A Texan's perspective...ALL whitetail deer hunting property is going thru the roof. You can just about buy the land and lease it for enough $$$ to make the monthly payments. If it's not hunting property, it's cattle country, and they need water too. There is no doubt that surface water increases property value here. The bigger the better, wildlife in this area lives very close to the waters edge. A big pond on a tract of land in hunting area brings prime $$$.