Texas Deer · James Daughtrey WMA
Texas James Daughtrey WMA covers 30,061 acres and lies 67 miles south of San Antonio. 100% of it is public land, mostly other public land (99%) and state land (1%). In 2024, 124 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 62, a 50% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDM-JD, put up 30 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
99% Other public
30,061 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 2024. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 50%
- Season
- Dec 15–18
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
- Success
- 50%
- Season
- Jan 5–8
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
- Success
- 50%
- Season
- Dec 1–10
- Tags / Apps
- 30 / —
- If Drawn
- $318
Every License in James Daughtrey WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADE-JD | Archery Deer - James Daughtrey WMA | <1% | — | |
| GDE-JD | Gun Deer - Either Sex - James Daughtrey WMA | <1% | — | |
| GDM-JD | Gun Deer - Management - James Daughtrey WMA | 2% | — | |
| YDA-JD · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - James Daughtrey WMA | 8% | — | |
| YDE-JD · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - James Daughtrey WMA | 4% | — | |
| YDM-JD · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Management - James Daughtrey WMA | 2% | — |
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-JD.
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), E-Postcard Archery Deer (EAD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE), Gun Deer - Management (GDM), Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (YDA), Youth Only Gun Deer - Management (YDM). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 124 | 62 | 50% |
| 2023 (summed) | 159 | 70 | 44% |
| 2022 (summed) | 147 | 61 | 41% |
| 2021 (summed) | 163 | 61 | 37% |
| 2020 (summed) | 164 | 85 | 52% |
| 2019 (summed) | 128 | 49 | 38% |
| 2018 (summed) | 125 | 61 | 49% |
| 2017 (summed) | 105 | 67 | 64% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 12 | 2 | 17% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 5) | 18 | 4 | 22% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 5) | 35 | 20 | 57% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 5) | 34 | 19 | 56% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 5 of 5) | 12 | 12 | 83% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 5) | 13 | 5 | 38% |
2024 split: archery 2 (3%) from 12 hunters, 17%, firearm 60 (97%) from 112 hunters, 54%
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
| Other public | 29,743 ac | 99% |
| State land | 318 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; 10,000 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 14
- 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 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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