Just FYI, usually they will tell you to wait until after the season before they give out depredation permits. The last time I was helping a landowner, the TWRA guy said, "Don't you have any friends? Tell them to come and shoot some of these deer". :rotf:
The thing is where I had my last permit, the deer basically waited until after hunting season to come back and destroy the property. Depredation permits though gives you a WIDE latitude in taking deer. Sometimes allowing baiting even to gather them up so you can drop a bunch at a time.