TEXAS LOOKOUTS
SHADY GROVE
Houston County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
February 22, 1953: "The Houston County project was launched early last year when the first load of deer was released at the Shady Grove Fire Lookout Tower about 10 miles southeast of Crockett.
Further shipments for the winter of 1952 had been planned but trapping results were sharply curtailed. This was because the mild winter on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, major source of deer for restocking, maintained the natural feed to the extent that the deer passed up bait in the traps." (Grand Prairie Daily News)
Further shipments for the winter of 1952 had been planned but trapping results were sharply curtailed. This was because the mild winter on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, major source of deer for restocking, maintained the natural feed to the extent that the deer passed up bait in the traps." (Grand Prairie Daily News)
