US state

Texas (TX)

Jurisdiction shell is ready; add agency, species, unit, deadline, and application data as research comes in.

Known for White-tailed deer

Texas big-game backdrop

Texas is synonymous with whitetail and ranch big-game management.

Generated wildlife art is used as atmosphere only; official tag, season, and unit decisions stay tied to agency data below.

Agency source

1

high confidence

Opportunities

0

researched nonresident paths

Applications

0

public research mode

Unit map

GIS

ArcGIS REST MapServer

Unit Map / Units

GIS polygon layers render here when imported. Colorado now uses official CPW GMU boundaries; other states fall back to seeded unit cards until their KML/GeoJSON/shapefile layers are converted.

1 GIS layer
No units seeded yet for TX. The page is ready for a GIS/SVG boundary layer and unit records when imported.

Agency portals

Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
US Midwest/South
high

TPWD Drawn Hunts is the official online application system for public/special drawn hunts and includes previous-year special permit statistics; license payments/sales may route through Texas.gov/TPWD systems.

Official agency links are public. Private account tracking is available separately when saved application data exists.

Deadlines

Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.

No deadlines seeded yet.

Unit boundary source

Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.

machine readable
TPWD white-tailed deer management units and public hunt area layers
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
white-tailed deer management unit
public hunt area
public hunt locator

Format: ArcGIS REST MapServer

Conversion: Query TPWD_WL_WTDMU layer 0 for 44 WTD management-unit polygons. For public-hunt boundaries use TPWD_PublicHuntLocatorMap layer 9 (463 polygon features verified 2026-05-12); point/line layers are also available.

License/source notes: Official Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ArcGIS Server services; retain TPWD as source/copyright and verify legal hunting-zone applicability against regulations.

Open boundary source

Species available

Starter list for this jurisdiction.

No species data yet.

Applications

State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.

No applications yet.