Henderson County, Texas
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Waterfowl
- Group
- Pineywoods & Post Oak
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Season & harvest data is published for no species so far. White-tailed Deer, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedHenderson County lies in the Post Oak Savannah transition zone of East Texas, where pine-oak woodlands, improved pastures, and the sprawling Cedar Creek Reservoir create a mixed hunting landscape east of Dallas. White-tailed deer are the primary quarry throughout the county timber and agricultural edges, while Cedar Creek Lake and its tributary wetlands offer waterfowl hunting opportunities for wood ducks and migrating ducks. The county is easily accessible from the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, which keeps hunting lease demand and pressure elevated on available rural land.
Post Oak Savannah with scattered pine-oak woodlands, pastureland, and creek bottoms; Cedar Creek Reservoir dominates the central county with extensive shoreline and tributary coves
Moderate to high due to proximity to DFW metro; lease prices reflect strong urban demand
OTC tags; antler restrictions in effect (4 points on one side OR 13-inch inside spread)
Cedar Creek Lake draws wood ducks and migrating mallards and divers in fall and winter; dove hunting is productive in agricultural fields; squirrel and rabbit hunting available in timber
Cedar Creek Reservoir provides accessible waterfowl hunting within easy reach of Dallas-Fort Worth; Post Oak Savannah deer hunting offers a transitional character between the Piney Woods and open prairies to the west
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: TPWD county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.