Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 800 - Department of Wildlife Conservation › Chapter 30 - Department of Wildlife Lands Management › Subchapter 1 - Use of Department Managed Lands › Section 800:30-1-5 - Vehicles

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Except as
				otherwise provided, all motorized vehicles are required to stay on roads
				designated as open for public or hunter use. There are no exceptions for
				motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles, snowmobiles or all terrain vehicles.
				Travel on roads which are gated and locked or designated as closed is
				prohibited, unless otherwise specified in annual regulations for nonambulatory
				persons holding valid permits.
(b)
				Vehicles registered as legal to operate on Oklahoma public roadways may be used
				on roads delineated as open to the public or parked on lands owned or managed
				by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, except on specified areas
				designated for off-road use; unless otherwise provided for nonambulatory
				persons holding valid permits. All vehicles used by nonambulatory permittees
				must conspicuously display a sticker designating the vehicle is being used by a
				nonambulatory permittee and motor vehicle permittees must conspicuously display
				a sticker designating the vehicle is being used by a motor vehicle hunt
				permittee.Except as otherwise provided, use of all terrain vehicles (ATV),
				Off-Highway vehicles (OHV), Off Road Vehicles (ORV), Utility Vehicles (UTV),
				and off-road motorcycles, is prohibited on all roads on lands owned or managed
				by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife except those roads maintained by county
				commissioners.
(c) Maximum speed
				limit shall be 25 mph unless otherwise posted.
(d) Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the
				Ouachita WMA shall be the same as U.S. Forest Service rules and regulations for
				the Ouachita National Forest.
(e)
				Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the Black Kettle and Rita Blanca WMAs shall be
				the same as U.S. Forest Service rules and regulations for the Cibola National
				Forest.
(f) It shall be unlawful to
				operate an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or off-road vehicle (ORV) on the Three
				Rivers WMA and Honobia Creek WMA except under the following restrictions:
(1) During any open deer season.
(2) Any deer hunter licensed in Oklahoma,
				unless otherwise exempt.
(3) Any
				hunter while operating an ATV/ORV shall comply with daylight fluorescent orange
				head and chest covering as required for hunting deer gun seasons. If a crash
				helmet is worn, only the fluorescent orange chest covering is required.
(4) ATV/ORV use is restricted to
				WMA roads that are delineated on the current Three Rivers WMA map and Honobia
				Creek WMA map unless otherwise closed.
(5) ATV/ORV use shall be restricted to a
				maximum speed of 25 mph.
(6)
				Operator and/or passenger under the age of 18 shall wear a crash helmet of a
				type which complies with standards established by C.F.R., Section 571.218.
(7) No operator of an ATV/ORV
				shall carry a passenger unless that ATV/ORV has been specifically designed by
				the manufacturer to carry passengers in addition to the operator.
(8) Leaving any ATV/ORV, treestand, or game
				camera unattended on the Three Rivers and Honobia Creek WMA's without the
				owner's name and address affixed thereto in a conspicuous manner is
				prohibited.
(9) Use of ATV/ORV off
				of delineated roads for retrieval of lawfully taken deer shall be permissible
				only with the following restrictions:
(A)
				ATV/ORV's shall not travel more than 1/2 mile from the nearest road.
(B) ATV/ORV's shall not cross rivers and
				streams unless on a road with constructed stream crossing structures.
(C) ATV/ORV's used for deer retrieval shall
				not be used in areas otherwise closed to the use of motor vehicles (walk-in
				only hunting areas, etc.)