Special Licenses & Permits

Specialty Licenses

Fishing Guide License

Fishing guides must possess an Oklahoma fishing guide license. For a list of licensed guides, visit wildlifedepartment.com/fishing/fishing-guides.

Youth Annual Super Hunting License

Allows hunters 17 years of age or younger to hunt all game types. Refer to table for a list of game covered. The Youth Annual Super License does not always exempt youth hunters from HIP or the Federal Migratory Bird Stamp.

3-Year Combination Fishing and Hunting License

Available for people who have been residents of Oklahoma for at least six months. Holders of this license are exempt from the annual fishing and hunting license only. Those who become residents of another state during the 3-year period of their license may continue to use their license as a nonresident annual fishing or hunting license.

Lake Texoma License

Allows anglers to fish the entire lake without having to purchase a resident or nonresident license. Oklahoma residents with a valid fishing license are not required to purchase this license if only fishing the Oklahoma portion of the lake.

Paddlefish Permit

Required for all persons who fish for paddlefish, regardless of age or residency, including lifetime license holders. Permits expire Dec. 31 and must be carried on your person (electronic or hardcopy). There are no exemptions for the paddlefish permit.

Senior Citizen Lifetime Licenses

Available for residents age 65 or older (or those who turn 65 during the calendar year) and are valid for life. The license provides the same exemptions as a resident lifetime combination or lifetime resident fishing license. Applications are available at wildlifedepartment.com. If using a paper form, the form must be signed by a Wildlife Department employee or include a copy of your Oklahoma driver's license before mailing.

Disability 5-year Combination Fishing & Hunting License

Available for persons who have resided in Oklahoma for at least six months and who are receiving Social Security disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits, or persons receiving disability benefits under the Federal Railroad Retirement Act or the Multiple Injury Trust Fund. Applicants for this license are urged to ask for a Benefit Verification Letter from Social Security at (800) 772-1213.

Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting License

Available to resident disabled veterans, as certified by the Veterans Affairs Department. For veterans with a disability of less than 60 percent, the cost of the license is $200. For veterans with a disability of 60 percent or more, the cost of the license is $25. The license provides the same benefits as a resident lifetime combination license.

Land Access Permit

Required for persons to hunt, fish or otherwise use Honobia Creek, Three Rivers and Herron Family WMAs, and OLAP properties. Nonresidents are required to purchase an annual permit, no exemptions. A 3-day special use land access permit is available to residents for non-hunting and non-fishing related activities. Individuals who possess the annual land access permit are exempt from the special use permit. Oklahoma residents who are 17 years of age or younger on the first day of the current calendar year or are 64 years of age or older, are exempt from land access permit requirements. Lifetime license holders are not exempt from land access permit.

Wildlife Conservation Passport

People who use Department owned areas for non-hunting or non-fishing activities, such as birdwatching or photography, are required to have either a Wildlife Conservation Passport or any current hunting or fishing license issued by the Wildlife Department. Persons 17 years of age or younger at the start of the calendar year, and students and instructors participating in bona fide educational tours or activities sponsored or organized by an education institution or any other organized event sanctioned by and approved in advance by the Wildlife Department are exempt.

Harvest Information Program (HIP) Permit

Required of all migratory bird and waterfowl hunters 63 years of age or younger, including lifetime license holders. The permit is valid from July 1 to June 30. Youth 17 years of age or younger not hunting waterfowl but hunting other migratory birds are exempt.

Motor Vehicle Permit and Non-Ambulatory Permit to Hunt from a Motorized Vehicle

Use of a motor vehicle for hunting is intended only as a means of facilitating access. During the actual taking of any wildlife, the vehicle being used by the permittee must be stopped and the engine must be turned off. The Department may issue two distinct 5-year motor vehicle permits to facilitate access for resident hunters with ambulatory challenges (as certified by a medical doctor licensed to practice in Oklahoma or any state which borders this state).

The qualifications and restrictions are as follows:

• Residents having a permanent disability which confines them to a wheelchair, or requires the use of crutches, a walker or other means of support or assistance for body mobility may qualify for a Motor Vehicle Permit. Use of a vehicle on Department-managed lands by a motor vehicle permittee is authorized only on roads or trails specifically designated as open for such activity. Off-road travel by a motor vehicle permittee is prohibited.
• Residents who are unable to walk due to a single or double leg amputation, paralysis of lower extremity(ies) and/or disease or injury and must use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility may qualify for a Non-Ambulatory Permit. Off-road use of a vehicle on Department managed lands by a non-ambulatory permittee is authorized only on lands specifically designated as open for such activity. Maps of areas open to offroad use may be obtained from Department headquarters in Oklahoma City.

5-Day Rattlesnake Permit

Any person 18 years of age or older hunting, pursuing, trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized rattlesnake hunting event or festival must have a rattlesnake permit, unless exempt. Persons with a valid hunting or combination license are exempt from the rattlesnake permit.

Federal Sandhill Crane Permit

Required of all crane hunters. The permit is valid July 1 to June 30.

Nonresident Lifetime Licenses

To hunt antelope, bear, deer, elk, or turkey, nonresident lifetime license holders must purchase a nonresident antelope, bear, deer, elk, or turkey license. Nonresident lifetime license holders need the following for certain types of migratory bird hunting: a HIP permit to hunt migratory game birds, a sandhill crane permit to hunt sandhill cranes, a federal duck stamp and an Oklahoma waterfowl license to hunt waterfowl.

Commercial Hunt Areas

For information on operator license requirements, permits, eligibility, and live transport of cervidae call (405) 521-3719. All commercial hunt area hunters must be in possession of a valid resident or nonresident hunting license. Any animal leaving a commercial hunt area must be tagged and listed on a receipt (tag and receipt is only provided by the commercial hunt area operator). For a list of available commercial hunt area hunting licenses, visit wildlifedepartment.com

Nonresident Game Bird Permit

Any nonresident hunting game birds on a WMA (this includes any GMA, PHA, WRP, WDU, or WMU), must possess a game bird permit.