We used to hunt a lot down on the Katy Prairie (duck, goose, and dove) but the fire ants had wiped out the quail. I guess the crazy ants have displaced them and while the quail are safe, your electrical boxes are not. That is a great area.
My wife and I recently bought an 85 acre place near College Station for our future retirement. The land is pretty beat up from 100 years of cows so we are going to disk and drag the real rough spots and start a regenerative cover crop rotation to help with moisture retention and get some nitrogen and organic material back into the soil and then start planting pecan trees for an eventual orchard operation. Went through the same (but a little smaller) thing looking for a tractor. As a warning, be careful on the used side, I ran across a couple of flood tractors that were not listed as such. Would not want one of them on a dare. A couple of the real (not a guy selling used tractors out of his yard) dealers also warned about them. Said that you can make them run for a while, but said that there is no way you can warranty them and they did not want a bunch of pissed off customers just to make a buck or two. We ended up going with a Kioti 73 HP cab model, really liked their 110 HP model but did not want the pleasure (sarcasm mode) of having another thing using DEF juice after dealing with my truck that uses it. Have you looked at the Zetor tractors? I heard some good things about them but dealer support is not strong near me and I would have to buy a new truck/trailer to haul it because they are quite a bit heavier than what I can deal with.
Would you by chance start a thread on the rural living forum? If so, post a link here. This could be a project that if documented well, could instill enthusiasm by others to follow. I hope the best for you.