Magnum, most of the property I hunt here in Southest Texas is just like you describe. Thick, wet, alligator infested swamp land... palmettos so thick to can't poke your finger in it. Everyone has this misconception that Texas is wide open prairie because of what they show on tv. When in reality, any type of terrain you can imagine is here.
Mike i think what he is sayin is this, Im probably wrong but ill give my .02.
We dont have much land left here in South Florida. Mickey and the damn yankees have taken it all. There are few who have the priveledge to hunt large tracks of land but in five counties i know of three over a few thousand acres. If my dogs run a hog more than 300 yards without getting it stopped and stick with it, they are on a major roadway. No two ways about it, or on a agolf course. The sad truth of it is where I hunt if i had a long range dog id wouldnt last long. Someone would shoot it, or it would get run over. I think thats what Magnum is talkin about, when he referes to wide open. Ive never been to texas but from what i read and see on here yall are not as majorly populated as we are.