teehjaeh57,I don't know about farther north or east in Texas but we are to far south down here for any bears or wolves but we have bobcats and the occasional mountain lion.One morning I found a small buck(or what was left of him)hanging about 12 ft. up in an oak tree about 30ft. from my house,also found a large buck with most of his throat ripped out half submerged in some cattails while I was feeding the fish.My pond meanders back through the property quite a ways in very heavy woods so a lot of stuff goes on back there I guess.Ryer.