Title 29, Title 29 — Game and Fish

A. No person may hunt or take black bear without having first procured a license from the Director of Wildlife Conservation or an agent of the Director. B. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall decide the open season, the bag limits, and territorial limitations for …

system - Promulgation of rules. A. Every dealer appointed to issue licenses as provided for in Section 3-202 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be required to issue every license by means of an electronic point of sale system beginning no later than January 1, 2013. B. By…

areas. A. The Director of Wildlife Conservation or an agent of the Director may provide a resident and nonresident a five-day paper hunting license for upland winged game, excluding wild turkeys, at a licensed commercial hunt area. B. The five-day paper license issued pursuant to…

or domesticated animals - Licenses - Permits - Invoices - Records - Violations - Penalties. A. Except as otherwise provided for in this title, commercial hunting areas are subject to neither seasons or bag limit. Holders of commercial hunting area licenses may permit properly lic…

sport to be removed from commercial hunting areas. A. No person may remove any propagated or released wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport which are killed at a commercial hunting area, including exotic wildlife, without attaching a tag to each of such killed wildlif…

All wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport commercially propagated or transported into this state may be liberated into the wild subject to rules and regulations of the Commission. Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-103, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.

punishments. A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section or in rules promulgated by the Wildlife Conservation Commission, no person may utilize at any time, for the purpose of killing or capturing any game mammal, game bird, nongame bird or exotic wildlife, the following …

activity upon land of another. A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt or take by any means or method upon the land of another without the consent of the owner, lessee or occupant of such land. B. For purposes of this section, consent shall be presumed to be valid for…

A. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked on final conviction of the person of an offense under subsection J of Section 5-202 of this title. The revocation shall be for a period set by the court …

A. A hunting dog trainer may carry shotguns or firearms on public or private property, other than state parks where hunting game to kill is prohibited, while training bird hunting dogs provided that: 1. The trainer notifies the game warden in the region prior to going into the fi…

Harassment, attempt to capture, take or kill with aid of motor- driven land, air or water conveyance. A. Except as provided in Section 3 of this act, no person may attempt to take, take, attempt to catch, catch, attempt to capture, capture, attempt to kill or kill any deer, feral…

A. Except for battery-powered scoping devices that project a light or dot inside the scope and pin sight lights on archery equipment, no person shall use a laser sighting device as a hunting aid. B. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person from possessing a .22 caliber rimf…

Shooting from or across highway or railroad right-of-way. A. No person may hunt, pursue game or discharge firearms within four hundred and forty (440) yards of any church, schoolhouse, or other public place where people may assemble, so as to disturb such assemblage. B. No person…

A. No person after January 1, 1980, may hunt any deer or elk with legal firearms unless such person is wearing a head covering and an outer garment above the waistline, both totaling five hundred (500) square inches or more of clothing, both consisting of daylight fluorescent ora…

A. Falconry is a legal method for hunting and taking resident Oklahoma game, pursuant to the provisions of this section. B. Any exotic species of hawk, falcon, owl, eagle, or other raptor and any native species of hawk, falcon, owl, eagle, or other raptor as provided in Section 5…

It shall be unlawful to willfully and intentionally take or destroy at any time the nest or eggs of any game bird, except as specifically permitted by law. Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall b…

Nothing in this Code shall prevent an organized group from holding field meets which are conducted according to provisions of state falconry regulations, provided such meets shall first be registered with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and held in accordance wit…

prohibited - Landowner's rights - Penalties - Exemptions. A. A person may not willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting, fishing or trapping in this state. Provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit a l…

full or partial draw – Air bows – Stamp required. A. The use of crossbows and conventional longbows with a device that permits the bow to be held mechanically at full or partial draw, shall be a legal hunting method during any open season when conventional longbows are a legal me…

use. A. No person may set or use at any time any poison, cyanide coyote getter, or other similar device, using cyanide gas or other poisonous gas as the lethal agent, for the purpose of killing predators, except in accordance with the following conditions and procedures: 1. Signs…

A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to declare an open season on wildlife in any counties or parts of counties of this state where, in the judgment of the Commission, such wildlife exists in sufficient quantity to warrant such open season, and such open season s…

Implementation of plan pursuant to Section 5-401. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall immediately develop a plan to address the overpopulation of deer in various areas of this state. If the Commission determines pursuant to Section 5-401 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statute…

A. Any person convicted of violating any provision of Section 5-203 and Sections 5-401 through 5-410 of this title, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Any person convicted of violating any provisi…

A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may take, kill or capture more than fifteen (15) bullfrogs in any one day during open season as declared by the Commission; nor may any person sell bullfrogs or ship them out of the state at any time. B. Persons exempt from the above sub…

Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may ship either a live or dead cottontail or swamp rabbit from this state. Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-404, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974; Laws 1992, c. 149, § 6, emerg. eff. April 30, 1992.

A. A person may hunt, kill, capture or otherwise take or destroy any furbearer pursuant to this section or pursuant to rules promulgated by the Wildlife Conservation Commission. B. A person may kill furbearers actually found destroying livestock, poultry or exotic livestock. A pe…

No person may hunt, capture or kill any species of migratory birds, including but not limited to ducks, brant, and geese, except as provided in the Treaties of the United States and Acts of Congress relating to such endeavors, and as annually fixed by the federal department in co…

The Double-Crested Cormorant, often popularly referred to as a "water turkey", is hereby declared a nuisance. As such, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will work with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation to eliminat…

A. The hunting or killing of quail may be only by use of a shotgun, longbow or by falconry, and then only between sunrise and sunset. B. At no time shall any quail or covey be shot while resting on the ground, commonly called "pot shooting." Added by Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-407, em…

No person may cut down or remove a tree being used as a den by raccoons unless specific permission for such cutting or removal has been given by the owner or lessee of the land. Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-408, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall bag or possess more than two (2) days' limit of squirrels after the second day's hunt. Season dates and bag limits shall be set by the Wildlife Conservation Commission. B. No person may cut down or remove a tree being used a…

A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may knowingly and willfully, by means of any device, molest, injure or kill any species of hawk, falcon, owl or eagle, their nests, eggs or young. B. Birds exempt from this provision are: 1. Any species of hawk or owl in the act of destr…

mountain lion, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, wild turkey or subspecies - Hunting, selling, buying - Seizure of meat, head, hide or any part of carcass. A. 1. Except for owners and operators of farmed or commercial cervidae facilities licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Farmed Cervi…

A. Any taxidermist may sell any unclaimed specimen left in his or her possession in excess of six (6) months following notification by telephone that the specimen is completed provided that such person complies with the following requirements: 1. Each taxidermist shall keep on fi…

A. A taxidermy specimen of native wildlife may be sold at an estate sale only if the specimen is a part of the personal property of an owner whose estate is being liquidated at the sale and the Director of Wildlife Conservation grants written permission prior to the sale. The Dir…

Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may possess, hunt, chase, harass, capture, shoot at, wound or kill, take or attempt to take, trap or attempt to trap any endangered or threatened species or subspecies without specific written permission of the Director. In no event,…

species or subspecies. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall print a listing of those endangered or threatened species or subspecies protected by this act as part of the published general hunting regulations booklet printed each year. Laws 1985, c. 172, § 4, emer…

equipment, vehicles or other property. A. Mounted specimens of wildlife shall be considered as the type of wildlife they represent for purposes of enforcement of Sections 5-202, 5-203.1, 5-401, 5-411 or 8-104 of this title. B. Such mounted specimens shall not be placed alongside …

venison. A person or business operating as a meat processor in this state may release any unclaimed, processed, lawfully harvested venison to the Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Hunters Against Hunger Program after a period of ninety (90) days following notification by tele…

processors. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall post on its "Hunters Against Hunger" webpage a link to the webpage from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry on the special license available for licensed meat processors. Added by Laws 2024,…

A. All persons engaged in the business of buying raw pelts of furbearers or predators, as defined in this Code, shall keep a daily register showing the name and address of every person from whom such pelts were purchased, the number of such person's trapping license, or his hunti…

Tags for selling - Invoices - Records. A. All licensed wildlife breeders may sell and transport any live wildlife for propagation purposes, may sell and transport minnows for bait if such are lawfully possessed or raised pursuant to this Code, and may sell and transport any live …

A. Except for native cats or bears which are exhibited under an exhibitor’s permit issued to a person pursuant to Section 4-107 of this title, all furbearers, game mammals, game birds, game fish and minnows raised under the provisions of this Code shall be confined to the lands o…

A. No person may net, trap or seine for commercial purposes or assist in such operations or buy, barter or trade any fish without having first obtained a valid commercial fishing license and without observing the following requirements: 1. No nets, traps, seines and other similar…

A. Contracts may be awarded by the Department to commercial fishermen and the contract fee to the Department may be a percentage not to exceed two percent (2%) of the total catch value. B. Commercial fishermen operating under contract shall operate under all of the provisions of …

Seasons on any and all types of commercial fishing shall be set by the Commission. Laws 1974, c. 17, § 6-203, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section, no person may net or trap aquatic turtles for commercial purposes or assist in such operations or buy, barter, trade or export any aquatic turtles from this state without having first obtained a valid commercial tur…

Trotline, throwline, limbline, or jugline. A. Except as specifically provided, no person may use at any time in the waters of this state for taking, catching, capturing or killing any game or nongame fish any of the following instrumentalities: 1. A trotline or throwline, except …

Poison, explosive, or electrical shock devices. A. No person may use at any time in the waters of this state for taking, catching, capturing or killing any game or nongame fish any of the following instrumentalities: 1. Any rotenone or other poison; 2. Dynamite or other explosive…

A. No person may take, kill or catch from any river, creek, lake, state pond or privately owned pond which is stocked by state or federal fish hatchery any game fish except by means of hook and line attached to a pole or rod, throwline, trotline or with speargun used by divers eq…