Not sure this will help but I listen to a bunch of Fred Bear's old tapes and his diary and his advice would be shoot all the time.
He shot at everything seemingly. Not all shots were ethical or makeable but he talks about shooting at birds, squirrels, raccoons, cactus, a tree stump(?).
I also...
There is water in every pasture but its located near the house. One pond as well and creek that they fill from time to time. Could probably stand to add more water but the ground is nearly solid rock in most places.
We're feeding protein for the deer but wondering how we can improve browse...
We recently started leasing my wife's family place and are wanting to restore/improve it for native wildlife especially the types we like to hunt. Its roughly 3500 acres in the Texas hill country and has limited livestock on it.
Wondering if there is a good resource for people wanting to talk...