Texas Deer — Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit

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 — 42% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 25 tags here.

Tags (2025):65 Hunter success (2024):42% Public land:100% Size:8,973 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Richland Creek WMA - Trinity 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

GDA-RS Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit 25 tags

5% Point builder
GDE-RS Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit 15 tags

1% Point builder
YDE-RS Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit 25 tags

16% Long shot

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
GDA-RS ↗ Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit	5% Point builder	—	25 / —	Oct 13–22, 2026
GDE-RS ↗ Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit	1% Point builder	—	15 / —	Nov 2–6, 2026
YDE-RS ↗ Youth Only Gun Deer - Either Sex - Richland Creek WMA - South Unit	16% Long shot	—	25 / —	Oct 31 – Nov 1, 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.

3 hunts not offered in 2025 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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 GDA, GDE, YDA · Aug 15, 2027 (expected) for ADE · Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for YDE, EAD. Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

ADE-RS — Archery Deer - Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit Standard EAD-RS — E-Postcard Archery Deer - Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit Standard YDA-RS — Youth Only Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike - Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit Standard

The country

Richland Creek WMA - Trinity Unit within Texas

Richland Creek WMA - Trinity 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

State land 8,973 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.