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OKLAHOMA HUNTING
          ANNUAL EXPENDITURES                                 HOW WE ARE FUNDED
                                                              The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
                 $1.3 BILLION                                 Conservation does not receive any state or
                 annual expenditures                          local tax dollars. License sales and federal
                                                              Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration Program
                                                              grant revenues are the main funding sources.
                 $1.1 BILLION
                 retail sales

                 $220 MILLION
                 trip-related expenses                        HUNTING PARTICIPATION
                                                              305,815 hunters spent an average
                                                              of 11 days hunting in Oklahoma.
          TOTAL IMPACT

          ODWC fosters a hunting and
          fishing industry that annually
          generates over $4.1 billion in                      MOST POPULAR SEASON
          retail sales and over $906 million                  Deer season is the most popular
          in trip-related expenses.                           hunting season in Oklahoma. 80% of
                                                              active hunters (those who hunted at
                                                              all in 2022) hunted deer during 2022.












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