Public access to private land for hunting in Texas

The Texas sportsman cf the 1980's has less difficulty escaping from the shackles of everyday living to go afield than he did a few years ago. His current problem is not so much when he can go, but where he can go to find accessible productive hunting areas. It is generally acknowledged in Texas that if you want to hunt, you have to own a place, know someone, hunt on some of the limited public areas within the State, or lease a place to hunt. It is ironic that in Texas, a state with more than 262,000 square miles, that hunters are faced with such a land access problem.