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MAY/JUNE • VOLUME 80 • NUMBER 3
Published by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
1801 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City, OK 73152

State of oklahoma
J. Kevin Stitt, Governor
Wildlife ConServation CommiSSion
Leigh Gaddis, Ada — Chairwoman
James V. Barwick, Edmond — Vice Chairman
Rick Holder, Creta — Secretary
Tim Diehl, McAlester
D. Chad Dillingham, Enid
Jess Kane, Bartlesville
Mark Mabrey, Okmulgee
John P. Zelbst, Meers
oklahoma department of Wildlife ConServation
Wade Free, Interim Director
Vacant, Chief Financial Officer
Ken Cunningham, Chief, Fisheries Division
Bill Dinkines, Chief, Wildlife Division
Nathan Erdman, Chief, Law Enforcement Division
Nels Rodefeld, Chief, Communication and Education Division
Nels Rodefeld, Editor
Micah Holmes, Managing Editor
Kelly Adams, Managing Editor 12 42 48
Don P. Brown, Associate Editor
Contributing Staff
Colin Berg, Heather Del Moral, Jena Donnell, Wade
Free, Darrin Hill, Mark Howery, Lance Meek, Smoky Solis,
Amanda Thomas.
phone
(405) 521-3856
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WebSite
www.wildlifedepartment.com
e-mail
donald.brown@odwc.ok.gov OFF THE BEATEN PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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permission is prohibited. Outdoor Oklahoma (ISSN 0030- A Guide to Oklahoma’s Public Shooting Ranges
7106) is published bimonthly by the Oklahoma Department
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Director, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation,
P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City, OK 73152, or Office of Razor-backed Musk Turtle
Diversity, Inclusion, and Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the By Kayleen Sugianto, Oklahoma State University Student
Interior, 1849 C St. NW, Washington DC 20240.
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Subscriptions are $10 per year; $18 for 2 years; $25 for 3 by its relatively large size,
years. Single copies $4. Production and distribution costs large head, bright coloration, a tail twice the body’s
not covered by subscription fees are borne by Oklahoma
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lizard is but one example of Oklahoma’s ample
ACCOUNT QUESTIONS wildlife diversity, which we celebrate in this issue of
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Outdoor Oklahoma. (Photo by Stephen Ofsthun.)
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