In addition to general hunting regulations, statewide species regulations and Department-managed area rules, this section addresses special regulations that apply to public hunting lands. If a species or season is not listed, refer to statewide seasons and regulations.
Areas are closed to all activities during controlled hunts and other listed closure dates.
Areas with controlled hunts are subject to change annually. Visit wildlifedepartment.com to view and apply for elk, antelope, deer, youth deer, deer hunts for Motor Vehicle or Non-Ambulatory Permittees, spring turkey and youth spring turkey controlled hunts.
The application period for controlled hunts generally opens in early April. Visit wildlifedepartment.com for exact dates.
Conservation Passport Area: People who use Department-owned areas for nonhunting or nonfishing 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. For complete conservation passport license information see Special Licenses & Permits.
= Conservation Passport Area
Ellis County WMA
Ellis County
Area Contact: (580) 515-2030
Game Warden: (580) 860-4967
Closed Seasons
Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun
Same as Statewide Seasons
Deer Archery, Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Dove, Crow, Turkey Fall Archery, Turkey Fall Gun
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Deer Gun: Open during the first nine days only. Antlerless hunting permitted last two days of area season.
Quail: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season. Closed to non-resident hunting February 1-15.
Snipe, Woodcock, Waterfowl, Crane, Rail, Gallinule, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only through Jan. 31. Open same as statewide Feb. 1 through end of February.
Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring: Hunting hours close at 7:00 p.m. daily. One-tom limit; seasons combined.
Additional Restrictions
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas.
Elmer PFA
Kingfisher County
Game Warden: (405) 368-0887
Hunting Restrictions
CLOSED to hunting or taking wildlife by any means.
See specific WMA regulations for other restrictions that may apply to lakes within WMAs.
Eufaula WMA
Latimer, McIntosh, Okmulgee and Pittsburg Counties
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot on both Mill Creek and Deep Fork WDU portions.
Same as Statewide Seasons
Deer Archery, Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Dove, Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Turkey Fall Archery, Turkey Fall Gun, Trapping, Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Bear Archery, Bear Muzzleloader: Open only in portions of McIntosh and Pittsburg counties that are east of U.S. Highway 69 and south of Interstate 40.
Waterfowl: Same as statewide, except hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily on the WDU portions.
Additional Restrictions
No camping allowed.
Evans Chambers PFA
Beaver County
Area Contact: (580) 651-9135
Closed Seasons
Trapping
Hunting Restrictions
Open only from Sept. 1 through the end of spring turkey season each year. Deer hunting restricted to shotgun, muzzleloader, or archery only.
Deer Muzzleloader, Deer Gun: Closed to antlerless hunting after opening day.
Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel, Snipe, Woodcock, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Turkey Fall Gun: Tom only, shotgun only.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Deer Gun: Open during the first nine days only. Restricted to muzzleloader and shotgun with slug.
Youth Deer Gun: Restricted to muzzleloader and shotgun with slug.
Holiday Antlerless: Restricted to muzzleloader and shotgun with slug.
Quail: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season. Closed to non-resident hunting February 1-15.
Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, predator /furbearer calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Waterfowl: Hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily on the WDU portion.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only through Jan 31. Open same as statewide Feb 1 through end of February.
Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring: One-tom limit; seasons combined. Hunting hours close at 7:00 p.m. daily.
Additional Restrictions
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas.
Lands near Snug Harbor and Blue Bill Point Development areas are restricted to archery equipment and shotguns with pellets only. The Long Bay area is closed to centerfire rifles.
Deer Gun: Open during the first nine days only. Closed to antlerless hunting.
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/ Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Additional Restrictions
No camping allowed.
Fort Gibson WRP
Wagoner County
Area Contact: (918) 625-3910
Game Warden: (918) 625-5796, (918) 625-5085
Unless otherwise provided, firearms are restricted to shotguns with pellets and rimfire only. All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.
Public access is prohibited from Oct. 15 - Jan. 31, unless otherwise provided.
Closed Seasons
Deer Archery, Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Youth Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Fall Archery, Turkey Fall Gun, Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring, Woodcock, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Trapping
Deer Archery, Dove, Crow, Rabbit, Squirrel, Turkey Fall Archery, Predator/Furbearer Calling, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Waterfowl, Crane, Rail, Gallinule, Snipe, Trapping (Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.)
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Quail: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring: One-tom limit; seasons combined. Hunting hours close at 7:00 p.m. daily.
Additional Restrictions
No camping allowed.
Grady County WMA
Grady County
Area Contact: (405) 823-8714
Game Warden: (405) 779-1479
Area closed to all activities for controlled deer hunts Oct. 26 - Nov. 3 and Nov. 23 - Dec. 1, 2024.
Deer Archery, Turkey Fall Archery, Dove, Crow, Rail, Gallinule, Waterfowl, Crane, Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit, Snipe, Woodcock, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during deer muzzleloader and the first nine days of deer gun season.
Turkey Fall Gun: Closed during deer muzzleloader season. Tom only, shotgun only.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Deer Gun: Open the first nine days only. Muzzleloading firearms only.
Quail, squirrel, rabbit, crow, dove, snipe, woodcock, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, predator/furbearer calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Waterfowl: Hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily.
Additional Restrictions
Closed to all air-driven watercraft.
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas.
Hackberry Flat WRP
Tillman County
Area Contact: (405) 823-8425
Game Warden: (580) 305-1484
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.
Deer Muzzleloader, Deer Gun: Closed to antlerless hunting after opening day.
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Turkey Fall Gun: Tom only, shotgun only.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas.
Honobia Creek WMA
Pushmataha County
Area Contact: (918) 527-5308
Game Warden: (580) 271-0808, (580) 513-5014
A land access permit is required for residents to hunt, fish or otherwise use Honobia Creek WMA. 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 under 18 years of age on the first day of the current calendar year or are 64 years old or older are exempt from land access permit requirements. Lifetime license holders are not exempt from land access permits.
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Waterfowl, Rabbit, Squirrel: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers: Dogs not permitted on WMA from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset during deer gun, deer muzzleloader, Antlerless Holiday Deer Gun, and youth deer gun seasons.
Hunter and angler camping is allowed within 50 yards of open roads.
All-Terrain Vehicle use will only be allowed during deer season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 15) and only by licensed deer hunters. The following guidelines will apply to ATV use on the area:
Any hunter who operates an ATV/ORV at any time must comply with daylight florescent orange requirements as required for deer gun seasons. If a crash helmet is worn, only the fluorescent orange chest covering is required.
ATV/ORV use is restricted to WMA roads that are on the current Honobia WMA map unless otherwise closed.
ATV/ORV use shall be restricted to a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour.
ATV/ORV operators and passengers under the age of 18 must wear a crash helmet that complies with standards established by 49 C.F.R., Section 571.218. Passengers in addition to the operator are not allowed on ATV/ORVs unless that ATV/ORV has been specifically designed by the manufacturer to carry passengers in addition to the operator.
Leaving any ATV/ORV unattended on Honobia WMA without the owner’s name and Customer ID number conspicuously attached is prohibited.
Use of ATV/ORVs off of delineated roads for retrieval of lawfully taken and tagged deer is permissible only with the following restrictions: ATV/ORVs cannot travel more than one half mile from the nearest road. ATV/ORVs cannot cross rivers and streams unless on a road with constructed stream crossing structures. ATV/ORVs used for deer retrieval cannot be used in areas otherwise closed to the use of motor vehicles.
Additional Information
The WMA boundaries may change.
See wildlifedepartment.com for a current map.
Hugo WMA
Choctaw and Pushmataha Counties
Area Contact: (580) 513-5020
Game Warden: (580) 317-5000, (580) 271-0808, (580) 513-5014
Area closed to all activities for controlled deer hunts Oct. 11-13, 2024.
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot on both Hugo/Kiamichi River and Sawyer WDU portions.
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Crow, Rabbit, Squirrel, Predator/ Furbearer Calling, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Waterfowl: Hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily on the WDU portions.
Bear Archery, Turkey Fall Archery, Deer Archery, Dove
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Quail: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe, Woodcock, Waterfowl, Rabbit, Squirrel: Closed from the opening day of deer archery season through the first nine days of deer gun season.
Predator/Furbearer Calling, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers: Closed from the opening day of deer archery season through the first nine days of deer gun season and closed during spring turkey season.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Quail, Crow, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/ Furbearer Calling, Trapping: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Additional Restrictions
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas only during hunting seasons.
That portion of the Arkansas Arm of the Keystone WMA that was previously the Waterfowl Refuge is open to restricted hunting. Lands in Osage County and the Arkansas River are restricted to archery and shotgun with pellets only. Lands in Pawnee County are restricted to archery only. The western boundary of these restricted hunting areas is a northern extension of Swan Drive in the city of Cleveland; the southern boundary is the old railroad trestle.
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot on the Boston Pool, Buckeye Creek and Cottonwood Creek WDU portions.
Deer Gun: Open during the first nine days only and Cottonwood Creek Wetland Development Unit lands are closed.
Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun: Same as statewide seasons except Cottonwood Creek Wetland Development Unit lands are closed.
Crow, Quail, Woodcock, Snipe, Rabbit, Squirrel, Predator/ Furbearer Calling, Pursuit with Hounds: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Turkey Fall Gun: Tom only, shotgun only.
Waterfowl: Hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily on the WDU portions.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Hunter and angler camping is allowed within 50 yards of open roads.
Lexington WMA
Cleveland County
Area Contact: (405) 823-8714
Game Warden: (405) 850-9757, (405) 323-7863
Area closed to all activities (except shooting range) for controlled deer hunts Nov. 16-17 and Nov. 20-21, 2024.
Closed Seasons
Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Fall Archery, Turkey Fall Gun
Same as Statewide Seasons
Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Deer Archery: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Dove, Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Snipe, Waterfowl, Rabbit, Squirrel, Quail, Woodcock, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed from the opening day of deer archery season through the first nine days of deer gun season.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Deer Archery: Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled deer hunt.
Rabbit, Squirrel: Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled deer hunt and closes Jan. 31.
Turkey Fall Archery: Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled hunt.
Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers: Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the first nine days of deer gun season. Raccoon season same as statewide season dates. Contact the Refuge for permits.
Waterfowl, Trapping: Contact the Refuge for special restrictions.
Love Valley WMA
Love County
Area Contact: (405) 823-9038
Game Warden: (580) 276-7193
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot on the Stevens Springs WDU portion.
Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/Furbearer Calling: Closed during the first nine days of deer gun season.
Waterfowl: Hunting hours for waterfowl close at 1 p.m. daily on the WDU portion.
Turkey Fall Gun: Tom only, shotgun only.
Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps and enclosed trigger traps only.
Hunter and angler camping is allowed within 50 yards of open roads.
Lower Illinois River PFHA
Sequoyah County
Area Contact: (918) 316-2281
Game Warden: (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550
All hunting is restricted to shotguns with pellets or archery equipment only.
Closed Seasons
Turkey Fall Gun
Same as Statewide Seasons
Dove, Deer Archery, Rail, Gallinule, Crow, Waterfowl, Turkey Fall Archery, Trapping, Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Pursuit with hounds for Furbearers, Predator/ Furbearer Calling
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
Youth Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun: Archery equipment only. Archery equipment can be used to fill a youth deer, deer muzzleloader, deer gun or holiday antlerless deer gun license.
