Elk licenses will only be issued to residents and nonresidents who have written landowner or operator (tenant) permission, to hunt on private land in open areas. Hunters must also provide legal descriptions of lands on which they have permission to hunt, landowner name and mailing address, and may hunt only on those lands. Residents 16 years old and older must have a hunting license unless exempt (see page 5). Elk license, written landowner permission and legal description of land must be carried while hunting.

Elk licenses (residents, $51; any resident lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license holders, $0; nonresidents, $301) must be obtained by all elk hunters at the Department’s Lawton Office, located at Manning State Fish Hatchery in Medicine Park, the Department’s Headquarters in Oklahoma City or the Department’s Jenks Office. In addition, all elk hunters must purchase a fishing & hunting legacy permit, unless exempt.

Private lands in Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties.

A legal bull is defined as having at least six (6) points on at least one (1) side.

Antlerless elk are defined as elk with no visible antlers.

Season Limit: One (1) elk per hunter, regardless of sex and method of taking.

West Zone - private lands west of Hwy. 115.

Archery (Legal bull or antlerless elk): Oct. 6 - 10 and Dec. 8 - 12, 2007.

Gun (Legal bull only): Oct. 11 - 13 and Dec. 13 - 15, 2007.

Gun (Legal bull or antlerless elk): Oct. 14 and Dec. 16, 2007.

East Zone - private lands east of Hwy. 115. Archery (Legal bull or antlerless elk): Oct. 6 - 10 and Dec. 8 - 12, 2007.

Gun (Legal bull or antlerless elk): Oct. 11 - 14 and Dec. 13 - 16, 2007.