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Known for White-tailed deer

Texas (TX)

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

Agency links, deadlines, unit maps, and species opportunities are tied to official sources below.

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Unit Map / Units

Official GIS polygon layers render here when available. Click a unit polygon to ask Jeremiah for practical hunting background; seeded unit cards appear only when no GIS layer has been imported yet.

1 GIS layer

Texas White-tailed Deer Management Units

Official GIS source
species units
44 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

20 (20)32 (32)31 East (31 East)31 West (31 West)31 (31)30 (30)33 (33)27 (27)02 (02)01 (01)03 (03)04 (04)07 South (07 South)08 West (08 West)Urban San Antonio (Urban San Antonio)28 (28)29 South (29 South)05 (05)07 North (07 North)08 East (08 East)Urban Valley (Urban Valley)10 (10)Urban Houston (Urban Houston)13 (13)11 (11)14 (14)12 (12)16 (16)15 (15)19 South (19 South)17 (17)19 North (19 North)06 (06)18 (18)21 North (21 North)21 (21)29 North (29 North)25 South (25 South)25 (25)24 (24)26 (26)23 (23)22 (22)09 (09)203231 East31 West313033270201030407 South08 WestUrban San Antonio2829 South0507 North08 EastUrban Valley10Urban Houston13111412161519 South1719 North061821 North2129 North25 South252426232209
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Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

GIS unit polygons are loaded for TX. Click any polygon on the map to open Jeremiah with unit background and opportunity notes.
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Agency source

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Opportunities

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Applications

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Unit map

GIS

ArcGIS REST MapServer

Agency portals

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

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
US Midwest/South
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AgencyApplication portalRegulationsDraw odds / statsHarvest stats

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.

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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.