Texas Deer Hunting
Texas Deer Hunting
For hunters with reasonable expectations, free range Texas deer hunting is a ton of fun, and very consistent for good bucks!
Texans are serious about their deer hunting! Food plots, protein, sweet feed, corn, mineral blocks, and cattle cubes are all liberally used to maximize the potential of their Texas deer hunting.
Why you should consider Texas deer hunting:
- Over the counter tags and license, but you must have taken a hunter education class if you were born after September, 1 1971.
- Texas is one of the top 10 states for Boone and Crockett whitetail entries, so depending on where/how you’re hunting, trophy quality can be good to amazing.
- Our hunters have high success rates in the great state of Texas.
- You’ll see a lot of deer. For some reason Texas is crawling with whitetails, and actually has one of the largest deer herds in the country with three to four million animals. It doesn’t look like it could hold as many animals as it does.
- Long hunting season that goes from September to January.
- It’s super common to add exotics or hogs while you’re deer hunting in Texas.
- You’ll most likely be hunting from a blind over feed, but if your outfitter will allow it, rattling during the rut can be an incredibly action packed hunt.
- Lodging and accommodations can be literally whatever you want them to be in Texas. We work with outfitters all across the state.
South Texas Deer Hunting
If you’re after a big deer, the Brush Country of South Texas is where it’s at!
If you’re after a big deer, the Brush Country of South Texas is where it’s at!…but it comes with a hefty price tag. Most hunting in South Texas is on high fence ranches, and you’ll pay a fee to hunt plus a a trophy fee. There is some low fence, free range deer hunting in South Texas however, and contact us if you’d like to know more.
Deer Hunting in Texas Hill Country
Texans refer to Hill Country as that area between Austin and Antonio. The Hill Country holds nearly HALF of all of the whitetails in Texas! There are so many deer in this country, that success rates hover near an unheard of 100%! Bucks here tend to be slightly smaller than South Texas bucks, but a mature 8 to 10 point buck scoring 110 to 130 inches is a super reasonable goal, with much larger bucks being possible. Contact us about booking a hunt.
Pineywoods in East Texas
Deer hunting the Pineywoods area is much like hunting South Texas, in that it is private and behind fences. However, there are some good bucks taken every year, and the terrain is thickly wooded as opposed to the more open brushy country of South Texas. Contact us about booking a hunt.
Customize Your Texas Deer Hunt
We offer all kinds of options in Texas for hunters and corporate groups, no matter what your budget is.
Keep in mind though, that because their hunts are so diverse, you will need to ask us for specifics. Our outfitters also run large youth hunting programs, doe hunts for parents and kids, as well as cull and management hunts. Our hunters take great free range bucks every year, but if you want, you can hunt on a high fence ranch. With all of that being said, we a hunt that will fit your budget or your desire to collect some venison, or that trophy of a lifetime.
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Texas Trophy Buck Package
Your choice of a trophy whitetail, axis, sika deer, aoudad, or fallow deer!
When you’re Texas deer hunting, you never know what kind of game animal will come past your blind. It might be a hog, maybe a big whitetail buck, or even some exotic you’ve never even heard of before. It can be frustrating if there is only one species that you can shoot, but this Texas trophy buck hunt isn’t like that.
If a trophy whitetail, axis, sika deer, aoudad, or fallow deer comes in, you can let fly!
If a trophy whitetail, axis, sika deer, aoudad, or fallow deer comes in, you can let fly! If you’re the type of hunter who just likes to hunt, this hunt is for you! Another great thing about this hunt is that it includes a hog and unlimited predators in the price of the hunt. Also, you can add other animals on a trophy fee basis, such as Texas free range ibex. Texas almost rivals Africa for it’s diversity of things to hunt, and no matter what your budget is, we can find a hunt that fits what you are looking for.
This Texas Trophy Buck Package Includes:
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Deer Hunts in Texas
A management buck is four years or older and scores under 140 inches.
Management bucks are are four years or older, and are typically big eight point bucks that score less than 140. On occasion we have management bucks that will have more than eight points and are older deer that score less than 140 at maturity. A lot of these bucks are very impressive and most of our clients put them on the wall.
- Cheap compared to trophy buck hunts
- Includes: one management deer; one hog; unlimited predators (bobcats have a trophy fee)
- Trips: COA11
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Cull Hunts
Cull bucks are 3 1/2 years or older and have seven points or less.
Our cull buck hunts typically are deer that are 3 1/2 years or older and have seven points or less. We key in on the big seven points, big sixes, etc. This is not a hunt for broken antlered deer this is a cull hunt and these mature bucks are smart and road tested.
- Cheap compared to trophy buck hunts, or even management deer hunts.
- Includes: one management deer; one hog; unlimited predators (bobcats have a trophy fee)
- Trips: COA10
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Youth Hunts in Texas
A great way to introduce your kid to hunting is a parent/child doe, or turkey and hog hunt.
Want to get your kid a good introduction to hunting? This Texas youth whitetail hunting program is an affordable way for a parent and their child to hunt with a great Texas outfitter who shares our company values. We need to introduce our kids to the hunting lifestyle if we have any hope of maintaining this way of life.
- The Texas youth deer hunt includes one hog and one whitetail doe *Upgrades to different animals and trophy deer are an additional cost quoted per ranch, if available.
- We can make you look like a professional to your child and we can all learn and grow in these experiences.
- The spring turkey hunt includes two gobblers and pigs on the ranches that have them.
- Trips: COA3
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Whitetail Doe Hunts
We offer lots of opportunities for whitetail does for both adults and kids.
We can put together a whitetail hunting package that fits exactly what you are looking to do. If you want us to guide, clean, cook and prepare the game for your trip home, we can do that. If you want a do it yourself hunt on one of our awesome properties we can do that. Or we can do anything in between.
- Two whitetail does
- One hog
- Lodging ranges from five star accommodations down to regular hunting cabins.
- Trips: COA4
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My buck— eleven scorable points, lots of smaller extras, over 17 ½” of inside spread with heavy mass, and a field dressed weight at 215 lbs. The meat will be enjoyed this winter, and soon the antlers will hang on my wall for me to glance at occasionally and remember the turkeys in the hayfield, the smell of acorns on damp ground, and even the super moon
that was visible during my sitting a deer stand and reminiscing of hunts in years gone by this past fall. Thank you Outdoors International.
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I recently returned from a late season whitetail hunt in Dimmit County, in South Texas. What happened will go down in history as one of the greatest hunts of my life. I was hunting a buck that I’ve been chasing for the past five years. He’s a 14 year old legend we call Indigo, and he’s been an impossible deer to hunt for his entire mature life (since he was five).
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Great outfitter. Great trophy whitetail hunting areas. Many ground blind
and tree stand
placements before the season allowing good positioning for wind. Constant monitoring of trail cams by the outfitter.
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I was unsuccessful on my Kansas whitetail hunt, but absolutely I was happy! The hunt was great! However the weather killed us due to no one’s fault. The hunters right before me had great luck. The outfitter was very apologetic but the weather was out of his control. I’ll be going back next year.
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I had no idea how much I would love deer hunting in Texas!
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My wife gave me the option of an elk hunt or Kansas whitetail this year, I chose to hunt whitetails in Kansas, and was really glad I did. Thank you to the team at Outdoors International.
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I truly appreciate the personal effort took upon yourself to delivery my elk and whitetail to the wild game processing and, to the taxidermist. It was your professional experience in the business that gave me the opportunity to harvest my dream elk and whitetail.
