Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has acquired 2,850 acres in Stephens County, land that will become the new Robbie Davis Wildlife Management Area and open to public hunters in 2027. The property sits west of Fort Worth in the Western Cross Timbers ecoregion, within driving distance of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and near Possum Kingdom State Park, in a stretch of North Central Texas bisected by U.S. Highway 67. Once open, the WMA will offer walk-in style dove hunting along with drawn hunts for deer, turkey and possibly waterfowl.
In a news release today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said the new management area will be run as part of the Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecosystem Management Project within the agency’s Wildlife Division. The land includes post oak and live oak forests, rocky sandstone hillsides and bluffs, and several ponds and seasonal wet-weather drainages. Officials said the acquisition will ensure long-term conservation of those habitats and the wildlife that depends on them.
More public land!The new 2,850-acre Robbie Davis Wildlife Management Area in Stephens County will open up public hunting opportunities in 2027 while protecting wildlife and habitat for the long term.👉 DETAILS at https://t.co/[email protected]/I8sOAWsXUH
— Texas Parks & Wildlife (@TPWDnews) August 5, 2026
A Rancher’s Bequest Becomes Public Land
The property’s path to public ownership began with Robbie Davis, who inherited the more than 2,800-acre family ranch from her parents and eventually left it to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, which received the property in 2015. Davis arranged the bequest with SouthWest Bank trust officers specifically so the ranch would be preserved for conservation rather than sold off for development, and she hoped it would one day benefit the people of Texas…