Ray Roberts Lake area has public hunting land through TPWD

Texas Parks and Wildlife manages the Ray Roberts Public Hunting Lands (PHL), designated as Unit 501, under a license agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The unit covers approximately 40,850 total acres of lake water surface, upland areas, wetlands, and flooded timber in Denton, Cooke, and Grayson counties. Hunters need a valid Texas hunting license plus a TPWD Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit to access these lands.

Legal game, seasons, and unit-specific rules change annually. All hunters must enter at a designated access point or boat ramp. Download the current public hunting map for Unit 501 from tpwd.texas.gov before you go. A waterfowl sanctuary on the northwest side of the lake is closed to waterfowl hunting.