Neighbor next to my dads beach house had...had...some land out that way. They had native free range elk. He was able to get a permit from TP&W for his son to take a bull. I never seen the picture, but he said it was a giant.
That was maybe 7 years ago...last time we talked it sounded like he didn't have his ranches. He also had a 1,000 acers in the hill country. The place in west Texas was over 10,000.
I will have to call him this week and see what he has to say about getting those permits