Texas Deer · Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit
Texas Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit covers 8,973 acres and lies 51 miles south-west of Tyler and 66 miles south-east of Mesquite. 100% of it is public land, mostly state land (100%). In 2024, 62 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 26, a 42% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, GDA-RS, put up 25 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
100% State
8,973 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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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 Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDA-RS | Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit | 5% | — | |
| GDE-RS | Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit | 1% | — | |
| YDE-RS · youth | Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit | 16% | — |
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: ADE-RS, EAD-RS, YDA-RS.
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) · Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex (YDE), E-Postcard Archery Deer (EAD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (GDA), Gun Deer - Either Sex (GDE), Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike (YDA). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 62 | 26 | 42% |
| 2023 (summed) | 132 | 60 | 45% |
| 2022 (summed) | 127 | 55 | 43% |
| 2021 (summed) | 129 | 39 | 30% |
| 2020 (summed) | 190 | 43 | 23% |
| 2019 (summed) | 84 | 16 | 19% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer · archery | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 3) | 12 | 4 | 33% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 3) | 21 | 13 | 62% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 3) | 13 | 5 | 38% |
2024 split: archery 4 (15%) from 16 hunters, 25%, firearm 22 (85%) from 46 hunters, 48%
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 2023-24 Hunts Harvest Summary, season; TPWD 2022-23 Hunts Harvest Summary, season.
The Ground
| State land | 8,973 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; 9,029 acres published as available for TPWD drawn hunts
▸ Sources 12
- 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 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 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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