Texas Deer — Gus Engeling WMA

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 — 23% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 150 tags here.

Tags (2025):325 Hunter success (2025):23% Public land:100% Size:11,091 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Gus Engeling WMA, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

ADE-EN Archery Deer - Gus Engeling WMA 50 tags

6% Point builder
GDA-EN Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA 150 tags

26% Long shot
GDE-EN Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA 35 tags

3% Point builder
YDA-EN Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA 50 tags

33% Long shot
YDE-EN Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA 40 tags

23% Long shot

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
ADE-EN ↗ Archery Deer - Gus Engeling WMA Archery	6% Point builder	—	50 / —	Oct 26–30, 2026
GDA-EN ↗ Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA Rifle	26% Long shot	—	150 / —	Dec 1–17, 2026
GDE-EN ↗ Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA Rifle	3% Point builder	—	35 / —	Nov 9–13, 2026
YDA-EN ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gus Engeling WMA Rifle	33% Long shot	—	50 / —	Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2026
YDE-EN ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gus Engeling WMA Rifle	23% Long shot	—	40 / —	Nov 21–23, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$3	$3	$318

Application deadlines: Sep 15, 2026 for GDA, GDE, YDA · Aug 15, 2027 (expected) for ADE · Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for YDE. Full fee breakdown.

The country

Gus Engeling WMA within Texas

Gus Engeling WMA and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns the ground

State land 11,091 ac · 100%

Source: PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads - Texas file geodatabase (PADUS4_0Fee_State_TX)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.