Wichita County, Texas
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
- Group
- Panhandle & Rolling Plains
- 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
Sign in to contributeWichita County surrounds the city of Wichita Falls in North Texas where the Rolling Plains meet the Red River drainage, offering a mix of mesquite-grassland hunting country and hardwood river bottoms along the Wichita River and Lake Arrowhead. White-tailed deer are the primary big game species, thriving in the cedar breaks, mesquite brush, and river-bottom pecan woodlands that checker the landscape between agricultural fields. Suburban proximity creates a split hunting environment between pressured public-access areas and productive private agricultural leases on the rural fringe.
Rolling mesquite-grassland plains with sandy loam soils; Wichita River and its tributaries provide hardwood-lined bottomlands; Lake Arrowhead reservoir creates additional shoreline wildlife habitat; red clay flats dominate the more open agricultural areas
Lake Arrowhead State Park provides limited public hunting access with a managed deer program; private leases and landowner permission dominate the surrounding landscape; suburban development has fragmented some historical hunting areas near Wichita Falls
Moderate to high near public access areas; moderate on private lands where lease competition is strong in this North Texas market
Standard OTC tags under Rolling Plains Zone regulations; no antler restrictions in this zone
Rio Grande wild turkey in river-bottom hardwood woodlands; early September dove hunting on agricultural grain fields; bobwhite quail on brushy agricultural edges; feral hog hunting available on many private properties; largemouth bass fishing at Lake Arrowhead complements the hunting calendar
Lake Arrowhead State Park is one of the more accessible public hunting options in the Wichita Falls area with a dedicated deer management program; river-bottom pecan and hardwood cover produces quality whitetail bucks on private leases in this underrated North Texas county
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: TPWD county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 106d ago.