Texas Deer · John Henry Kirby State Forest
In 2025, 8 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 8 (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, YDE-JK, put up 6 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department does not publish a mapped boundary for John Henry Kirby State Forest, so there is no map to draw.
Every License in John Henry Kirby State Forest
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YDE-JK · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - John Henry Kirby State Forest | 11% | — |
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). Open Jul 1 – Aug 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2024 (summed) | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2023 (summed) | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2022 (summed) | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| 2021 (summed) | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2020 (summed) | 6 | 8 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2018 (summed) | 7 | 4 | 57% |
| 2017 (summed) | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer | 8 | 8 | 75% |
2025 split: firearm 8 (100%)
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.
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
▸ Sources 13
- 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 2026-27 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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