Texas Deer · Sam Houston National Forest WMA
Texas Sam Houston National Forest WMA covers 163,733 acres and lies 16 miles north-west of Conroe and 41 miles east of College Station. 98% of it is public land, mostly national forest (98%). Its most applied-for hunt, FSD-SH, put up 510 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
98% Forest Service
163,733 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. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Sam Houston National Forest WMA
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD-SH | USFS Antlerless Deer Permit - Adult - Sam Houston National Forest WMA | 29% | — | |
| FSY-SH · youth | USFS Antlerless Deer Permit - Youth - Sam Houston National Forest WMA | 37% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: TPWD 2026-2027 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.
The Ground
| National Forest | 160,960 ac | 98% |
| Private | 2,758 ac | 2% |
| State land | 14 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2023 PAD-US 4.0 State Downloads.
▸ Sources 6
- 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 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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