Texas Turkey YTS-TL — Unit TL

Youth Only Spring Turkey - Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA · Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA

What you may take
Youth Only Spring Turkey - Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA
Weapon
Where
Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA
100% public of 530 acres
Season (2026)
Apr 3–4, 2027
Tags (2024)
1

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Odds by point level — 2024 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 1 tags. Source: 2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section TL-Youth-Only-Spring-Turkey.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0–10 <1% the pool average — a floor for anyone holding points, since each point adds entries

Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries (points³ + 1), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$3
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$3
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Drawn hunt application fee, per adult per application (standard Special Permit and NWR categories) · paid at application $3 or $10 source
Non-resident General Hunting License (Item 105) - required to hunt deer, mule deer, pronghorn or bighorn sheep; the Upland Game Bird Endorsement for turkey may not be used with the cheaper 5-day license · paid if drawn $315 source

Optional, not counted above: Upland Game Bird Endorsement (Item 167) - required to hunt wild turkey (not usable with the Non-resident Special 5-Day license) $7.

Next application window: opens Jul 1, closes Nov 1, 2026 · results ~November 4.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Apr 3–4, 2027 One Turkey; Gobbler or Bearded Hen; Limit 1 gobbler or bearded hen p. section TL-Youth-Only-Spring-Turkey

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department counted 0 turkey taken in 2022. Full Taylor Lakes, Playa Lakes WMA profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2022-23 season TPWD Hunts Harvest Summary, 2020-21 season

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2024 1 2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section TL-Youth-Only-Spring-Turkey
2023 1 2024-2025 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section TL-Youth-Only-Spring-Turkey
2022 1 YTS category details 2023-2024... · section TL
2021 1 2022-2023 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section TL-Youth-Only-Spring-Turkey
2020 2021-2022 Drawn Hunt Catalog... · section TL
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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