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Residents licenses; Oklahoma waterfowl license, trapping Landowners or agricultural lessees taking
license and the fur license. furbearers in open season with intent to sell
Under 16 Years of Age Holders of these lifetime licenses are not must possess a fur license. This license is not
Residents under 16 years of age are exempt exempt from the purchase of the federal duck required for those who run or chase furbearers
from the purchase of the hunting license, fed- stamp, bear licenses, land access permit, HIP with dogs but do not take.
eral duck stamp, Oklahoma waterfowl license, requirements or federal sandhill crane permit, Disability
Wildlife Conservation Passport, land access unless exempt by age as listed above.
permit and HIP requirements. Residents having a proven permanent dis-
Landowners or Tenants ability which renders them non-ambulatory and
Under 18 Years of Age Resident landowners or tenants who hunt confines them to a wheelchair, as certified by a
Any person under 18 years of age in the only on land owned or agriculturally leased by medical doctor, are exempt from the hunting
physical custody of a child-care facility is ex- them (not including hunting leases) are exempt license.
empt from the purchase of a hunting license. from the hunting license. Resident landowners
who hunt waterfowl and other migratory game Proof of Exemption
Also, any person under 18 years of age is
exempt from the Wildlife Conservation Pass- birds only on their own property are exempt Proof of exemption from a license or permit
port and land access permit. from the Oklahoma waterfowl license and HIP must be carried while in the field.
requirements.
Only resident landowners or tenants or such Veterans Affairs Disability
64 Years Old or Older individuals’ children who trap on land owned Exemptions
Residents 64 years old or older are exempt
from the purchase of a land access permit and or agriculturally leased by such owners or agri- Resident disabled veterans with 60 percent
HIP requirements (including those who will cultural lessees (not including hunting leases) or more disability. Call State Department of
turn 64 during the calendar year in which they are exempt from purchasing a trapping license. Veterans Affairs, (888) 655-2838 to acquire proof
intend to hunt migratory birds). Residents 65 Persons residing in another state who own of exemption.
years old or older are exempt from the purchase land in Oklahoma but do not live on that land
of the Oklahoma waterfowl license. are considered nonresidents and are not exempt. Nonresidents
Landowners or Agricultural Lessees
Lifetime Licenses Under 14 Years of Age
(Hunting, Combination, Senior Landowners or agricultural lessees who kill Nonresidents under 14 years of age are ex-
Citizen & Disabled Veteran) bobcats, raccoons, gray/red foxes or river otters empt from the purchase of a hunting license,
All resident holders of a lifetime hunting, actually found destroying livestock or poultry HIP requirements and federal duck stamp.
lifetime combination, senior citizen hunting , are exempt from the purchase of the fur license.
senior citizen combination or lifetime disabled No landowner or agricultural lessee who Under 16 Years of Age
veteran combination hunting/fishing license takes these species under the depredation ex- Nonresidents under 16 years of age are ex-
are exempt from the purchase of the annual emption may remove any part of the fur or un- empt from the purchase of the federal duck
hunting license; deer, elk, antelope and turkey skinned carcass from the premises where taken. stamp and HIP requirements.
Under 18 Years of Age
Any person under 18 years of age in the
physical custody of an Oklahoma child-care
facility is exempt from the purchase of a hunt-
ing license.
Lifetime Licenses held by former
residents
Nonresidents who formerly lived in Oklaho-
ma and purchased a resident lifetime hunting,
resident lifetime combination, resident senior
citizen hunting, resident senior citizen combi-
nation or lifetime disabled veteran license may
still use the license with all the same privileges.
Those privileges are listed on this page in the
“residents” column.
Landowners
There are no license or permit exemptions
for nonresident landowners.
Military Personnel
All active-duty U.S. military personnel re-
gardless of duty station or state of residency
along with their dependents may purchase any
resident annual license with documentation of
active-duty status.

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