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Outdoor Oklahoma Journal

This is the Outdoor Oklahoma Journal, where we're all about helping you pursue and engage in Oklahoma's vibrant outdoor lifestyle. Follow us for great hunting and fishing stories, wildlife features, insider information about unique opportunities, and tangible details on how to go out and be a hunter, angler, and conservationist. The outdoors are always open, so don't miss out!

Splash a Cast

Hit a clear water creek or Close to Home pond this summer to bone up that cast for trout season. Unlike our salmonoid friends, bass and sunfish can take a little splash in your cast.

For the Love of the Catch

Fish of all sizes, ornamentation, and colors float one Oklahoma angler’s boat.

Locust Trees: A Thorny Problem for Some Landowners

Considerations for managing honey locust on private lands.

Options for Leaky Ponds

Considerations for repairing leaky ponds.

Trapping and the Oklahoma Fur Trade: Then and Now

A look at Oklahoma's trapping history.

Where Have All the Birds Gone?

A look at how habitat changes can impact populations of birds.

The Quest for an Uncommon Butterfly

A survey team searched the tallgrass prairie for a butterfly known as a regal fritillary.

Invasion of the Limpkin

A curious bird, the limpkin, has made a handful of curious appearances in the state.

Readers’ Photography Showcase Anchors July/August Outdoor Oklahoma Magazine

The highly anticipated 2022 Outdoor Oklahoma magazine’s Readers’ Photography Showcase issue is almost here! Did you enter your photos? And did your work win a spot in our Showcase?

Here Be Dragons

Biologist visits historic dragonfly location, commemorating a day of dragonfly discovery.