Texas Deer · Matador WMA
Texas Matador WMA covers 28,299 acres and lies 74 miles east of Plainview. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2025, 44 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 20, a 45% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDE-MA, put up 16 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, white-tailed deer
100% State
28,299 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 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Matador WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADE-MA | Archery Deer - Matador WMA | 1% | — | |
| AMD-MA | Archery Mule Deer - Matador WMA | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| GDE-MA | Gun Deer - Either Sex - Matador WMA | <1% | — | |
| MDG-MA | Gun Mule Deer - Matador WMA | <1% | — |
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: GDA-MA.
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), Archery Mule Deer (AMD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE), Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (GDA) · Oct 1, 2027 (expected) for Gun Mule Deer (MDG). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 44 | 20 | 45% |
| 2024 (summed) | 44 | 20 | 45% |
| 2023 (summed) | 39 | 12 | 31% |
| 2022 (summed) | 80 | 18 | 23% |
| 2021 (summed) | 85 | 43 | 51% |
| 2020 (summed) | 88 | 59 | 67% |
| 2019 (summed) | 80 | 56 | 70% |
| 2018 (summed) | 74 | 32 | 43% |
| 2017 (summed) | 86 | 47 | 55% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 (summed) | 12 | 4 | 33% |
| 2017 (summed) | 11 | 2 | 18% |
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 16 | 2 | 13% |
| 2024 (summed) | 15 | 10 | 67% |
| 2023 (summed) | 18 | 1 | 6% |
| 2022 (summed) | 23 | 3 | 13% |
| 2021 (summed) | 19 | 9 | 47% |
| 2020 (summed) | 18 | 9 | 50% |
| 2019 (summed) | 23 | 8 | 35% |
| 2018 (summed) | 12 | 1 | 8% |
| 2017 (summed) | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 13 | 2 | 15% |
| Amd | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm | 31 | 18 | 58% |
| Mdg | 10 | 2 | 20% |
2025 split: archery 2 (10%) from 13 hunters, 15%, firearm 18 (90%) from 31 hunters, 58%
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 | 28,299 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; 28,183 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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