ODWC’s private lands biologists will meet with landowners, free of charge, to discuss habitat management goals and methods ...

Top photo shows part of the ranch that was cleared by a wildfire in spring 2026. In bottom photo, grasses and forbs are ...

The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an agreement that recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses in member states. This means that illegal activities in one state can ...

A white-tailed deer located about two miles south of Optima in Texas County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation proposes changes in Title 800, the administrative rules that apply to hunting, fishing and Wildlife Department ...

Youth deer hunters who've never harvested a deer, or have taken just one deer, may apply to go on bonus private-land youth deer hunts offered through ODWC.

(Youth are exempt from hunting license when hunting coyote. They are not exempt when hunting furbearers or trapping.) No daily, season or possession limit. See General Regulations for additional ...

The range of this species in Oklahoma extends throughout portions of the Ouachita Mountains, though a few records from the Ozark highlands also exist. Over 80 percent of the entire population ...

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For requirements on hunter orange, legal means of taking, public lands, shooting hours, carcass disposal, more than one method of take in the field, tracking with dogs, field tagging, and checking ...

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission accepted a $10,000 donation from the 1791 Foundation in support of the Hunters ...

An Oklahoma resident or nonresident fishing license is required of all persons 18 or older who take, attempt to take, or possess fish or other aquatic dwelling organisms by any method in Oklahoma.