Wildlife management shouldn’t require
a consultant on retainer.
We’re landowners and software people who got tired of watching neighbors choose between $3,000-a-year consultants, shoebox record-keeping, or giving up the valuation altogether.
Why this exists
Texas made a generous promise in 1995: manage your land for native wildlife, and it keeps its agricultural appraisal. No cattle, no hay contracts — just honest stewardship of deer, turkey, quail, and songbirds, documented well.
But between the promise and the property owner sits a stack of paperwork: a TPWD management plan (PWD‑885), ecoregion intensity standards, a filing window, annual practice requirements, and report requests (PWD‑888) that arrive whether you’re ready or not. The traditional answers were to pay a full-service biologist firm handsomely, or to wing it with a spreadsheet and hope the appraisal district never asks questions.
We think the right answer is great software with real Texas knowledge baked in — the same plan quality, tracking discipline, and reporting polish a consultant provides, at a price that makes sense for 25 acres, not just 2,500.
What we believe
Landowners can do this
TPWD built the wildlife-use framework for property owners, not specialists. Given clear steps and honest tooling, you don’t need to outsource your own land.
Records are the exemption
Valuations aren’t lost in the field — they’re lost in the filing. Every feature we build starts with the question: “would this hold up in a review?”
Good taxes, better habitat
The tax savings bring people in; the bluestem coming back and the first turkey brood keep them going. Both outcomes matter to us.
Price like a tool, not a toll
Software should cost a fraction of the value it protects. Ours does, and the first taste is free.
Where we stand
Straight about what we are — and aren’t.
- We are a software platform and educational resource for Texas landowners pursuing or maintaining 1-d-1 wildlife management valuations.
- We are not affiliated with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department or any appraisal district. PWD‑885 and PWD‑888 are TPWD’s form designations; final decisions on valuations always rest with your county’s chief appraiser.
- We are not attorneys or CPAs, and nothing we publish is legal or tax advice. For edge cases, we’ll happily tell you to call a professional — and our Ranch plan puts a certified wildlife biologist’s eyes on your plan every year.
Questions, corrections, or a county quirk we should know about? We answer email from real Texans faster than anything else in the inbox: [email protected].
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