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Texas Deer Draw Odds

In the 2025 draw Texas offered 250 deer hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn by a lottery weighted by bonus points. At 0 points an applicant had at least an even chance in 2 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
302 days
Aug 15

Open Jul 1
Main draw, Archery, Archery Deer (ADE), Archery Mule Deer (AMD): closes Aug 15, 2027 (expected)
Rifle, E-Postcard Archery Deer (EAD), E-Postcard Youth Archery Deer (EYA), National Refuge Archery Deer (NAD), Private Lands - Antlerless/Spike (PLA), Private Lands - Either Sex (PLE), Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex (YDE): closes Sep 1, 2027 (expected)
E-Postcard Deer (EDR), E-Postcard Youth Deer (EYD), USFS Buck Deer Permit - Adult (FBA), USFS Buck Deer Permit - Youth (FBY), USFS Antlerless Deer Permit - Adult (FSD), USFS Antlerless Deer Permit - Youth (FSY), Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (GDA), Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE), Gun Deer - Management (GDM), National Refuge General Deer (NGE), Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (YDA), Youth Only Gun Deer - Management (YDM): closes Sep 15, 2027 (expected)
E-Postcard-Youth Deer Antlerless/Spike (EYS), Gun Mule Deer (MDG), National Refuge Deer Antlerless/Spike (NGA), National Refuge Youth Deer (NYD): closes Oct 1, 2027 (expected)
Muzzleloader, National Refuge Muzzleloader Deer (NMD): closes Oct 15, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$3

Kept if you miss. Deer license $315 only if drawn

Tags, All Residencies
6,516

2025 draw

Expected dates are projected from this year's calendar; the agency sets next year's exact dates.
How the Texas Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Bonus points (cubed).

Every applicant gets points³ + 1 entries in a random draw, so more points mean more chances, but never a guarantee.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Texas

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

Buck or Either-Sex

NAD-UA

Unit UA · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Aransas NWR

51%
Success
—
Public
100%
Season
Oct 3–11

NAD-UC

Unit UC · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Laguna Atascosa NWR

34%
Success
—
Public
99%
Season
Nov 6–Jan 12

NAD-UO

Unit UO · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Neches River NWR · Dead Water Unit

19%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Oct 16–Nov 5

NAD-UU

Unit UU · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Neches River NWR · Walnut Branch Unit

13%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Oct 16–Nov 5

NAD-UD

Unit UD · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR · Teniente

11%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Nov 5–Jan 10

NAD-UP

Unit UP · Either-sex archery · National Refuge Archery Deer · Hagerman NWR

11%
Success
—
Public
100%
Season
Nov 7–Dec 6

Doe

FSD-BA

Unit BA · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Bannister WMA

59%
Success
—
Public
100%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

FSD-MP

Unit MP · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Moore Plantation WMA

48%
Success
—
Public
99%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

FSD-SH

Unit SH · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Sam Houston National Forest WMA

29%
Success
—
Public
98%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

FSD-CF

Unit CF · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Caddo National Grasslands WMA · Ladonia Unit

29%
Success
—
Public
66%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

FSD-CA

Unit CA · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Caddo National Grasslands WMA · Bois d'Arc Unit

23%
Success
—
Public
97%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

FSD-AL

Unit AL · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Alabama Creek WMA

18%
Success
—
Public
100%
Season
Nov 7–Jan 3

Every Hunt at 0 Points

250 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 6 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
GDE-AB Unit AB · Either-sex rifle · Gun Deer · Either Sex · Alazan Bayou WMA 1% —
YDE-AB Youth · Unit AB · Either-sex rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Either Sex · Alazan Bayou WMA 14% —
ADE-AC Unit AC · Either-sex archery · Archery Deer · Las Palomas WMA · Arroyo Colorado Unit <1% (small sample) —
GDE-AC Unit AC · Either-sex rifle · Gun Deer · Either Sex · Las Palomas WMA · Arroyo Colorado Unit <1% (small sample) —
YDM-AC Youth · Unit AC · Either-sex rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Management · Las Palomas WMA · Arroyo Colorado Unit 5% —
ADE-AE Unit AE · Either-sex archery · Archery Deer · Abilene SP 1% —
GDE-AE Unit AE · Either-sex rifle · Gun Deer · Either Sex · Abilene SP <1% —
YDE-AE Youth · Unit AE · Either-sex rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Either Sex · Abilene SP 5% —
FSD-AL Unit AL · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Alabama Creek WMA 18% —
FSY-AL Youth · Unit AL · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Youth · Alabama Creek WMA 14% —
GDA-AS Unit AS · Antlerless rifle · Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Atlanta SP 2% —
YDE-AS Youth · Unit AS · Either-sex rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Either Sex · Atlanta SP 10% —
FSD-BA Unit BA · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Adult · Bannister WMA 59% —
FSY-BA Youth · Unit BA · Antlerless rifle · USFS Antlerless Deer Permit · Youth · Bannister WMA 81% —
GDA-BB Unit BB · Antlerless rifle · Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Brazos Bend SP 2% —
GDE-BB Unit BB · Either-sex rifle · Gun Deer · Either Sex · Brazos Bend SP 1% —
YDA-BB Youth · Unit BB · Antlerless rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Brazos Bend SP 3% —
GDA-BC Unit BC · Antlerless rifle · Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Lake Somerville SP · Birch Creek Unit 1% —
YDA-BFNew 2025 Youth · Unit BF · Antlerless rifle · Youth Only Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Paul & Toni Fox Burns WMA 12% —
AMD-BG Unit BG · Either-sex archery · Archery Mule Deer · Black Gap WMA — —
MDG-BG Unit BG · Antlered rifle · Gun Mule Deer · Black Gap WMA <1% —
EAD-BL Unit BL · Either-sex archery · E-Postcard Archery Deer · Big Lake Bottom WMA 5% —
EDR-BL Unit BL · Antlerless rifle · E-Postcard Deer · Big Lake Bottom WMA 2% —
EYD-BL Youth · Unit BL · Either-sex rifle · E-Postcard Youth Deer · Big Lake Bottom WMA 5% —
GDA-BP Unit BP · Antlerless rifle · Gun Deer · Antlerless/Spike · Bastrop SP <1% —

Showing 1–25 of 250 · sorted by unit · 75 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 250 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
—
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth
—
tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 131 Units

Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

AB 39% success · 100% public AC 19% success · 100% public AE 33% success · 100% public AK 23% success · 100% public AL 100% public AS 47% success · 100% public BA 100% public BB 56% success · 100% public BC 100% public BF 100% public BG 24% success · 100% public BI 100% public BL 32% success · 100% public BP 30% success · 100% public BS 22% success · 100% public BW 100% public CA 97% public CB 34% success · 100% public CC 12% success · 100% public CD 18% success · 86% public CF 66% public CL 100% public CO 100% public CP 54% success · 100% public CU 100% public CW 47% success · 100% public DH 100% public DI 100% public DR 57% success · 100% public DS 40% success · 100% public DV 47% success · 100% public EL 100% public EN 23% success · 100% public ES 87% success · 100% public FA 25% success FB 10% success · 100% public FS 40% success GC 63% success · 100% public GD GE 83% success · 100% public GN 17% success · 100% public GR GS 100% success · 100% public HC 100% public HS 46% success · 100% public HV 100% public IL 100% success · 100% public JD 50% success · 100% public JH 63% success · 100% public JK KC 22% success · 100% public KE 90% success · 100% public LK 100% public LM 100% public LS 100% public LW 50% success · 100% public MA 45% success · 100% public MB MD 92% success · 99% public MM 9% success · 100% public MP 99% public MS 67% success · 100% public MT 83% success · 100% public MW 26% success · 100% public MY 100% public NS 47% success · 100% public OS 3% success · 100% public PA PD 100% public PE 49% success · 100% public PF 75% success · 100% public PG 100% public PH 100% public PI 84% success · 100% public PM 17% success · 100% public PS 100% public RA 100% public RF 30% success · 100% public RN 31% success · 100% public RS 42% success · 100% public SA 78% success · 100% public SC 100% public SD 100% public SE 100% public SF 35% success · 100% public SH 98% public SI SK SL 100% public SS 100% public ST 94% success · 100% public TB 100% public TE 100% public TL 100% public UA 100% public UB 100% public UC 99% public UD UE UF 100% public UG UH UI UJ UK UL UM 100% public UN 100% public UO UP 100% public US UT UU UV UW VS 25% success · 100% public WO 24% success · 100% public XD XE 100% success XK 22% success XS 42% success XV XZ YD 100% public ZF ZN ZQ ZS ZV ZW ZZ
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.