Texas Deer · Elephant Mountain WMA
Texas Elephant Mountain WMA covers 23,072 acres and lies 26 miles south of Alpine. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2019, 4 people hunted mule deer here and took 1 (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, AMD-EL, put up 6 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
100% State
23,072 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Elephant Mountain WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD-EL | Archery Mule Deer - Elephant Mountain WMA | <1% | — | |
| GDM-EL | Gun Deer - Management - Elephant Mountain WMA | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| MDG-EL | Gun Mule Deer - Elephant Mountain WMA | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| YDM-EL · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Management - Elephant Mountain WMA | <1% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: TPWD 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $318 ($3 to apply). Deadlines: Aug 15, 2027 (expected) for Archery Mule Deer (AMD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Management (GDM), Youth Only Gun Deer - Management (YDM) · Oct 1, 2027 (expected) for Gun Mule Deer (MDG). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (summed) | 27 | 12 | 44% |
| 2018 (summed) | 28 | 11 | 39% |
| 2017 (summed) | 31 | 10 | 32% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (summed) | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| 2019 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amd | 16 | 1 | 6% |
| Gdm | 1 | 4 | 100% |
| Mdg | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| Mule deer | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Ydm | 1 | 1 | 100% |
2019 split: firearm 1 (100%)
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 2019; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: TPWD 2019-20 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2018-19 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2017-18 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.
The Ground
| State land | 23,072 ac | 100% |
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; 14,137 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 9
- TPWD 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunts fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Outdoor Annual fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2019-20 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2018-19 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2017-18 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 WMA Boundaries for Public Distribution boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2023 PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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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