Texas Deer · Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit
Texas Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit covers 878 acres and lies 64 miles east of Gruver. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%).
No more draws here. The last one was 2021.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department held its 2025 deer draw without Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Texas deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
100% State
878 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit
The last draw held in Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit was 2021. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YDE-MY · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Gene Howe WMA - Pat Murphy Unit | 3% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2021 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: TPWD 2022-2023 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
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (summed) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 (summed) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2018 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer | 0 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: firearm 0
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 2022-23 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2021-22 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.
The Ground
| State land | 878 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; 889 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 12
- TPWD 2022-2023 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 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 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 2021 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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