Texas public land

[Andy]

Is there any decent public land lion hunting in Texas?

[Benny G]

I'm sure not an expert on Texas, but I don't know of ANY public land in TX. If you have capable dogs, just contact the land owners directly, and go from there. MOST ranchers welcome lion hunters.

[come-hunt]

If you find some , pm me as I don't know of any. I live here and don't know of any ,Texas is mostly private land. The public hunting areas might be worth a try but are usually to small to hunt with hounds.. Contact Texas parks and wildlife dept.

[Hagerman]

Andy,
I lived in Texas most of my life and was raised on a ranch.
There is very little public land and as ranchers, what we did was to give any regular hunter that killed a lion accidently, a free year of hunting or a sum of money.
Since there were so few killed by that means, we had to hire professional lion hunters.
The Gov't trappers are/were not able to handle all the predator demands on them.
Ranchers even created a special fund within areas called trapping clubs for assisting the gov't trappers finacially.
I don't know what the latest is, other than being told by a gov't trapper that it is all going to hell in a hand basket, especially with the hogs gaining foot holds along with a resurgence of the coyotes and cats.
Good luck.

[BEAR HUNTER]

If you google "public Land in Texas" it comes up with a state site that list all the public ground. Hope that helps.