Orange 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 · sourcedOrange County occupies the extreme southeastern tip of Texas along the Sabine River and Louisiana border, a landscape dominated by bottomland hardwoods, cypress-tupelo swamps, and coastal marshes that define classic Gulf Coast waterfowling country. The county's wetland system is a major wintering area for Central Flyway ducks and geese, with teal, pintail, and gadwall hunting among the best in Southeast Texas. White-tailed deer roam the pine-hardwood transition forests, but waterfowl is the defining hunting tradition of Orange County.
Low-lying coastal plain with Sabine River bottomland hardwoods, cypress-tupelo swamps, oxbow lakes, coastal prairie, and tidal marshes along Sabine Lake and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Moderate to high for waterfowl at J.D. Murphree WMA; low for deer in the swampy bottomland timber.
OTC; antler restrictions apply in the East Texas zone.
Waterfowl hunting is the primary draw with teal, pintail, gadwall, widgeon, and mottled ducks; snow and speckled belly geese on coastal prairie; alligator season available on county wetlands.
J.D. Murphree WMA is one of Southeast Texas premier public waterfowl marshes; early-season teal hunting near the Sabine River is exceptional in strong flight years.
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: TPWD county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.