Texas Deer ADE-ZF — Unit ZF

Archery Deer - Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area · Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area

Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area within Texas

Everything about Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area

What you may take: Archery Deer - Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area (either)
Weapon: Archery; Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where: Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area
Seasons (2026): Dec 5–9, 2026 · Dec 10–14, 2026 · Dec 15–19, 2026 · Dec 20–24, 2026 · Dec 25–29, 2026 · Dec 30 – Jan 3, 2027
Tags (2025): 35
Hunter success here (2017): 50%; of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 35 tags. Source: 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog · section ZF-Archery-Deer.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0–10	10% the pool average — a floor for anyone holding points, since each point adds entries	—	—

Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries (points³ + 1), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

Total if drawn

tag fee not on file

Refunded if unsuccessful

Drawn hunt application fee, per adult per application (standard Special Permit and NWR categories) · paid at application $3 or $10 source

Archery Endorsement (Item 135) - required for Archery-Only season hunts, residents and nonresidents alike · paid if drawn $7 source

Non-resident General Hunting License (Item 105) - required to hunt deer, mule deer, pronghorn or bighorn sheep; the Upland Game Bird Endorsement for turkey may not be used with the cheaper 5-day license · paid if drawn $315 source

Next application window (ADE): opens Jul 1, closes Aug 15, 2027 (expected) · results ~August 16. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Dec 5–9, 2026 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

Split 2: Dec 10–14, 2026 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

Split 3: Dec 15–19, 2026 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

Split 4: Dec 20–24, 2026 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

Split 5: Dec 25–29, 2026 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

Split 6: Dec 30 – Jan 3, 2027 Three White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Limit Two Antlerless and One Buck Unlimited Feral Hogs; Either Sex p. section ZF-Archery-Deer

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department counted 4 hunters and 2 deer taken in 2017 — 50% of them killed something. Full Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2017-18 season

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year	Tags	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Source
2025	35	—	—	—	2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog · section ZF-Archery-Deer
2024	35	—	—	—	2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section ZF-Archery-Deer

Other licenses valid in Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area

AMD-ZF — Archery Mule Deer - Potter County - Cross Bar Mgt. Area Archery

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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