Bill, my neighbors let me hunt on 50 acres at no charge, and my son in law has 60 acres, Roland leases about 100 acres in east Texas. Lots of land and you know someone or lease some land or both. For bow hunting you don't need much but the law states you must have 10 or more acres.
We have 3 months to hunt deer with bow and you can kill 3 bucks(2 in your county) and 4 does where I live( 254 counties in texas). Some counties have a one buck( has to be 12 1/2" between antlers. Makes it hard for bow hunting, because you have to get out of the tree and measure the horns before you shoot(just kidding) ha,ha? It is over 500 miles for me to get out of the state in any diriction? Ken