of a Wildlife Management Exemption.

Wildlife Management Services

General Wildlife Management Services

Texas Wildlife Unlimited has a network of biologists and wildlife professionals to assist you with any wildlife management needs.  We have spent years interviewing biologists throughout Texas to compile a list of the most competent wildlife professionals so that we may recommend the right person for the job, regardless of what part of the state you call home.

Contact us to inquire about the wildlife management professionals that are available for any number of wildlife management activities including:

1. Food Plot Installation, Consulting, and Assistance
2. Game/ Non-Game Population Surveys
3. Predator and Nuisance Species Control
4. Culling Assistance
5. Brush Management
6. Native Grassland Restoration
7. Endangered Species Management
8. Wildlife Management Plans
9. Managed Lands Deer Permits
10. Environmental Impact and Biological Field Investigation

Having directly worked with over 100 properties within the past year alone, the consultants of Texas Wildlife Unlimited are familiar with the wildlife management issues confronting the great state of Texas and the most practical methods to confront these issues.

Contact us today to set up your appointment, email: LandOwnerServices@TexasHuntFish.com.

Game/ Non-Game Population Surveys

Game/ Non-Game Population Surveys
Understanding the abundance and composition of predator and prey populations present on one’s property is a perquisite to responsibly implementing most wildlife management strategies.  It is crucial to know the size and sex ratio of a deer herd as well as estimate the effects of predation upon a herd prior to establishing harvest quotas and executing other management activities such as predator control.  Wildlife managers utilize population census and estimation techniques to obtain this information which can be useful not only in wildlife management, but in the acquisition of wildlife management property tax exemptions and managed lands deer permits.

Food Plot Installation, Consulting, and Assistance

 Food Plot Installation, Consulting, and Assistance
To support superior game populations, properties must provide target species with superior sources of nutrition.  Nothing makes as much high quality forage available to deer, upland game birds, or waterfowl as food plots.  Consider hiring an expert to design and install food plots with an ecological perspective, maximizing a property's ability to attract, hold, and nourish targeted wildlife species.

Predator and Nuisance Species Control

Predator and Nuisance Species Control
Unwanted or destructive wildlife populations can cause property damage, destroy habitat, and depredate native wildlife, as well as live stock.  As a landowner, what is your plan to mitigate wildlife vs. human conflicts and control nuisance and/or depredating species populations?

Culling Assistance

Culling Assistance
Unhealthy wildlife populations often result from crowded population levels or sex ratios that are out of balance.  You can obtain permits and utilize euthanization techniques to help restore balance among game herds and establish healthy wildlife populations.

Brush Management

Brush Management
On many properties throughout Texas, monocultures of invasive vegetation dominate the landscape and inhibit a properties’ ability to provide suitable habitat for wildlife populations.  These monocultures of invasive plants such as cedar in the Hill Country (Juniperus ashei) and yaupon (Illex vomitoria) must be controlled using habitat management techniques such as the execution prescribed burns, herbicide application, discing, and mechanical brush removal in order for wildlife populations to flourish.

Native Grassland Restoration

Native Grassland Restoration
Native wildlife populations have evolved in response to the cover and nutritional characteristics of native plant communities.  They rely on native vegetation to provide specific types of cover and food for reproduction and survival.  Today vegetative communities dominated by improved pasture grasses that are conducive to agricultural endeavors but not supporting wildlife persist throughout much of the state.  The restoration of native grass and forbe species on these range sites, while challenging, is critical to the establishment of healthy wildlife populations native to Texas.

Endangered Species Management

Endangered Species Management
Investigating for and managing for endangered species is an important part of managing wildlife properties for a responsible landowner.  These species are an important resource that we can help landowners protect, without interfering with other operations such as game and livestock management.

Wildlife Management Plans

Wildlife Management Plans
A well prepared wildlife management plan reads like a recipe that landowners can follow to achieve their wildlife management goals.  These plans not only result in the establishment of trophy game populations, but can be used by landowners to acquire wildlife management property tax exemptions or managed lands deer permits.

Managed Lands Deer Permit (MLDP) Program

Managed Lands Deer Permits
The Managed Lands Deer Permit (MLDP) program allows landowners to have the state's most flexible hunting seasons and bag limits.  These bag limits are based on population surveys conducted on a landowner’s property and allow landowners the freedom to harvest deer regardless of normal hunting license restrictions for the betterment of their herd.

Wildlife Property Tax Appraisal & Exemptions

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Austin, TX 78759
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LandownerServices@TexasHuntFish.com

Wildlife Management Property Tax Exemptions

When properly planned, documented, and executed, one’s wildlife management activities can result in an exemption on their property taxes. Texas Wildlife Unlimited specializes in assisting landowners to convert the agricultural property tax exempt status of their land to a wildlife management property tax exempt status. 

This conversion allows landowners to maintain the same level of tax exemption for practicing wildlife management techniques, as they would for practicing the more costly and time consuming activities required to maintain an agriculturally based property tax exempt status.

Many county appraisal districts in Texas require an in depth, biologist prepared, wildlife management plan to be submitted along with a standard application for a property to be considered for conversion.

We are experienced at preparing ecologically sound wildlife management plans that are detailed, well thought out, and readily accepted by Chief Appraisers.

This service more than pays for itself and will continue to save landowners money for years to come. Email us to setup an appointment, LandOwnerServices@TexasHuntFish.com.