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S PE C I A L L I C E N S ES & PE R M I T S
SPECIAL LICENSES & PERMITS

Fiscal-Year Licenses charge at wildlifedepartment.com or is avail- homa, or any state which borders this state.
The fiscal year licenses (hunting, combina- able at all state hunting license dealer locations Off-road use of a vehicle on Department-
tion, youth hunting, youth combination, non- for $3. managed lands by a non-ambulatory permit-
resident hunting) are valid from July 1 to June tee is authorized only on lands specifically
30. These licenses cover many hunting seasons Land Access Permits designated as open for such activity. Maps of
that extend beyond the calendar year. A $40 annual land access permit is required areas open to off-road use may be obtained from
of all residents who hunt or fish on Honobia Department headquarters in Oklahoma City.
Resident 5-Year Hunting License Creek and Three Rivers WMAs, unless exempt.
or 5-Year Combination Nonresidents are required to purchase a $85 5-Day Rattlesnake Permit
Hunting / Fishing License annual permit, no exemptions. Any person hunting, pursuing, trapping,
Persons who have been residents of Oklahoma A $10, 3-day special use land access permit harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempt-
for at least six months may purchase a 5-year is available to residents for non-hunting and ing to take in any manner any species of rattle-
hunting or 5-year combination hunting/fishing non-fishing related activities. Individuals who snake during an organized rattlesnake hunting
license. Holders of these licenses are exempt from possess the $40 annual land access permit are event or festival must have a rattlesnake permit,
the annual hunting license only. Holders of the exempt from the special use permit. unless exempt.
resident 5-year licenses who become residents Oklahoma residents who are under 18 years Persons with a valid hunting or combination
of another state during the 5-year period of their of age on the first day of the current calendar hunting/fishing license are exempt from the
license may continue to use their license as a year or are 64 years old or older are exempt rattlesnake permit.
nonresident annual hunting license. However, from land access permit requirements. Life- Permits are available by calling (405) 521-
they must purchase any season-specific licenses, time license holders are not exempt from land 3852, online at wildlifedepartment.com, or at
such as antelope, bear, deer, elk or turkey, that are access permits. any hunting or fishing license dealer.
not covered by a resident annual hunting license.
3-Day/Annual Wildlife Tribal Compact Licenses
Lifetime Senior Citizen Hunting / Conservation Passport For tribal compact licenses, visit choctawnation.
Combination License The Wildlife Conservation Passport is re- com or cherokee.org.
Residents age 65 (or those who turn 65 dur- quired on certain ODWC lands (See Public
ing the calendar year) are eligible to purchase a Hunting Lands: Special Area Regulations), Federal Sandhill Crane Permit
senior citizen hunting license or combination although individuals who possess any current All crane hunters must possess a $3 fed-
hunting/fishing license which is valid for life. hunting or fishing license issued by the ODWC eral sandhill crane permit (valid July 1 to
The license provides the same exemptions as a are exempt from the passport. the following June 30). Permits are available
resident lifetime combination hunting/fishing from any Oklahoma hunting license dealer.
license (see page 52). Application available at Motor Vehicle Permit to Hunt from a Permits also are available free of charge at
wildlifedepartment.com. If using a paper form, Motorized Vehicle wildlifedepartment.com.
form must be signed by a Wildlife Department Use of a motor vehicle for hunting is intended
employee before mailing. only as a means of facilitating access. During the Nonresident Lifetime Licenses
actual taking of any wildlife, the vehicle being Nonresidents who hold a nonresident
Disability Hunting License used by the permittee must be stopped and the lifetime hunting or combination license are
Persons who have resided in Oklahoma for engine must be turned off. exempt from the purchase of a nonresident
at least six months and who are receiving So- A 5-year motor vehicle permit to hunt or annual hunting license. To hunt antelope, bear,
cial Security disability, Supplemental Security take wildlife with the aid of a motor-driven deer or elk, nonresident lifetime license holders
Income benefits, or persons receiving disability vehicle on Department-managed lands may must purchase a nonresident antelope, bear,
benefits under the Federal Railroad Retirement be issued to residents having a permanent dis- deer or elk license.
Act or the Multiple Injury Trust Fund may pur- ability which confines them to a wheelchair, or The owner of a nonresident lifetime license
chase a 5-year disability hunting license for $10. requires the use of crutches, a walker or other must purchase a nonresident annual or fiscal
Applicants for this license are urged to ask for means of support or assistance for body mo- year hunting license in addition to a turkey li-
a Benefits Verification Statement from Social bility as certified by a medical doctor licensed cense to hunt turkey.
Security at (800) 772-1213. Application avail- to practice in Oklahoma or any state which Nonresident lifetime license holders need
able at wildlifedepartment.com. Must include borders this state. the following for certain types of migratory
paperwork specified in application. Use of a vehicle on Department-managed bird hunting: a HIP permit to hunt migratory
lands by a motor vehicle permittee is authorized game birds, a federal sandhill crane permit to
Lifetime Disabled Veteran only on roads or trails specifically designated hunt sandhill cranes, a federal duck stamp
Combination Hunting / Fishing as open for such activity. Off-road travel by a and an Oklahoma waterfowl license to hunt
License motor vehicle permittee is prohibited. waterfowl.
This license is available to resident disabled
veterans, as certified by the Department of Vet- Non-ambulatory Permit to Hunt from Commercial Hunt Areas
erans Affairs. For veterans with a disability of a Motorized Vehicle For information on operator license require-
less than 60 percent, the cost of the license is Use of a motor vehicle for hunting is intended ments, permits, eligibility and live transport of
$200. For veterans with a disability of 60 percent only as a means of facilitating access. During the cervidae (405) 521-3719. All commercial hunt
or more, the cost of the license is $25. actual taking of any wildlife, the vehicle being area hunters must be in possession of a valid
The license provides the same exemptions as used by the permittee must be stopped and the resident or nonresident hunting license (see
a resident lifetime combination hunting/fishing engine must be turned off. page 48 for hunting license definition). A $5
license (see page 52). A 5-year non-ambulatory permit to hunt or 10-day small game commercial hunt area li-
take wildlife with the aid of a motor-driven cense is available to hunters not pursuing big
Harvest Information Program vehicle on Department-managed lands may be game, upland game and/or exotics. Any animal
(HIP) Permit issued to residents who are unable to walk due leaving a commercial hunt area must be tagged
A Harvest Information Program (HIP) per- to a single or double leg amputation, paralysis and listed on a receipt (tag and receipt is only
mit is required of all migratory bird hunters, of lower extremity(ies) and/or disease or injury provided by the commercial hunt area operator).
unless exempt. and are confined to the use of a wheelchair as
The permit is valid from July 1 through the their primary source of mobility, as certified by
following June 30, and may be obtained free of a medical doctor licensed to practice in Okla-

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