Texas Deer · Gus Engeling WMA
Texas Gus Engeling WMA covers 11,091 acres and lies 43 miles south-west of Tyler and 69 miles south-east of Mesquite. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2025, 288 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 66, a 23% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDA-EN, put up 150 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
100% State
11,091 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Oct 26–30
- Tags / Apps
- 50 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Dec 1–17
- Tags / Apps
- 150 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Nov 9–13
- Tags / Apps
- 35 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
Every License in Gus Engeling WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADE-EN | Archery Deer - Gus Engeling WMA | 6% | — | |
| GDA-EN | Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA | 26% | — | |
| GDE-EN | Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA | 3% | — | |
| YDA-EN · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA | 33% | — | |
| YDE-EN · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA | 23% | — |
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 Deer (ADE) · Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex (YDE) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (GDA), Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE), Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (YDA). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 288 | 66 | 23% |
| 2024 (summed) | 290 | 50 | 17% |
| 2023 (summed) | 325 | 64 | 20% |
| 2022 (summed) | 279 | 45 | 16% |
| 2021 (summed) | 296 | 44 | 15% |
| 2020 (summed) | 328 | 58 | 18% |
| 2019 (summed) | 241 | 51 | 21% |
| 2018 (summed) | 249 | 33 | 13% |
| 2017 (summed) | 193 | 31 | 16% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 44 | 6 | 14% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 4) | 139 | 33 | 24% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 4) | 30 | 8 | 27% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 4) | 36 | 11 | 31% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 4) | 39 | 8 | 21% |
2025 split: archery 6 (9%) from 44 hunters, 14%, firearm 60 (91%) from 244 hunters, 25%
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 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: TPWD 2025-26 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2024-25 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2023-24 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.
The Ground
| State land | 11,091 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; 11,129 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 15
- 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 2025-26 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2024-25 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2023-24 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2022-23 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2021-22 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2020-21 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, 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.
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