Hog (Feral Swine) Regulations

Hogs are defined as any hogs, including Russian and European wild boar, which are running at large, free-roaming or wild.

Feral Hog Resources

Feral hogs may be taken year-round on private land during daylight hours with permission from the landowner, lessee, or occupant of the property.

Feral hogs may also be taken at night on private land by the deed-holding landowner or their written designee under a valid night hunting exemption. The night hunting exemption is available through GoOutdoorsOklahoma.com or the GoOutdoorsOK mobile app (Google Play | iOS). 

During non-deer seasons, notifying the local game warden prior to night hunting is encouraged. 

During regular firearms deer season, only the landowner or their written designee may hunt feral hogs at night on the property listed on the exemption, and advance notification to the local game warden is required.

There are no restrictions on methods of take for feral hogs on private property, including no restrictions on shotgun shot size.

Resident & Nonresident License Requirements:

No hunting license is required to pursue feral hogs on private land. However, any person pursuing feral hogs during an open big game gun or muzzleloader season using a shotgun with rifled slug, or any rifle or handgun larger than .22 caliber rimfire, must possess the license(s) required for that specific big game season unless otherwise exempt.

One-half hour before official sunrise to one-half hour after official sunset.

For hunter orange requirements, see Big Game Regulations.

Landowners or agricultural lessees conducting nuisance control activities must possess a current agricultural exemption permit issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Except during deer gun seasons, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent acting with written permission from the landowner or agricultural lessee may control nuisance or depredating feral swine, day or night, without a permit and without statewide season or bag limit restrictions, using any otherwise legal means of take to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock, processed feed, seed, or other materials used in the production of an agricultural commodity.

While controlling nuisance feral swine at night, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent may use a headlight, thermal imaging device, light-enhancement device, night vision equipment, or a vehicle with or without a mounted spotlight. These provisions do not authorize the use of headlights, thermal devices, night vision equipment, or spotlights from a public roadway. Persons convicted of, or pleading guilty to violations of 29 O.S. § 5-203.1 or 29 O.S. § 5-411 within the previous three years are prohibited from controlling nuisance feral swine at night.

Hog hunting is closed year-round at Hackberry Flat WMA/WRP, Kaw WMA, Sandy Sanders WMA and Waurika WMA. Hogs may be taken on Department-managed lands during any established hunting season with methods authorized by the Department for that hunting season, except that during any open deer and/or turkey season, only appropriate methods, hunting hours and legal equipment for that deer and/or turkey season are authorized for taking or pursuing feral hogs. No feral hogs may be removed alive from a WMA.

Pursuit of hogs with dogs and the pursuit of hogs at night are prohibited during all deer and turkey seasons on department-managed lands.

Pursuit of hogs at night during any other time of the year has the following restrictions:

• Use of a firearm is prohibited

• In addition, persons pursuing hogs must comply with all other WMA regulations (see Department-Managed Area Rules).

• Resident & Nonresident License Requirements: All persons pursuing hogs must possess a hunting license (see Licenses & Permits), unless otherwise exempt. In addition, persons pursuing hogs on WMAs open during youth deer gun, bear muzzleloader (in open counties), deer muzzleloader, deer gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun (in open zones), elk gun (in open counties) and antelope gun (in open areas) seasons with a shotgun and rifled slug, or any rifle or handgun larger than .22 caliber rimfire, must possess licenses appropriate for the current season, unless otherwise exempt.

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture oversees the licensing of individuals who transport or maintain live feral swine after capture. For more information on this licensing program, please visit www.ag.ok.gov.