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PUBLIC HUNTING LANDS (SPECIAL AREA REGULATIONS)

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SEASONS W/ SPECIAL • Waterfowl: Hunting hours for season through the first nine
RESTRICTIONS waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily days of deer gun season. NANIH WAIYA PFA
• Crow, Snipe, Woodcock, on the WDU portions. • Pursuit with hounds for Pushmataha County
Rabbit, Squirrel: Closed during ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Area Contact: (580) 271-0808
the first nine days of deer gun Vann’s Lake Refuge is closed to Calling: Closed from the opening
season. public access except for controlled day of deer archery season CLOSED SEASONS
Bear Muzzleloader, Turkey Fall Gun,
• Deer Muzzleloader: Closed to hunt permittees on the days through the first nine days of Trapping
antlerless hunting. of their hunt. Public access for deer gun season and closed HUNTING RESTRICTIONS
wildlife viewing is allowed from
during spring turkey season.
• Deer Gun: Open during the Old Highway 69 road and bridge Open only from Sept. 1 through the
first nine days only. Closed to as signed. Lands east of Old • Trapping: Open to water sets, end of spring turkey season each
antlerless hunting. Highway 69 are open to fishing live box traps and enclosed year. Deer hunting restricted to
• Quail: Closed during the first and nonhunting use from Feb. 1 - trigger traps only. shotgun or archery only.
nine days of deer gun season. Oct. 14. Lands west of new U.S. 69 • Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey NEOSHO WMA
Closed to non-resident hunters are open for hunting, fishing and Spring: One-tom limit; seasons
February 1-15. Hunting hours public use from Feb. 1 - Oct. 14. combined. Craig and Ottawa County
close at 4:30 p.m. daily. The discharge of firearms for purposes ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Area Contact: (405) 517-4539
• Pursuit with hounds for other than hunting is prohibited. Closed to all nonhunting activities, Game Warden: (918) 244-2035,
Furbearers, Predator/ No camping allowed. except hunter camping, from Oct. 1 (918) 533-2679
Furbearer Calling: Closed - Jan. 31 and during spring turkey
during deer gun season. MCCURTAIN COUNTY season. Area closed to all activities for
• Trapping: Open to water sets, WILDERNESS AREA Camping is allowed in designated controlled deer hunts Oct. 21-22,
Nov. 4-5 and Nov. 11-12, 2023.
live box traps and enclosed McCurtain County areas.
trigger traps only through MOUNTAIN PARK WMA CLOSED SEASONS
Jan. 31. Open same as statewide Area Contact: (580) 298-7152 Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun,
Feb. 1 through end of February. Game Warden: (580) 513-6866, Kiowa County Youth Deer Gun, Deer Gun, Deer
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651 Area Contact: (580) 595-0347 Muzzleloader, Turkey Fall Gun
No camping allowed. HUNTING RESTRICTIONS Game Warden: (580) 450-7703 SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS
All hunting seasons are closed except Dove, Deer Archery, Turkey Fall
MCALESTER AAP controlled deer and turkey hunts. All shotgun hunting is restricted to Archery, Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit,
Pittsburg County federally approved nontoxic shot on Crow, Rail, Gallinule, Snipe,
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS the WDU portion. Woodcock, Waterfowl
Area Contact: (918) 470-6296 The self-guided nature trail is open CLOSED SEASONS
year-round. SEASONS W/ SPECIAL
Game Warden: (918) 429-3908, Deer Gun, Youth Deer Gun, RESTRICTIONS
(918) 470-5097 No public entry, except by persons Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, • Pursuit with hounds for
HUNTING RESTRICTIONS possessing prior written permission Turkey Fall Gun Furbearers, Predator/
from the Director of the Department
All hunting seasons are closed except or his designated representatives; SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS Furbearer Calling: Closed from
controlled deer and turkey hunts. Deer Archery, Deer Muzzleloader, opening day of deer archery
Department employees; or by the
MCCLELLAN-KERR WMA/WRP Oklahoma Board of Agriculture, Dove, Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe, season through the first nine
Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Turkey
days of deer gun season.
Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah and Division of Forestry personnel Fall Archery, Crane
Wagoner Counties engaged in fire protection or • Trapping: Open to water sets,
suppression activities. SEASONS W/ SPECIAL live box traps and enclosed
Area Contact: (918) 625-3910, No camping allowed, except by RESTRICTIONS trigger traps only.
(918) 316-2281
permit. • Quail: Closed during the first • Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey
Game Warden: (918) 429-3123, nine days of deer gun season. Spring: One-tom limit; seasons
(918) 429-3122, (918) 625-5085, MCGEE CREEK WMA Closed to non-resident hunting combined.
(918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691, Atoka County February 1-15. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
(918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550, • Pursuit with hounds for Fur-
(918) 625-5796 Area Contact: (580) 320-3173 bearers, Predator/ Furbearer No camping allowed.
All shotgun hunting is restricted to Game Warden: (580) 513-4823, Calling: Closed during the first OKMULGEE GMA
federally approved nontoxic shot on (580) 513-0081 nine days of deer gun season. Okmulgee County
both Billy Creek and Chouteau WDU Area closed to all activities for • Waterfowl: Hunting hours for
portions. controlled deer hunts Oct. 27-29, waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily Area Contact: (918) 759-1816
CLOSED SEASONS and Nov. 17-19, 2023. on the WDU portion. Game Warden: (918) 625-5971,
Bear Archery, Bear Muzzleloader CLOSED SEASONS • Trapping: Open to water sets, (918) 625-6013
SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Bear live box traps and enclosed Area closed to all activities for
Deer Archery, Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Youth Deer Gun, trigger traps only through controlled deer hunts Oct. 28-29,
Muzzleloader, Deer Gun, Holiday Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Jan. 31. Open same as statewide Nov. 4-5 and Nov. 11-12, 2023.
Antlerless Deer Gun, Dove, Rail, Fall Gun Feb. 1 through end of February. All shotgun hunting is restricted to
Gallinule, Crow, Turkey Fall Archery, SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS • Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey federally approved nontoxic shot on
Turkey Fall Gun, Trapping, Turkey Dove, Bear Archery, Turkey Fall Spring: One-tom limit; seasons the WDU portion.
Spring, Youth Turkey Spring Archery, Deer Archery combined. Hunting hours close CLOSED SEASONS
SEASONS W/ SPECIAL SEASONS W/ SPECIAL at 7:00 p.m. daily. Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader,
RESTRICTIONS RESTRICTIONS ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey
• Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, • Quail: Closed during the first Hunter and angler camping is Fall Gun
Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit nine days of deer gun season. allowed in designated areas. SAME AS STATEWIDE SEASONS
with hounds for Furbearers, • Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe, Closed to all air-driven watercraft on Youth Deer Gun, Turkey Fall
Predator/ Furbearer Calling: Woodcock, Waterfowl, Rabbit, WDU portion. Archery, Deer Archery
Closed during the first nine days Squirrel: Closed from the
of deer gun season. opening day of deer archery

In addition to general hunting regulations, statewide species regulations and Department-managed area rules, this section addresses
64 special regulations that apply to public hunting lands. If a species or season is not listed, refer to statewide seasons and regulations.