Texas Deer — Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit

Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit

Texas Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit covers 1,559 acres and lies 67 miles south of San Antonio and 83 miles south of New Braunfels. 100% of it is public land, mostly other public land (100%). In 2024, 51 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 24 — 47% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 9 tags here.

Nonresident tags (2025):21 Hunter success (2024):47% Public land:100% Size:1,559 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit, 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

ADE-NS Archery Deer - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit —

— Cut level
GDE-NS Gun Deer - Either Sex - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit —

— Cut level
GDM-NS Gun Deer - Management - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit 9 tags

<1% Point builder
YDA-NS Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit 6 tags

4% Point builder
YDE-NS Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit 3 tags

3% Point builder
YDM-NS Youth Only Gun Deer - Management - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit 3 tags

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
ADE-NS ↗ Archery Deer - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Archery	— Cut level	—	— / —	Dec 15–18, 2026
GDE-NS ↗ Gun Deer - Either Sex - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Rifle	— Cut level	—	— / —	Jan 5–8, 2027
GDM-NS ↗ Gun Deer - Management - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	9 / —	Dec 1–10, 2026
YDA-NS ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Rifle	4% Point builder	—	6 / —	Nov 7–15, 2026
YDE-NS ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Rifle	3% Point builder	—	3 / —	Dec 27–30, 2026
YDM-NS ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Management - Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	3 / —	Nov 21–22, 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 deadlines: Sep 15, 2026 for GDE, GDM, YDA, YDM · Aug 15, 2027 (expected) for ADE · Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for YDE. Full fee breakdown.

The country

Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit within Texas

Choke Canyon SP - North Shore Unit and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Other public 1,559 ac · 100%

Source: PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads - Texas file geodatabase (PADUS4_0Fee_State_TX)

Nearby areas

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.