Texas Deer · Gene Howe WMA
Texas Gene Howe WMA covers 5,457 acres and lies 67 miles east of Gruver. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2025, 24 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 20, a 83% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDE-GE, put up 8 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, white-tailed deer
100% State
5,457 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Gene Howe WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADE-GE | Archery Deer - Gene Howe WMA | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| GDA-GE | Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gene Howe WMA | 2% | — | |
| GDE-GE | Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gene Howe WMA | <1% | — | |
| MDG-GE | Gun Mule Deer - Gene Howe WMA | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| YDA-GE · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Gene Howe WMA | 6% (small sample) | — | |
| YDE-GE · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gene Howe WMA | 2% (small sample) | — |
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) · Oct 1, 2027 (expected) for Gun Mule Deer (MDG). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 24 | 20 | 83% |
| 2024 (summed) | 20 | 14 | 70% |
| 2023 (summed) | 21 | 9 | 43% |
| 2022 (summed) | 24 | 11 | 46% |
| 2021 (summed) | 21 | 9 | 43% |
| 2020 (summed) | 21 | 12 | 57% |
| 2019 (summed) | 20 | 15 | 75% |
| 2018 (summed) | 18 | 12 | 67% |
| 2017 (summed) | 14 | 14 | 100% |
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022 (summed) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 4) | 6 | 7 | 67% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 4) | 10 | 10 | 80% |
| Mdg | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 4) | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 4) | 2 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: archery 1 (5%), firearm 19 (95%) from 20 hunters, 95%
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 | 5,457 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; 5,394 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. How we compute these.
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