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 ...

After three rounds of voting, the winner of this year's Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest is Ryan Rickaby of Suamico, Wis. Rickaby’s acrylic painting of a white-fronted goose standing in shallow ...

Saturday, Sept. 26, is National Hunting and Fishing Day in Oklahoma as well as National Public Lands Day nationwide. "Oklahoma has a rich and storied tradition of hunting and angling that is older ...

One goal of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is enhancing public shooting opportunities across the state, a campaign which began in 2015. ODWC is working to ensure hunters, ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation partnered with Ducks Unlimited and Quail Forever to acquire 377 acres of ...

This fall, nonresident deer licenses purchased after the corresponding season has opened will be subject to a two-day validation period before being activated. This is part of an effort to discourage ...

On top of their everyday survival challenges, Oklahoma’s wildlife have had to deal with grueling summer temperatures and rather dry and crispy conditions across much of the state this year. The ...

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.

Learn more about pronghorn and mule deer ecology and management at a free field day event Aug. 7, 2026, at Oklahoma Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Goodwell.

Bidding is open now on vehicles from the ODWC for anyone interested and will begin to close at 10 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

Hunters and anglers should be aware of several new rules affecting hunting and fishing that begin immediately, and others that may go into effect later this year.