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For requirements on hunter orange, legal means of taking, public lands, shooting hours, carcass disposal, more than one method
of take in the field, tracking with dogs, field tagging and checking requirements, see Big Game Regulations on pages 56 and 57.

BEAR - ARCHERY & MUZZLELOADER
B E A R - A R C H E R Y & M U Z Z L E L O A D E R

Combined Season Limit The head must remain attached to the carcass • License Purchasing Deadlines: Bear licens-
One: either sex. This includes bear archery until the bear is checked. Bear carcasses may es for the archery season must be purchased
and bear muzzleloader seasons. be checked-in quartered, with or without skin, prior to Oct. 1. No bear licenses will be sold
but sex organs must remain naturally attached after Sept. 30 for the archery season. An un-
Prohibited Activities until checked by a Department employee. filled bear license from the archery season
No baiting is allowed on wildlife manage- is valid for muzzleloader season.
ment areas. Shooting of cubs or females with Muzzleloader Bear Quota Bear licenses for the muzzleloader season
cubs is prohibited. No den shooting of bears. The Wildlife Department has set the 2021 must be purchased prior to Oct. 23. No bear
licenses will be sold after Oct. 22 for the muz-
Pursuing bears with dogs is prohibited. Shoot- muzzleloader harvest quota at 20 bears. The muz- zleloader season.
ing collared bears is prohibited. zleloader season will be open until 20 bears have
been harvested or the season ends. Hunters must
Field Tagging & Checking check via telephone whether the quota has been Season Dates &
Upon harvesting a bear, all hunters must im- reached before going hunting each day. Once the Open Areas
mediately attach their name and customer ID quota has been reached, the season will close. • Archery: Oct. 1-17; Only in Choctaw,
number securely to the carcass. Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and
The attached item can be anything, as long To check the status of the harvest quota: Pushmataha counties; and that portion of
as it contains the required information. This Call (888) 901-3256. McIntosh, Muskogee and Sequoyah coun-
information must remain attached to the carcass ties south of Interstate 40; and that portion
until it is checked. License Requirements of Atoka, Bryan, McIntosh and Pittsburg
Upon harvesting a bear, all hunters must call Lifetime License holders are not exempt counties east of U.S. Highway 69. There is
Jeff Ford, Sr. Wildlife Biologist, at (918) 527-9918; from the purchase of a bear license. no harvest quota for bear archery season.
or Matt Hensley, Wildlife Technician, at (918) • Muzzleloader: Oct. 23-31 (unless quota is met
260-3920; or Tres Phipps, Wildlife Technician, • Residents: Must possess a hunting license earlier). Only in Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Le
at (918) 527-9921. (see page 48) or proof of exemption. In ad- Flore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties;
The carcass must be checked in by the hunter dition, resident bear hunters must possess and that portion of McIntosh, Muskogee and
who harvested the bear. After the carcass is a bear license. Sequoyah counties south of Interstate 40; and
checked, a carcass tag will be issued, which • Nonresidents: Nonresident bear hunters are that portion of Atoka, Bryan, McIntosh and
must remain with the carcass to its final des- exempt from a hunting license while hunt- Pittsburg counties east of U.S. Highway 69.
tination or through processing and/or storage ing bear but must possess a nonresident bear
at commercial processing or storage facilities. license.

MOUNTAIN LION
MO U N T A I N L I ON

There is no hunting season on mountain The carcass (including hide) must be pre-
lions. However, mountain lions can be taken sented to a Department employee within 24
year-round when committing or about to com- hours for biological data collection, which may
mit depredation on any domesticated animal include the removal of a tooth.
or when deemed an immediate safety hazard.
Individuals who kill a mountain lion must
immediately call a game warden (see Game
Warden Directory on pages 2-3) or other De-
partment employee.

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