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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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