Disability Hunting License

Persons who have resided in Oklahoma for at least six (6) months and who are receiving Social Security disability, Supplemental Security Income benefits, or persons receiving disability benefits under the Federal Railroad Retirement Act or the Multiple Injury Trust Fund may purchase a five-year disability hunting license for $10.

Fishing & Hunting Legacy Permit

This $5 permit is required of anyone hunting or trapping, including nonresident deer hunters, unless exempt. Those persons exempt from the fishing & hunting legacy permit include: residents under 18 years of age or 64 years old or older; those who have a lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination license; those who have a senior citizen lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination license; residents who have a 5-year disability hunting license; residents hunting during Oklahoma’s free hunting days; nonresidents under the age of 14; and those who are otherwise exempt from an annual hunting license.

Veterans Admin. Lifetime Hunting & Fishing License

Resident veterans 60 percent or more disabled, so certified by the Veterans Administration, are exempt only from the hunting license and the fishing & hunting legacy permit.

Resident veterans 100 percent disabled, so certified by the Veterans Administration, are exempt from the hunting license, fishing & hunting legacy permit and all deer licenses.

Veterans should contact the Veterans Administration at 1-888-655-2838 for an exempt license.

Lifetime Disabled Veteran Combination Hunting & Fishing License

This license may be issued to resident disabled veterans, so certified by the Veterans Administration. For veterans with a disability of less than 60 percent, the cost of the license is $200. For veterans with a disability of 60 percent or more, the cost of the license is $25.

The license provides the same exemptions as a resident lifetime combination hunting/fishing license.

Harvest Information Program (HIP) Permit

A Harvest Information Program (HIP) permit is required of all migratory bird hunters, except those under 16 years of age, those 64 years old or older, those who turn 64 during the calendar year in which they intend to hunt migratory birds and landowners hunting on their own property.

The permit is valid from, July 1 through the following June 30, and may be obtained free of charge at wildlifedepartment.com or is available at all state hunting license dealer locations for $3.

Land Access Permits

A $5, three-day special use land access permit is available to residents for nonhunting and nonfishing related activities, unless in possession of the $16 annual land access permit.

Oklahoma residents who are under 18 years of age on the first day of the current calendar year or are 64 years old or older are exempt from land access permit requirements.

Motor Vehicle Permit to Hunt from a Motorized Vehicle

A five-year motor vehicle permit to hunt or take wildlife with the aid of a motor driven vehicle on Department-managed lands may be issued to residents having a permanent disability which confines them to a wheelchair, or requires the use of crutches, a walker or other means of support or assistance for body mobility as certified by a medical doctor licensed to practice in Oklahoma or any state which borders this state.

Use of a motor vehicle for hunting is intended only as a means of facilitating access. During the actual taking of any wildlife, the vehicle being used by the permittee must be stopped and the engine must be turned off.

Use of a vehicle on Department-managed lands by a motor vehicle permittee is authorized only on roads or trails specifically designated as open for such activity. Off-road travel by a motor vehicle permittee is prohibited.

A five-year non-ambulatory permit to hunt or take wildlife with the aid of a motor driven vehicle on Department-managed lands may be issued to residents who are unable to walk due to a single or double leg amputation, paralysis of lower extremity(ies) and/or disease or injury and are confined to the use of a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility, as certified by a medical doctor licensed to practice in Oklahoma, or any state which borders this state.

Use of a motor vehicle for hunting is intended only as a means of facilitating access. During the actual taking of any wildlife, the vehicle being used by the permittee must be stopped and the engine must be turned off.

Off-road use of a vehicle on Department-managed lands by a non-ambulatory permittee is authorized only on lands specifically designated as open for such activity. Maps of areas open to off-road use may be obtained from Department headquarters in Oklahoma City.

A federal sandhill crane permit is required of all persons hunting sandhill crane. There are no exemptions.

The $3 permit is available at all state hunting and fishing license dealer locations or may be obtained at wildlifedepartment.com.

Residents born on or after Jan. 1, 1923, upon reaching age 64 (or those who turn 64 during the calendar year) are eligible to purchase a senior citizen license which is good for life. Anyone born before Jan. 1, 1923, is exempt but must carry proof of age such as a driver’s license.

Any person hunting, pursuing, trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized rattlesnake hunting event or festival must have a rattlesnake permit, unless exempt.

Persons with a valid hunting or combination hunting/fishing license are exempt from the rattlesnake permit.

Permits are available at wildlifedepartment.com, by calling (405) 521-3852, or at selected rattlesnake round-up festivals.