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SPECIAL AREA REGULATIONS
S P EC I A L A R E A R EG U L A T I O N S
SEASONS W/ SPECIAL Game Warden: (918) 429-3123, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS • Trapping: Open to water sets,
RESTRICTIONS (918) 429-3122, (918) 625-5085, The discharge of firearms for live box traps and enclosed
• Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzle- (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691, purposes other than hunting is trigger traps only.
loader, Deer Gun, Holiday Ant- (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550, prohibited. • Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey
lerless Deer Gun: Archery equip- (918) 625-5796 Public access is prohibited from Spring: One-tom limit; seasons
ment only. Archery equipment can All shotgun hunting is restricted to Oct. 15 - Jan. 31, unless otherwise combined.
be used to fill a youth deer, deer federally approved nontoxic shot on provided. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
muzzleloader, deer gun or holiday both Billy Creek and Chouteau WDU No camping allowed. Closed to all nonhunting activities,
antlerless deer gun license. portions. except hunter camping, from Oct. 1
• Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey CLOSED SEASONS McCurtain County - Jan. 31 and during spring turkey
Spring: One-tom limit; seasons Bear Archery, Bear Muzzleloader Wilderness Area season.
combined. SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS McCurtain County Camping is allowed in designated
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Deer Archery, Youth Deer Gun, Deer Area Contact: (580) 298-7152 areas.
No camping allowed. Muzzleloader, Deer Gun, Holiday
Antlerless Deer Gun, Dove, Rail, Game Warden: (580) 513-6866, Mountain Park WMA
Major County WMA Gallinule, Crow, Turkey Fall Archery, (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651 Kiowa County
Major County Turkey Fall Gun, Trapping, Turkey HUNTING RESTRICTIONS
Spring, Youth Turkey Spring All hunting seasons are closed Area Contact: (580) 595-0347
Area Contact: (580) 541-5319 except controlled deer and turkey Game Warden: (580) 450-7703
Game Warden: (580) 227-0393 SEASONS W/ SPECIAL hunts. All shotgun hunting is restricted to
RESTRICTIONS
CLOSED SEASONS • Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS federally approved nontoxic shot on
Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Rail, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit The self-guided nature trail is open the WDU portion.
Gallinule, Pheasant with hounds for Furbearers, year-round. CLOSED SEASONS
SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS Predator/ Furbearer Calling: No public entry, except by persons Deer Gun, Youth Deer Gun, Holiday
Youth Deer Gun, Dove, Waterfowl, Closed during the first nine days possessing prior written permission Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Fall Gun
Crane, Turkey Fall Gun, Turkey Fall of deer gun season. from the Director of the Department SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS
Archery, Deer Archery • Waterfowl: Hunting hours for or his designated representatives; Deer Archery, Deer Muzzleloader,
SEASONS W/ SPECIAL waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily Department employees; or by the Dove, Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe,
RESTRICTIONS on the WDU portions. Oklahoma Board of Agriculture, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Turkey
• Crow, Snipe, Woodcock, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Division of Forestry personnel Fall Archery, Crane
engaged in fire protection or
Rabbit, Squirrel: Closed during Vann’s Lake Refuge is closed to SEASONS W/ SPECIAL
the first nine days of deer gun public access except for controlled suppression activities. RESTRICTIONS
season. hunt permittees on the days of No camping allowed, except by • Quail: Closed during the first
• Deer Muzzleloader: Closed to their hunt. Public access for wildlife permit. nine days of deer gun season.
antlerless hunting. viewing is allowed from Old Highway McGee Creek WMA Closed to non-resident hunting
69 road and bridge as signed. Lands
• Deer Gun: Open during the east of Old Highway 69 are open Atoka County February 1-15.
first nine days only. Closed to to fishing and nonhunting use from • Pursuit with hounds for Fur-
antlerless hunting. Feb. 1 - Oct. 14. Lands west of new Area Contact: (580) 320-3173 bearers, Predator/ Furbearer
• Quail: Closed during the first U.S. 69 are open for hunting, fishing Game Warden: (580) 513-4823, Calling: Closed during the first
nine days of deer gun season. and public use from Feb. 1 - Oct. 14. (580) 513-0081 nine days of deer gun season.
Closed to non-resident hunters The discharge of firearms for purposes Area closed to all activities for • Waterfowl: Hunting hours for
February 1-15. Hunting hours other than hunting is prohibited. controlled deer hunts Oct. 21-23 waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily
close at 4:30 p.m. daily. and Nov. 18-20, 2022. on the WDU portion.
• Pursuit with hounds for No camping allowed. CLOSED SEASONS • Trapping: Open to water sets,
Furbearers, Predator/ McClellan-Kerr WRP Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Bear live box traps and enclosed
Furbearer Calling: Closed Muskogee County Muzzleloader, Youth Deer Gun, trigger traps only through Jan 31.
during deer gun season. Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Open same as statewide Feb 1
• Trapping: Open to water sets, Area Contact: (918) 625-3910 Fall Gun through end of February.
live box traps and enclosed Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS • Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey
trigger traps only through Jan 31. (918) 625-4691 Dove, Bear Archery, Turkey Fall Spring: One-tom limit; seasons
Open same as statewide Feb 1 All shotgun hunting is restricted to Archery, Deer Archery combined. Hunting hours close
through end of February. federally approved nontoxic shot. SEASONS W/ SPECIAL at 7:00 p.m. daily.
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS CLOSED SEASONS RESTRICTIONS ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
No camping allowed. Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Youth • Quail: Closed during the first Hunter and angler camping is
McAlester AAP Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer nine days of deer gun season. allowed in designated areas.
Gun, Turkey Fall Gun, Bear Archery,
Closed to all air-driven watercraft on
Pittsburg County Bear Muzzleloader. • Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe, WDU portion.
Woodcock, Waterfowl, Rabbit,
Area Contact: (918) 470-6296 SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS Squirrel: Closed from the Nanih Waiya PFA
Game Warden: (918) 429-3908, Spring Turkey, Youth Spring Turkey opening day of deer archery Pushmataha County
(918) 470-5097 SEASONS W/ SPECIAL season through the first nine
HUNTING RESTRICTIONS RESTRICTIONS days of deer gun season. Area Contact: (580) 271-0808
All hunting seasons are closed except • Deer Archery, Dove, Rail, • Pursuit with hounds for CLOSED SEASONS
controlled deer and turkey hunts. Gallinule, Crow, Quail, Snipe, Furbearers, Predator/ Bear Muzzleloader, Turkey Fall Gun,
Woodcock, Waterfowl, Furbearer Calling: Closed from Trapping
McClellan-Kerr WMA Rabbit, Squirrel, Turkey Fall the opening day of deer archery HUNTING RESTRICTIONS
Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah and Archery, Pursuit with hounds season through the first nine days Open only from Sept. 1 through the
Wagoner Counties for Furbearers, Predator/ of deer gun season and closed end of spring turkey season each
Furbearer Calling, Trapping: during spring turkey season.
Area Contact: (918) 625-3910, Closed Oct. 15 - Jan. 31. year. Deer hunting restricted to
(918) 316-2281 shotgun or archery only.
In addition to general hunting regulations, statewide species regulations and Department-managed area rules, this section addresses
special regulations that apply to public hunting lands. If a species or season is not listed, refer to statewide seasons and regulations.
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