Edwards Plateau - Deer (Archery and Late Season)

Edwards Plateau offers 110 acres of private deer hunting in two windows: archery season in the fall, and the special late season in January. The ranch sits in the Texas Hill Country south of Rocksprings in Edwards County, in the white-tailed deer North Zone on the Edwards Plateau, one of the most productive whitetail regions in the state.

The country is rugged oak and juniper woodland, with rocky slopes and shallow draws. Indian Creek crosses the north end as a seasonal drainage, and deer use it as a travel corridor between bedding cover and feed. Tight brush and short sight lines suit a bow in October, and cold January fronts push deer onto the same crossings and edges.

Your party of up to two hunters has the whole ranch. Drive or ride an ATV or UTV on the existing ranch roads to reach your spot and haul your deer out. There are no permanent blinds or feeders, so bring a portable blind or stand. Tent and trailer camping is allowed at the north access.

Each booking is a 4 day hunt priced per hunter. Archery dates are bow only. Late season dates allow rifle or archery and are limited to antlerless deer and spike bucks. No draw is required. Rocksprings has food and fuel, and Junction has the most hotel options.

Edwards Plateau whitetails live in dense oak and juniper cover and travel the creek bottom and draws to reach feed. In archery season, deer follow early fall patterns before pressure builds, which makes ambush sets within bow range very workable. By the special late season, deer hold tight to thick cover and move most on cold mornings. Legal deer in that season are antlerless deer and unbranched antlered bucks.

After your hunt, you will be sent an automated Harvest Report. To assist Infinite Outdoors in maintaining the quality of properties, and continue to put conservation at the forefront, we require that the harvest report be completely filled out and returned. Failure to fill out the harvest report within 2 weeks of the hunt taking place will result in a $25 fine. If you are unsuccessful in filling your tag, Infinite Outdoors still needs to have that information provided to them. This is how we will make changes to future year's harvest quotas and continue to be the most well managed access and conservation platform in the country.

This listing covers two Texas North Zone seasons. Archery only season runs from early October into early November. The special late season runs for two weeks in January, and harvest during it is limited to antlerless deer and unbranched antlered bucks. Visit tpwd.texas.gov for this year's dates.

No application or draw is required. Residents need a Texas Resident Hunting License, and nonresidents need a Non-Resident General Hunting License. Hunting during archery only season also requires an Archery Endorsement. The special late season allows any legal means and needs no endorsement. Hunters born on or after September 2, 1971 must have hunter education certification. All deer count toward the Edwards County bag limit, so check the Edwards County listing in the TPWD Outdoor Annual for bag limits and any antler restrictions. Licenses are available at tpwd.texas.gov.

Neither season has a draw. Texas deer licenses are sold over the counter to residents and nonresidents, with no point system or nonresident quota.

OTC: Reservation fees are due at the time of booking, and are non-refundable. This hunt requires a 50% deposit of the outdoorsman fee at the time of booking. The remaining 50% will process 1 month prior to the hunt.

If you cancel before your deposit is processed, Infinite Outdoors will handle your cancellation right away. Once your deposit has been processed, Infinite Outdoors will work to reschedule your hunt for a different season or year. Refunds are not guaranteed. The reservation fee is non-refundable.

If there is a lapse in availability, please do not be discouraged to reach out to IO. All calendars are set and managed by landowners, and unavailability is set by them. However, IO is willing to reach out on your behalf, to check on available dates. Other reasons for unavailable dates include biologist recommended hunter/harvest quotas that landowners implement, as well as state season dates not being released.

You are not legally allowed to access the property, for any adventure, prior to your selected access day. If you try to access the property at all before your selected date(s), without prior approval from IO, you will be subject to trespassing and punishments therein