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Hunting Licenses
License requirements are listed by game animal throughout this book. For many wildlife species a “hunting license” is one of those require-
ments. There are many different types of “hunting licenses” that meet this requirement, and rather than listing all of them with every species,
we have listed them below. So, if a “hunting license” is required, you must possess any one of the following:
IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT
A “HUNTING LICENSE” IS ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: UPGRADE YOUR
• Annual Hunting License PAPER LICENSE
• Annual Combination Hunting/Fishing License TO THIS DURABLE COLLECTORS
• Annual Youth Hunting License CARD ON CUSTOM ART
• Annual Youth Combination Hunting/Fishing License FOR ONLY $5!
• Fiscal-Year Hunting License
• Fiscal-Year Combination Hunting/Fishing License
• Fiscal-Year Youth Hunting License
• Fiscal-Year Youth Combination Hunting/Fishing License IF YOU ARE A NONRESIDENT
• 5-Year Hunting License A “HUNTING LICENSE” IS ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
• 5-Year Combination Hunting/Fishing License • Nonresident Annual Hunting License
• 5-Year Disability Hunting License • Nonresident Fiscal-Year Hunting License
• Lifetime Hunting License • Nonresident 5-Day Hunting License
• Lifetime Combination Hunting/Fishing License
• Lifetime Disabled Veteran Combination Hunting/Fishing Note: Nonresidents who hold a resident lifetime license
(hunting or combination) have the same exemptions as a resi-
License (under 60 percent disability) dent lifetime license-holder.
• Lifetime Disabled Veteran Combination Hunting/Fishing
License (60 percent or more disability) The Nonresident Lifetime Hunting, Nonresident Lifetime Combination
• Lifetime Senior Citizen Hunting License Hunting/Fishing, Lifetime Nonresident Small Game Hunting and Lifetime
Nonresident Combination Small Game Hunting/Fishing licenses are no
• Lifetime Senior Citizen Combination Hunting/Fishing longer available for purchase. However, these licenses are honored
License for people already possessing one.

RESIDENT VS. NONRESIDENT

What’s the difference?
A “Resident” is any individual who has an established residence in Oklahoma for a period
of not less than 60 consecutive days immediately preceding the date the application
for a license is submitted. (Note: For the lifetime, senior, and 5-year licenses,
the period of residency must be six months or more. For lifetime and senior
OK lifetime, applicants must intend to remain Oklahoma residents as specified on
application.) The burden of establishing proof of residency is on the person claiming
residency status. A person holding a valid driver license shall be deemed
to be a resident of the state issuing the license or permit.
For a valid Oklahoma driver license to be used as the sole source of proof of residency,
it shall have been issued not less than 60 days prior to submission of the application. If a
person does not hold a valid driver license, the Department may consider other reliable
documentation for establishing proof of residency including, but not limited to, resident
income tax returns, voter registration, motor vehicle or vessel registrations, and other
public records documenting residence.
Residency status of children younger than 18 is presumed to be that of the custodial parent,
including a custodial parent when there is a joint custody order and the physical custody of the
child is shared by both parents, or legal guardian unless otherwise documented. Ownership
or possession of real property in the state by a person residing outside the state shall not
qualify the person as a resident. A person is not entitled to claim multiple
states of residence, with the exception of active-duty members of the U.S.
Armed Forces, and any dependents, when applying for annual licenses. KS
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A “Nonresident” is any individual who is a resident of another state or
who has resided in Oklahoma for a period of less than 60 days, regard-
less of whether he or she intends to make Oklahoma his or her home.

A person who is not otherwise a resident of the state and is a member of the Armed Forces
of the United States and is on active duty and permanently assigned to a military installation
located in the state shall be eligible to qualify as a resident if the person presents with the license
application a certificate of assignment in the state from a commanding officer or designated representative.
A spouse or dependent of the person who is not otherwise a resident of the state, is living within the same
44 household and is similarly certified by a commanding officer, shall also be eligible to qualify as a resident.