TPWD draw questions

[duckmanep]

If you put 3 names on your application, and the hunt is for 2 deer, do you get to kill 2 deer between the 3 of you, or 2 deer each, meaning 6 deer?

Do each of you pay the $80 permit fee if selected, or one $80 fee covers all 3 of you?

Do all 3 of you get to hunt the same area? How do they decide which area you hunt?

[grizzman]

Two deer per hunter. $80 for each hunter. You usually will be assigned compartments by group unless it is by blind, and I don't know how they do that.

[sqiggy]

Two deer per hunter. $80 for each hunter. You usually will be assigned compartments by group unless it is by blind, and I don't know how they do that.

This.
By assigned blinds, they will take you to a stand and drop you off. This stand may be a pallet blind with a chair or a 5 gal bucket. You are confined to this stand till they come back to pick you up. They usually draw for stands, so the guy down the way to the right and left of you may be strangers, and not one in your group.
Compartment hunts will be an area that you and your group will have all to yourselves and can be free to come and go as you please. Again, they will select the area. But I have asked for certain compartments in the past since I hunted the place before, and they have usually been good about letting you hunt it.

[duckmanep]

And if its a compartment hunt where they allow ATV use, are there any special requirements to use an ATV? ATV safety courses required, use of helmets, ATV registered with DPS, etc...?

[sqiggy]

And if its a compartment hunt where they allow ATV use, are there any special requirements to use an ATV? ATV safety courses required, use of helmets, ATV registered with DPS, etc...?

The ones I've been on, no. Main thing they focused on was "common sense usage"!!!

[duckmanep]

Thanks for the info

[grizzman]

And if its a compartment hunt where they allow ATV use, are there any special requirements to use an ATV? ATV safety courses required, use of helmets, ATV registered with DPS, etc...?

At Richland there use to be a requirement for ATV safety course, use of hemets, and registration.

[ground level]

Some Hunt Areas will allow the use of ATV/OHV's but those will be noted for the area for that particular hunt.

Archery Deer
NANNIE STRINGFELLOW Area Code: SF HUNT SCHEDULE
HUNT DATE CODES DATES
01 Dec. 2-6
BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS: Two white-tailed deer (either sex, limit one buck).
Buck must have an inside main beam spread of 13 inches or greater
or have at least one unbranched antler. Unlimited feral hogs.
HUNT METHOD: By compartment. Baiting is allowed. ATVs or ORVs recommended.
Hunters may bring portable blinds for their use (limit 2 blinds per hunter).

or
PROHIBITED ACTS ON PUBLIC HUNTING LANDS
Unless an exception is provided for a specific area, activity or time period, a person entering or attempting to take wildlife
resources on any of the Public Hunting Lands listed in this publication commits an offense and is subject to legal prosecution
and removal from the area if that person:

-operates an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or off-road vehicle (ORV) on Public Hunting Lands and is neither a disabled person (displaying
handicapped license plate or placard), nor is directly assisting (normal voice proximity) a disabled person; except as authorized by the
department for specific areas and time periods.

Best to carefully read the Drawing book to make sure what all is allowed and/or prohibited as well as on how to fill out an application correctly. All can be found here

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0112.pdf

[grizzman]

On some hunts they will draw group names and let you select compartments based on what order you drew. I got first pick a few years ago on the Matador Turkey hunt and really should have done more research.