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NEW REGULATIONS BOOK FOR 2022-23 ARRIVING IN MID-AUGUST

The 2022-23 edition of the Oklahoma Fishing and • Adjustment of license fees for nonresident youths.
Hunting Regulations is scheduled to be available • Allow the use of pneumatic airbows during any
online in mid-August and in print shortly after. open hunting season in which rifles are a legal
The regulations book for everyone who hunts, method of take.
fishes or traps in Oklahoma. Every hunter and angler
should read and reference the current regulations for • Close quail season Dec. 31 for nonresident
the following 12 months. hunters on western Oklahoma wildlife man-
The free printed regulations will be available agement areas.
at license vendors and Wildlife Department • New bag limit of only one brown trout of 30
offices across the state. The online version can inches or longer in the Lower Mountain Fork
be found at wildlifedepartment.com, and on the River trout area.
GoOutdoorsOklahoma mobile app for Apple or • Open several western Oklahoma public lands to
Android devices. statewide trapping for the month of February.
Some notable changes becoming effective this
year include: • Reducing parcel size to 320 acres to qualify for
• A new daily limit effective Sept. 1 of six large- private land youth bonus antlerless deer hunts.
mouth and/or smallmouth bass of any length, • Close Selman Bat Cave property to open pub-
with only one greater than 16 inches long. Also, lic access.
a black bass fishing tournament exemption
allows fish over 16 inches to be kept alive until • Clarifying restrictions on number of days camp-
weigh-in, after which the fish must be released. ing is allowed on wildlife management areas.
Hunters and anglers are reminded that the annual
• Hunting, fishing and combination licenses will
now be valid for 365 days from date of purchase. regulations publication is a summary of Oklahoma
statutes contained in Titles 29 and 800 that pertain
• Landowners may shoot nuisance coyotes and to fish and wildlife. The regulations publication
feral swine on agricultural land without a permit is not a legal document, and anyone who hunts,
at night. fishes, traps or uses ODWC-owned or -managed
• Antlerless deer Zone 10 will be open for holiday lands is responsible for knowing and abiding by
antlerless deer gun season. state statutes.

BUFFLEHEAD PAINTING WINS ODWC

SPECIAL ART AWARD FOR 2022

An acrylic painting Excellence in Communicating Current Conservation
titled “The Art of Wet- Issues recognizes high school students who demon-
land Conservation” by strate the ability to communicate conservation top-
London Peterson won ics in compelling ways. The show is free to enter
the Oklahoma Depart- and open to all Oklahoma high school students
ment of Wildlife Conser- grades 9-12. The award is funded up to $20,000,
vation Special Award in which is distributed to winning student participants
this year’s Sutton Award and their instructors as determined by a selection
student art contest. committee. Sponsors include the Wildlife Depart-
The Indianola Public Schools 12th-grader received ment, NatureWorks, Nothing bundt Cakes, UCO
a cash prize for the best depiction of an Oklahoma-re- College of Fine Arts and Design, Grant’s Frames,
lated conservation subject. Her artwork depicts four Jenks Chamber of Commerce, Nouveau Artelier de
buffleheads in flight. Chocolat, and Hive.
Peterson’s painting was also an honorable men- The next Sutton Award student art contest will
tion in ODWC’s 2022-23 Oklahoma Waterfowl open for entries in September; artworks will be due
Stamp Design Competition. in January. For more information and to view a gallery
Established in 2005 by the George Miksch Sut- of this year’s entries, go to https://2022suttonaward.
ton Avian Research Center, the Sutton Award for artcall.org/pages/web-gallery.

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