Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 800 - Department of Wildlife Conservation › Chapter 25 - Wildlife Rules › Subchapter 7 - General Hunting Seasons › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 800:25-7-3 - General provisions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Any
				  person hunting any wildlife in open areas during the youth deer gun, bear
				  muzzleloader, deer muzzleloader, deer gun, holiday antlerless deer gun (in open
				  zones), elk gun (in open counties) or September antelope gun (in open areas)
				  seasons with a shotgun and rifled slug, or any rifle or handgun larger than a
				  .22 caliber long rifle, must possess a valid bear, deer, elk, or antelope
				  license, unless otherwise exempt. Any person hunting feral hogs in open areas
				  during the deer gun, deer primitive, elk, bear or antelope season with a
				  shotgun and rifled slug, or any rifle or handgun larger than a .22 caliber
				  rifle, must possess a filled or unfilled deer, elk, bear or antelope license
				  appropriate for that season unless otherwise exempt. Any person hunting any
				  wildlife with an arrow rifle during any open season when rifles are a legal
				  means of take must possess a valid arrow rifle permit.
(b) No person while in the field may possess
				  or attempt to harvest any wildlife, except waterfowl and crane, with shotgun
				  utilizing shot larger than #4 buckshot.
(c) Any person participating in primitive
				  firearms season, deer gun seasons, elk season, antelope season and bear gun
				  season must conspicuously wear both a head covering and an outer garment above
				  the waistline, both totaling 500 square inches or more of clothing, both
				  consisting of daylight fluorescent orange color totaling not less than 400
				  square inches [Title 29 O.S., Section
				  5-205,
				  Part A]. All other hunters, except those hunting waterfowl, dove, crow or
				  crane, or while hunting furbearing animals at night must wear either a head
				  covering or upper garment of fluorescent orange clothing during the deer
				  primitive firearms season, deer gun seasons, elk season, antelope season and
				  bear primitive firearms season, or bear gun season in zones where these seasons
				  are open.
(d) For purposes of
				  pheasant, turkey, deer, elk, bear and antelope regulations, 'final destination'
				  shall be the hunter's residence or place of consumption.
(e) No person may possess any game bird,
				  animal or other wildlife, or portions thereof that have been taken by another
				  person unless such game bird, animal or other wildlife, contain information
				  giving the taker's name, customer identification number, date taken and the
				  number and kind of game bird, animal or wildlife. In addition, information on
				  deer, elk, antelope, bear and turkey must include the confirmation number as
				  proof that the animal's harvest has been properly reported. The person's name
				  and address receiving said wildlife must also appear on the written
				  information.
(f) No person shall
				  concentrate, drive, molest, hunt, take, capture or kill; or attempt to take any
				  wildlife by the aid of any fire or smoke whether man-made or natural.
(g) No person may hunt, chase, capture, shoot
				  at, wound or kill any moose or Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, except as
				  otherwise provided by statute or Commission rule.
(h) Private landowner regulations regarding
				  any items covered by these rules may be more restrictive, but not less
				  restrictive than these rules.
(i)
				  Dogs may be used in taking all game species in these rules except bear, deer,
				  elk, antelope and turkey. Exceptions to this rule would be the use of a leashed
				  dog to track downed game after notification to the game warden of location and
				  having no means of take on person while tracking.
(j) Except as otherwise provided for by law
				  or Commission rule, nothing shall prohibit the year round pursuit of game,
				  which may be lawfully hunted with the use of hunting dogs, for dog training or
				  sport only. However unless otherwise provided, no person in pursuit of game
				  with hunting dogs outside of the regular harvest season shall have in their
				  possession the means to harvest such game.
(k) Harvest tagging of game - All persons
				  taking a deer, elk, antelope, bear, or turkey must immediately secure their
				  name, customer identification number, date and time of harvest to the
				  carcass.
(l) Harvest reporting of
				  game - All deer, elk, antelope, bear, or turkey taken must be reported by the
				  hunter to the Department within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area. Instructions
				  for reporting of harvest will be provided in the Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting
				  Regulations and on the Department's website. Once reported, a carcass tag or
				  online confirmation number will be issued. This tag or confirmation number must
				  remain with the carcass to its final destination or through processing and/or
				  storage at a commercial processing or storage facility. Evidence of sex must
				  remain naturally attached to the carcass until the harvest has been properly
				  reported.