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FURBEARER REGULATIONS
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RIVER OTTER & WEASEL Open statewide year-round, except it shall be
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unlawful to hunt, take or attempt to take coyotes
License Requirements Statewide: Dec. 1 - Feb. 28 from dark to daylight with the aid of any artificial
Resident (unless exempt): light and/or any sight dog. Persons attempting to
hunt at night must first obtain a permit from the
• Bobcat: No daily limit, season limit 20, pos-
• Resident Hunting License county game warden and must use a shotgun,
• Resident Fur License (required to take rac- session limit 20 per license. utilizing size six (6) shot or smaller.
coon, bobcat, gray/red fox and river otter) • Gray Fox / Red Fox: Daily combined limit
combined limit six, with no more than two Legal Means of Taking
In addition to a resident hunting license two, with no more than one red fox. Season
and resident fur license (if required), a resi-
dent trapping license is required for all per- red foxes. Firearms or Archery
sons who trap any furbearer, unless exempt. • River Otter: No daily limit, season limit four.
• Badger, Mink, Muskrat, Opossum, Weasel: • Daylight only: Any legal firearm or archery
No limit. equipment.
Nonresident (unless exempt):
• Nighttime only: Hunters may possess a .22
• Nonresident Hunting License caliber rimfire rifle or .22 caliber rimfire pistol
• Nonresident Fur License (required to take SWIFT FOX, SPOTTED SWIFT FOX, SPOTTED and a light carried on the person while in
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raccoon, bobcat, gray/red fox and river otter) SKUNK & RINGTAIL pursuit of furbearers with hounds during the
In addition to a nonresident hunting license legal, open furbearer season, while possess-
and nonresident fur license (if required), a non- Closed statewide year-round. ing a valid hunting license, unless exempt.
resident trapping license is required for all The Wildlife Department is • Laser sights: Nothing in this section shall
persons who trap any furbearer, unless exempt. prevent a person from possessing a .22 caliber
partnering with the University
of Central Oklahoma to track rimfire rifle or pistol with a laser sighting de-
Season Dates/Bag Limits spotted skunks in our state. vice while hunting or taking furbearers with
If you see a spotted skunk, hounds during legal, open furbearer season,
BEAVER, NUTRIA, RAC-
B E A V E R , N U T R I A , R A C - please report the sighting to while possessing a valid hunting license.
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er Biologist at jerrod.davis@
odwc.ok.gov. • Legal traps: Box traps; smooth-jawed, sin-
Statewide: open year-round glespring, foot-hold steel traps with a jaw
No daily, season or possession limit. spread no greater than eight inches; smooth-
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PROTECT OKLAHOMA TREES FROM
INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT
TRAVEL IN FIREWOOD
• Leave firewood at home.
Don’t transport it to campsites.
• Burn all firewood before leaving campsites.
• Burn all firewood before leaving campsites.
Leftover firewood can house unwanted
insects and disease.
• Use locally cut firewood.
For more info, contact Oklahoma Forestry Services
at (405) 522-6158 or visit www.forestry.ok.gov.
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