Texas Deer · Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Texas Balcones Canyonlands NWR covers 27,653 acres and lies 16 miles west of Leander and 26 miles west of Georgetown. 100% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (100%). Its most applied-for hunt, NGE-UB, put up 114 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
100% Fish & Wildlife Service
27,653 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 Balcones Canyonlands NWR
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGE-UB | National Refuge General Deer - Balcones Canyonlands NWR | 5% | — | |
| NYD-UB · youth | National Refuge Youth Deer - Balcones Canyonlands NWR | 5% | — |
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: EAD-UB.
Draw results: TPWD 2026-2027 Drawn Hunt Catalog, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $318 ($3 to apply). Deadlines: Sep 1, 2027 (expected) for E-Postcard Archery Deer (EAD) · Sep 15, 2027 (expected) for National Refuge General Deer (NGE) · Oct 1, 2027 (expected) for National Refuge Youth Deer (NYD). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| National Wildlife Refuge | 27,653 ac | 100% |
▸ Sources 5
- 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 FWS National Realty Boundaries boundary, 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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