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BIG GAME REGULATIONS

ELK carcass disposal, more than one method of take in the field, tracking with dogs, field tag-
For requirements on hunter orange, legal means of taking, public lands, shooting hours,
ging and checking requirements, see Big Game Regulations on pages 35-36.

COMBINED SEASON LIMIT PUBLIC LANDS OPEN ZONES
• Two: either sex. Elk hunting is closed on all Department owned Panhandle Zone: All private lands in Beaver,
or managed lands, except for controlled elk Cimarron, and Texas counties.
This includes elk archery, youth elk gun, elk hunt permittees on areas and dates desig-
muzzleloader, elk gun and holiday antlerless nated on their controlled hunt permit. • Zone bag limit: Two (2) elk, one of which
elk gun seasons. must be antlerless.
Elk taken during Jan. 1-31, 2024, count to- LICENSE REQUIREMENTS • Zone harvest quota: Sixty (60) elk.
ward the 2023 combined season limit.
Elk taken during controlled hunts do not Hunters must be in possession of all appro- Special Northwest Zone: All private lands in
count toward the combined season limit. priate licenses before hunting Elk. Hunters Woodward, Dewey and Ellis counties, and a
using an air-powered arrow rifle must pur- portion of Roger Mills County north of State
LEGAL ELK DEFINITION chase a one-time Arrow Rifle Permit. Highways 33 and 47 to the north county line
A legal bull is defined as any antlered bull, Resident (unless exempt): and west to the state border and east to the
county line.
except in the Special Southwest Zone, where
a legal bull must have at least five points on at • Resident Hunting License, and • Zone bag limit: One (1) elk, regardless of sex.
least one side of the antlers (a point is defined • Resident Elk License (for each elk hunted) • Zone harvest quota: Two (2) elk.
as the tip of the main antler beam and any
projection arising from the main antler beam Jan. 1-31: must be in possession of a resident Northwest Zone: All private lands north of
that is at least one inch in length). hunting license and a resident elk license Interstate 40 and west of Interstate 35, exclud-
An antlerless elk is defined as any elk with for the current calendar year. Unfilled elk ing the counties in the Panhandle Zone and
no visible antlers, regardless of sex.
license (Jan. 1-31) may be used the follow- counties or parts thereof in the Special North-
WRITTEN LANDOWNER ing fall season. west Zone.
PERMISSION Nonresident: • Zone bag limit: One (1) elk, regardless of sex.
All elk hunters must possess written permission • Nonresident Elk License (for each elk hunt- • Zone harvest quota: Eight (8) elk.
from the landowner or, where appropriate, the ed) or a resident lifetime hunting or combi- Northeast Zone: All private lands north of
lessee (tenant). Permission must be carried nation hunting/fishing license Interstate 40 and east of Interstate 35.
on the person while hunting elk. Elk hunters
may only hunt on those lands for which they Jan. 1-31: must be in possession of a non- • Zone bag limit: One (1) elk, regardless of sex.
have written permission. Landowners, opera- resident elk license for the current calendar • Zone harvest quota: Twenty (20) elk.
tors and immediate family are exempt from year. Unfilled elk license (Jan. 1-31) may be
written permission.
used the following fall season. Southeast Zone: All private lands south of
ZONE HARVEST QUOTA SEASON DATES Interstate 40 and east of Interstate 35.
Before hunting, all hunters must check the • Zone bag limit: One (1) elk, regardless of sex.
Wildlife Department’s website at wildlifede- (ONLY IN OPEN ZONES) • Zone harvest quota: Five (5) elk.
partment.com to ensure the quota has not • Elk Archery: Oct. 1, 2023 - Jan. 15, 2024.
been met for the zone in which they will be • Youth Elk Gun: Oct. 20-22. Southwest Zone: All private lands south of
hunting. Once the zone quota has been met, • Elk Muzzleloader: Oct. 28 - Nov. 5. Interstate 40 and west of Interstate 35, exclud-
the season is closed. • Elk Gun: Nov. 18 - Dec. 3. ing the counties in the Special Southwest Zone.
• Holiday Antlerless Elk Gun: Dec. 18-31.
• Zone bag limit: One (1) elk, regardless of sex.
• Zone harvest quota: Thirty (30) elk.
SPECIAL SOUTHWEST ZONE
These season dates are not in addition to the
season dates in Open Zones.
These season dates include all private lands
in Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties.
• Archery: Oct. 7-11 and Dec. 9-13.
• Muzzleloader: Season closed.
• Gun: Oct. 12-15, 2023 and Dec. 14-17, 2023.
• Youth Elk Gun: Oct. 20-22.
• Additional Antlerless Gun Season:
Nov. 18 - Dec. 3, 2023 and Jan. 1-31, 2024;
antlerless only.
Zone bag limit: Two (2) elk, regardless of sex,
one of which must be antlerless.
Anthony Morris Zone harvest quota: There is no quota in this
zone.

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