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!
Tips for a Successful Dove Season
We share dove hunting tips like how to choose the right shotgun and shells, find a place to hunt, and which hunting accessories can help you make the most of the season.
Creating a Wildscape Plan
Design a plan that is compatible with the needs of the wildlife you hope to attract as well as of your home and property.
Establishing Plantings for Wildlife
Most wildlife rely upon plants, either eating the fruit, seeds, or nectar provided or using the plant as a source of shelter or cover. Establishing plantings for wildlife can attract more species to your property.
Finding Adventure Through iNaturalist
Wildlife Department Administrative Assistant Shelli Gray has made several exciting discoveries through iNaturalist.
Take Dove Hunts to New Level at Forested WMAs
Hunting mourning dove in forested areas can be a bit challenging, but Honobia Creek and Three Rivers Wildlife Management Areas in southeastern Oklahoma are great places to visit for anyone looking for a different type of dove hunt that only forested habitats can provide.
Wild Double Take: Prairie Kingsnake and Great Plains Ratsnake
Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike snakes, the prairie kingsnake and Great Plains ratsnake.
Breeding Birds Counted in Trio of Surveys
Biologists surveyed along public roads to document the bird community found in a Breeding Bird Atlas block located in Jackson and Tillman counties.
HIP Hip Hooray!
Two hunters set out on a quest in 2014. Their hunting goal was to harvest a bird from every category listed on the federal Harvest Information Program permit, an annual federal survey required to be filled out by most migratory bird hunters across the nation.
Tips for Sharing the Hunting Heritage with Kids
Conservation is funded by sportsmen when they buy hunting and fishing licenses and pay federal excise taxes on sporting goods, so an important part of ensuring a future for conservation includes ensuring a future for sportsmen. Share your heritage!
Hunting and Fishing Boost Oklahoma's Economy
Southwick Associates (SA) ran an economic impact analysis on data collected as part of the National Survey of Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife Watching. An economic impact analysis looks at how certain activities influence the economy of a specific location. For this analysis, SA looked at how hunting, fishing and target shooting impact different pieces of the economy in Oklahoma.