Texas Deer — John Henry Kirby State Forest
John Henry Kirby State Forest
In 2025, 8 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 8 — 100% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 6 tags here.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in John Henry Kirby State Forest, 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-
11% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YDE-JK ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - John Henry Kirby State Forest | 11% Point builder | — | 6 / — | Oct 31 – Nov 1, 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 window: opens Jul 1, closes Aug 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department does not publish a mapped boundary for John Henry Kirby State Forest, so there is no map to draw.
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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 100% |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 57% |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 60% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 8 · 100% · 8 hunters, 100% success
What the agency says about the area
TPWD hunt area type: Other State Areas; 660 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts; Texas A&M Forest Service State Forest; no published boundary layer was obtainable
Source: TPWD Public Hunt Drawing System - All Hunt Category Details (2026-27 season catalog)
Harvest: TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2025-26 season
Harvest: TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2024-25 season