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BIG GAME REGULATIONS

BEAR - ARCHERY & MUZZLELOADER

COMBINED SEASON LIMIT Bear carcasses may be quartered, with or • License Purchasing Deadlines:
One: either sex. This includes bear archery without skin, but the head and sex organs » Bear licenses for the archery season
must remain naturally attached to the skin
and bear muzzleloader seasons. must be purchased prior to the first day
until the bear is checked by a Department of archery season. No bear licenses will
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES employee. be sold on or after the first day for the
archery season.
No baiting is allowed on wildlife management MUZZLELOADER BEAR QUOTA » Bear licenses for the muzzleloader season
areas. Shooting of cubs or females with cubs is The Wildlife Department has set the 2023 muz- must be purchase prior to the first day of
prohibited. No den shooting of bears. Pursu- zleloader harvest quota at 20 bears. The muz- muzzleloader season. No bear licenses
ing bears with dogs is prohibited. Shooting zleloader season will be open until 20 bears will be sold on or after the first day of
collared bears is prohibited. muzzleloader season.
have been harvested or the season ends.
FIELD TAGGING & CHECKING Hunters must check via telephone whether the
quota has been reached before going hunting SEASON DATES & OPEN AREAS
Upon harvesting a bear, all hunters must each day. Once the quota has been reached, • Archery: Oct. 1-15; Only in Choctaw,
immediately attach their name and customer the season will close. Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and
ID number securely to the carcass. Pushmataha counties; and that portion of
The attached item can be anything, as long To check the status of the harvest quota: McIntosh, Muskogee and Sequoyah counties
as it contains the required information. This in- Call (888) 901-3256. south of Interstate 40; and that portion of
formation must remain attached to the carcass Atoka, Bryan, McIntosh and Pittsburg coun-
until it is checked. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS ties east of U.S. Highway 69. There is no
Upon harvesting a bear, all hunters must harvest quota for bear archery season.
call Matt Hensley, Wildlife Biologist, at (918) Hunters must be in possession of all appro- • Muzzleloader: Oct. 28 - Nov. 5 (unless quo-
527-9918, or Tres Phipps, Wildlife Technician, priate licenses before hunting Bears. ta is met earlier). Only in Choctaw, Haskell,
at (918) 527-9921, or Aaron Dossey, Wildlife Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and Pushma-
Technician, at (918) 260-3920. • Residents: Must possess a hunting license taha counties; and that portion of McIntosh,
The carcass must be checked in by the (see page 4) or proof of exemption. In ad- Muskogee and Sequoyah counties south
hunter who harvested the bear. After the dition, resident bear hunters must possess of Interstate 40; and that portion of Atoka,
carcass is checked, a carcass tag will be is- a bear license. Bryan, McIntosh and Pittsburg counties east
sued, which must remain with the carcass to • Nonresidents: Nonresident bear hunters of U.S. Highway 69.
its final destination or through processing are exempt from a hunting license while
and/or storage at commercial processing or hunting bear but must possess a nonresi-
storage facilities. dent bear license.

Desiree Eakle, RPS 2017

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