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Salt Plains NWR

Salt Plains NWR, photo by Steve Webber

Contacts

Hunting: (580) 626-4794
Game Warden (County):
(580) 860-4979(Alfalfa)
Area Acres
11,200 ac.

For details on Salt Plains NWR visit our partners with the USFWS:

USFWS - Salt Plains NWR

All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.

Deer and turkey seasons closed, except for controlled hunts. ALL other hunting seasons are closed unless otherwise specified below.

Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
  • Dove

Hunting hours close at noon daily. Contact the refuge for special restrictions.

  • Quail, Pheasant, Waterfowl, Sandhill Cranes

Closed Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays during deer gun season. Hunting hours close at noon daily. Contact the refuge for special restrictions.

Recent Journals
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Study Focused on Panhandle Black Bears Gets Big Picture Results

Camera traps and hair snares give landowners and biologists answers about status and origin of Panhandle black bears.

A tan frog with dark blotches floats in the water.
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring … the Crawfish Frog is Snoring

A team from Oklahoma State University has been studying the state’s secretive crawfish frog with research and survey sites spanning from a single breeding pond to the eastern one-third of Oklahoma.

A small brown butterfly is perched on a twig.
Small Butterfly Gets Big Status Update

A team organized by the Oklahoma Biological Survey tracked down the handful of frosted elfin butterfly records for the state and made it their mission to increase the number of known locations for the species.