Texas Deer · Alazan Bayou WMA

Texas Alazan Bayou WMA covers 2,774 acres and lies 11 miles north of Lufkin and 66 miles south-east of Tyler. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2024, 23 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 9, a 39% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDE-AB, put up 8 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.

Tags, 2025
16

2 licenses

Applicants
—

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
39%

2024, all licenses

Public Land
100%

100% State

Size
4 mi²

2,774 acres

AB
39%hunter success 2024 · 23 hunters, 9 deer

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Alazan Bayou WMA

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
GDE-AB 1% —
YDE-AB · youth 14% —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: EAD-AB.

Draw results: TPWD 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $318 ($3 to apply). Deadlines: Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex (YDE), E-Postcard Archery Deer (EAD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Deer Success
2024 (summed) 23 9 39%
2023 (summed) 23 7 30%
2022 (summed) 25 7 28%
2021 (summed) 66 14 21%
2020 (summed) 53 10 19%
2019 (summed) 40 15 38%
2018 (summed) 35 19 54%
2017 (summed) 40 12 30%
2024 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
White-tailed deer (hunt 1 of 2) 12 6 42%
White-tailed deer (hunt 2 of 2) 11 3 27%

2024 split: firearm 9 (100%) from 23 hunters, 39%

What Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes no whole-unit line for 2024; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: TPWD 2024-25 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2023-24 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2022-23 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.

The Ground

State land 2,763 ac 100%
National Forest 10 ac <1%

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2023 PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads.

What the Agency Says About the Area

TPWD hunt area type: Wildlife Management Area Unit; 4,500 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts

Source: TPWD 2026-27 Public Hunt Drawing System.

▸ Sources 14
  1. TPWD 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunts fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. TPWD 2026 Outdoor Annual fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. TPWD 2024-25 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. TPWD 2023-24 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. TPWD 2022-23 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. TPWD 2021-22 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. TPWD 2020-21 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. TPWD 2019-20 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. TPWD 2018-19 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. TPWD 2017-18 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. TPWD 2026 WMA Boundaries for Public Distribution boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2023 PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. TPWD 2026-27 Public Hunt Drawing System area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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