A four-man certified judging panel measured the 9-by-9 set of antlers on Dec. 29 at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters and arrived at an official net score of 411 1/8. The ...

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Many fortunes were made when the first mountain men started trapping in the western regions of our country. This rich heritage opened the way for settlers going from one ocean to another. For years ...

Interactive Map A Selective Surveillance Area (SSA) now stretches from the Oklahoma-New Mexico line near Mexhoma eastward to Boise City, then southeast following U.S. 287 to the Oklahoma-Texas line ...

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission adopted new rules in 2025 that require non-residents accessing certain Oklahoma public hunting and fishing areas to check in and out of the area. By ...

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.

If you witness a violation, call your game warden or contact Operation Game Thief hotline at (800) 522-8039. If you can’t reach your local game warden and have an emergency or see someone committing a ...

Alligators are often basking with their eyes and nostrils just above the water. They are mostly found in swamps and marshes, but sometimes they are found in rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. In ...

In 1998, CWD was confirmed in a captive elk herd in Oklahoma County which had originally been imported from Montana. The U.S. Department of Agriculture euthanized that herd to decrease the threat of ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation publishes the 2023-2024 Oklahoma Fishing & Hunting regulations. View by pdf, flipbook, or our website.

Although not the first state to jump into mind when thinking of waterfowl, Oklahoma has been blessed with many diverse opportunities for waterfowlers. Located at the southern portion of the Central ...