Texas Deer EAD-RN — Unit RN

E-Postcard Archery Deer - Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit · Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit

What you may take
E-Postcard Archery Deer - Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit (either)
Weapon
Archery
Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where
Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit
100% public of 5,596 acres
Season (2024)
Oct 11–20, 2024
Tags (2023)
30
Hunter success here (2024)
31%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2023 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 30 tags. Source: 2024-2025 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section RN-E-Postcard-Archery-Deer.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0–10 3% 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
$3
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$3
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
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 (EAD): opens Jul 1, closes Sep 1, 2027 (expected) · results ~September 3. 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 (2024)

Split 1: Oct 11–20, 2024 One White-tailed Deer; Either Sex; Legal bucks must have one unbranched antler or a main beam spread equal to or greater than the ear tips. Unlimited Feral Hogs p. section RN-E-Postcard-Archery-Deer

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department counted 58 hunters and 18 deer taken in 2024 — 31% of them killed something. Full Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2024-25 season TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2023-24 season

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2023 30 2024-2025 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section RN-E-Postcard-Archery-Deer
2022 30 EAD category details 2023-2024... · section RN
2021 30 2022-2023 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section RN-E-Postcard-Archery-Deer
2020 2021-2022 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section RN

Other licenses valid in Richland Creek WMA - Carl Frentress Unit

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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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