SMALL GAME REGULATIONS
License Requirements
Residents and Nonresidents: A hunting license and a Legacy permit or proof of exemption.
Public Lands
Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult WMA regulations.
Shooting Hours
One-half hour before official sunrise to official sunset.
Legal Means of Taking
Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), rifle (conventional or muzzleloading), handgun, archery equipment, legal raptors, hand-propelled missile, air-propelled missile and slingshot.
Hunter Orange
When youth deer gun, deer muzzleloader, deer gun, holiday antlerless deer gun (in open zones), elk gun (in open counties) and antelope (in open areas) seasons overlap with squirrel or rabbit seasons, all squirrel and rabbit hunters must conspicuously wear either a head covering or an outer garment above the waistline consisting of hunter orange.
Dates & Open Areas
May 15 - Jan. 31; statewide, annually.
Daily Limit
10 fox and gray squirrels combined per day, 20 in possession after first day.
RABBIT (Cottontail, SWAMP & JACKRABBIT)
Dates & Open Areas
Oct. 1, 2008 - March 15, 2009; statewide, except no open season on jackrabbits east of I-35.
Daily Limit
Cottontail: 10 daily, 20 in possession after the first day.
Swamp: Three (3) daily, six (6) in possession after the first day.
Jackrabbit: Three (3) daily, six (6) in possession after the first day, except Cimarron, Texas and Beaver counties are 10 daily, 20 in possession after the first day.
updated July 11, 2008 12:13 PM