Bastrop County, Texas
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
- Group
- Hill Country & Edwards Plateau
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Season & harvest data is published for no species so far. White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedBastrop County is home to the Lost Pines, an isolated island of loblolly pine forest stranded more than 100 miles west of the main East Texas Piney Woods, creating unique habitat unlike anywhere else in Central Texas. White-tailed deer and eastern wild turkey thrive in the pine-hardwood matrix, and the deer population has been rebuilding steadily after the catastrophic 2011 Bastrop County Complex wildfire. Most hunting is on private land, though growing Austin-area suburbanization is reducing available hunting acreage.
Isolated loblolly pine and post oak woodland (the Lost Pines), Colorado River bottomlands, sandy loam soils, and recovering pine forest mosaic from the 2011 wildfire.
Moderate and increasing — Austin metro expansion is pushing suburban development into historically rural hunting ground, compressing available lease land.
OTC; no mandatory antler restrictions (east of Hill Country AR zone); standard Texas license required.
Eastern wild turkey in good numbers in the pine-hardwood mix; feral hogs throughout the county and huntable year-round; sandhill cranes and other migrants pass through in season; mourning dove in agricultural openings.
One-of-a-kind Lost Pines habitat producing a unique Central Texas hunting environment; recovering deer herd with strong potential as the forest regenerates from the 2011 wildfire.
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: TPWD county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.