Contact the Refuge for general hunting or special use permits. All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot. Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the ...

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation proposes changes in Title 800, the administrative rules that ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

A team from Northeastern State University has been conducting bat surveys at Wildlife Management Areas within 100 miles of ...

“This was the first Yuma bat record tied to a bridge in Oklahoma, and the first record of a Yuma bat maternity colony using a ...

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 ...

I had the pleasure of interviewing two different young women who both dance and hunt. This story is about how two young women find power, balance, and joy between the stage and the woods. On one side ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is hosting a field day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday Oct. 25, at Okmulgee Wildlife Management Area with a waterfowl hunting workshop. Space is ...

As Oklahoma’s hunting season begins, many hunters are planning where to go. An opportunity that should not be overlooked is ODWC’s Land Access Program. OLAP began around 2016 with the goal of ...

These birds are fairly common in mature oak and oak/pine forests. They can be found in residential neighborhoods with mature trees. White-breasted nuthatches occur year-round in the eastern two-thirds ...

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) funds numerous research projects across the state, from the effects of weather and hunting on Northern bobwhite populations to the ...

STEP 1: All applicants (residents and non-residents) must possess or purchase a valid Oklahoma hunting license for the current calendar year of the drawing. Licenses are sold online at ...