Under 16 Years of Age

Residents under 16 years of age are exempt from the purchase of the hunting license, the fishing & hunting legacy permit, federal duck stamp, Oklahoma waterfowl license, Blue River Conservation Passport, land access permit and HIP requirements.

Under 18 Years of Age

Any person under 18 years of age in the physical custody of a child care facility is exempt from the purchase of a hunting license. Also, any person under 18 years of age is exempt from the Blue River Conservation Passport, land access permit, and the fishing & hunting legacy permit.

64 Years Old or Older

Residents 64 years old or older are exempt from the purchase of a fishing & hunting legacy permit, land access permit, and HIP requirements (including those who will turn 64 during the calendar year in which they intend to hunt migratory birds). Residents 65 years old or older are exempt from the purchase of the Oklahoma waterfowl license.

Lifetime License

All resident lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license holders are exempt from the purchase of the hunting license, the fishing & hunting legacy permit, deer, elk, antelope and turkey licenses, Oklahoma waterfowl license and the fur license.

Holders of the lifetime license are not exempt from the purchase of the federal duck stamp, trapping license, land access permit, HIP requirements or federal sandhill crane permit.

Senior Citizen License

Residents or former residents under 65 years of age possessing the senior citizen license are exempt from the purchase of the annual hunting license, the fishing & hunting legacy permit, one (1) deer gun license, one (1) controlled hunt deer gun permit and HIP requirements.

Holders of the senior citizen license are not exempt from the purchase of deer archery licenses, deer primitive firearms licenses, controlled hunts deer archery and primitive firearms permits, elk licenses, antelope licenses, turkey licenses, federal duck stamp, federal sandhill crane permit or the trapping license.

Residents born before Jan. 1, 1923 have the same privileges as senior citizen license holders 65 years old and older.

Resident landowners or tenants who hunt only on land owned or leased by them (not including hunting leases) are exempt from the hunting license and the fishing & hunting legacy permit. Resident landowners who hunt waterfowl and other migratory game birds only on their own property are exempt from the Oklahoma waterfowl license and HIP requirements.

Only resident landowners or tenants or such individual’s children who trap on land owned or leased by such owner or tenant (not including hunting leases) are exempt from purchasing a trapping license.

Persons residing in another state who own land in Oklahoma but do not live on that land are considered nonresidents and are not exempt.

Landowners or lessees who kill bobcats, raccoons, gray/red foxes or river otters actually found destroying livestock or poultry are exempt from the purchase of the fur license.

No landowner or lessee who takes these species under the depredation exemption may remove any part of the fur or unskinned carcass from the premises where taken.

Landowners or lessees taking furbearers in open season with intent to sell must possess a fur license. This license is not required for those who run or chase furbearers with dogs but do not take.

Citizens of Oklahoma on authorized leave from the U.S. Armed Forces and serving outside Oklahoma are exempt from the hunting license and the fishing & hunting legacy permit but must purchase other appropriate licenses, permits or stamps.

Residents having a proven permanent disability which renders them non-ambulatory and confines them to a wheelchair, as certified by a medical doctor, are exempt from the hunting license and the fishing & hunting legacy permit.

Proof of exemption from a license or permit must be carried while in the field.