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The Secret Lives of WMAs
Plenty of Opportunities, Activity on These Areas
During “Off Season”
By John Rempe, Wildlife Biologist

The Secret Lives of WMAs

Plenty of Opportunities, Activity

On These Areas During “Off-Season”

By John Rempe, Wildlife Biologist

KELLY ADAMS/ODWC

Summertime fishing fun is an option at People who know about the Wildlife Management Areas
Doc Hollis Lake on the Sandy Sanders
WMA in southwestern Oklahoma. (WMAs) across the state most likely think about them as
hunting or fishing spots. Most sportsmen and sportswom-
en who visit their favorite WMAs to enjoy the outdoors by
hunting are using those areas from September to January
each year. Some of them return during spring turkey sea-
son in April and May.
But it’s only during that six-month period each year when
most people visit WMAs. Truth is, there’s a lot happening
on these Wildlife Department areas during the other six
months of the year.

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