Texas Deer · Lake Whitney SP
Texas Lake Whitney SP covers 814 acres and lies 27 miles north of Waco and 47 miles south of Mansfield. 100% of it is public land, mostly other public land (100%). In 2024, 40 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 20, a 50% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDA-LW, put up 30 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
100% Other public
814 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.
Every License in Lake Whitney SP
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EYA-LW · youth | E-Postcard Youth Archery Deer - Lake Whitney SP | 4% | — | |
| GDA-LW | Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Lake Whitney SP | 5% | — |
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: Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for E-Postcard Youth Archery Deer (EYA) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (GDA). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 40 | 20 | 50% |
| 2021 (summed) | 49 | 30 | 61% |
| 2020 (summed) | 49 | 23 | 47% |
| 2019 (summed) | 48 | 18 | 38% |
| 2017 (summed) | 36 | 32 | 89% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm | 37 | 19 | 51% |
2024 split: archery 1 (5%), firearm 19 (95%) from 37 hunters, 51%
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 2021-22 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2020-21 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.
The Ground
| Other public | 814 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: State Park Unit; 955 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 11
- 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 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 2017-18 Hunts Harvest Summary, season harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 State Parks Boundaries 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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