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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!

Meet Three Little-Known Fish of Oklahoma

Beyond our state’s familiar bass, crappie, and catfish swim schools of incredibly diverse and little-known fish.

Attracting Hummingbirds

Tips for attracting hummingbirds using artificial feeders and hummingbird gardens.

Problem Wildlife Guests or Pesky Pests?

On occasion, some animals behave more like pests than welcomed visitors, which means adapting your behavior to theirs – outsmarting or excluding them when they create a nuisance you can’t live with. This guide provides tips for dealing with problem wildlife guests or pesky pests.

Wild Double Take: Great and Snowy Egrets

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike waterbirds, the great and snowy egrets.

Treasure Troves of Data Found in State’s Natural History Museums

More than a dozen Oklahoma colleges and universities maintain natural history museums with collections that can be used for research, teaching, and outreach.

Four Wild Leaps for Leap Day

These leaping animals are poised to give nature enthusiasts an extra look in an extra-long year.

Controlled Hunts Offer Opportunities

Controlled hunts occur on public land and for a limited number of people. And so, they often offer a unique and rewarding hunting experience. If you’re interested in applying for one of these unique hunts and don’t know where to start, we are here to help.

Wild Double Takes: Spotted and Striped Skunks

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike mammals, the spotted and striped skunks.

Oklahoma Deer Hunting Accolades

See what hunters everywhere are saying about the outstanding deer hunting in the state of Oklahoma.

Wild Double Take: Bald and Golden Eagles

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike raptors, bald and golden eagles.