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2021 SPRING TURKEY HUNTS 2021 YOUTH TURKEY HUNTS
• Total applicants (includes first, second and third choice pref- • Total applicants (includes first, second and third choice pref-
erences): 12,997 erences): 1,365
• Total permits available: 80 • Total permits available: 61
• Overall odds of getting drawn for any one permit: 1 in 162.5 • Overall odds of getting drawn for any one permit: 1 in 22.4
SPRING TURKEY HUNT APPLICATION TIPS YOUTH TURKEY HUNT APPLICATION TIP
• In areas that offer two hunts, the hunts offered later in the • Hunts with low permit numbers may be harder to draw than
season are usually easier to draw. other hunts, even though more youngsters applied for the
• The hunts at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant have some other areas.
of the highest application rates and are some of the hardest
spring turkey hunts to draw.

2021 Spring Turkey Hunts
Hunt Permits
Hunt Location Hunt Type Begin Date End Date Permit Type Applicants Draw Ratio Rank
Number Allowed
Cross Timbers WMA 6000 Shotgun 4/6/21 4/10/21 Tom 2,418 10 1 in 241.8 8
Cross Timbers WMA 6001 Shotgun 5/2/21 5/6/21 Tom 1,419 10 1 in 141.9 3
Deep Fork NWR 6010 Shotgun 4/12/21 5/6/21 Tom 2,110 10 1 in 211 6
Four Canyon Preserve 6020 Shotgun 4/2/21 4/3/21 Tom 569 2 1 in 284.5 9
Four Canyon Preserve 6021 Shotgun 4/9/21 4/10/21 Tom 360 2 1 in 180 4
Little River NWR 6040 Shotgun 4/16/21 4/18/21 Tom 1,729 20 1 in 86.45 1
McCurtain County WA 6060 Shotgun 4/9/21 4/11/21 Tom 1,581 16 1 in 98.81 2
Sequoyah NWR 6070 Shotgun 4/16/21 4/25/21 Tom 543 3 1 in 181 5
Tishomingo NWR 6080 Gun 4/8/21 4/9/21 Tom 1,194 5 1 in 238.8 7
Wichita Mountains WR 6090 Shotgun 4/19/21 4/21/21 Tom (walk-in only) 1,074 2 1 in 537 10
2021 Spring Youth Turkey Hunts
Permits
Hunt
Hunt Location Number Hunt Type Begin Date End Date Permit Type Applicants Allowed Draw Ratio Rank
Hugo COE (Kiamichi Park) 7000 Shotgun 4/3/21 4/4/21 Tom 109 4 1 in 27.25 7
Washita NWR 7010 Shotgun 4/9/21 4/11/21 Tom 110 5 1 in 22 6
Deep Fork NWR 7020 Shotgun 4/3/21 5/6/21 Tom 164 10 1 in 16.4 3
James Collins WMA 7030 Shotgun 4/10/21 4/11/21 Tom 201 10 1 in 20.1 5
Little River NWR 7040 Shotgun 4/9/21 4/11/21 Tom 59 5 1 in 11.8 1
McGee Creek WMA 7070 Shotgun 4/10/21 4/11/21 Tom 195 10 1 in 19.5 4
Atoka WMA 7071 Shotgun 4/10/21 4/11/21 Tom 140 10 1 in 14 2
Salt Plains NWR 7075 Shotgun 4/16/21 4/25/21 Tom 118 2 1 in 59 9
Sequoyah NWR 7080 Shotgun 4/2/21 4/11/21 Tom 182 3 1 in 60.67 10
Wichita Mountains WR 7096 Shotgun 4/9/21 4/11/21 Tom 87 2 1 in 43.5 8
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