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Next Year's Hunting Season Dates
How and when Oklahoma's hunting season dates are set can get complicated. But for the most part, hunting seasons are either on the same date or the same weekend every year.
Bobcats Focus of Study on Three Wildlife Management Areas
The Wildlife Department partnered with Oklahoma State University to study the density of Oklahoma’s most-harvested furbearer and the relationships between predator and prey.
How Waterfowlers Can Help Prevent Spread of ANS
Duck and goose hunters have a role to play in helping to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic nuisance species. Here are some ways they can help.
Missed Hunting Opportunities
Lots of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors exist on Oklahoma's wildlife management areas.
Public Land Alternatives to Private Land Hunting
Wondering where to hunt? If you're looking for public hunting opportunities in Oklahoma, here are a few areas to get you started.
Wild Double Take: Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks
Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike raptors, the Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks.
Louisiana Gives Oklahoma’s Endangered Woodpecker Population a Boost
Twelve red-cockaded woodpeckers were recently relocated to Oklahoma’s shortleaf pine forest from a donor population in Louisiana.
Wild Double Take: Swift and Gray Foxes
Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike foxes, the swift and gray foxes.
State’s Flying Mammal Focus of Ongoing OU Research
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma are assessing the overall health and movements of the Mexican free-tailed bat at the Wildlife Department’s Selman Bat Cave WMA.
