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New Kaw WMA Shooting Range!

Features include two 100-yard rifle ranges, a 30-yard pistol range, an archery range with an archery tower, and ADA access and parking.

Visit Kaw WMA

Photo:Adam Free

Celebrate Monarch Butterflies With Us!

ODWC is hosting monarch tagging and roost watches at Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area from Sept. 30 - Oct. 3.

Photo:Jeremiah Zurenda

Call of the Wild Gala

Join the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foundation at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City this Sept. 29th.

Photo:USFWS Ryan Hagerty

Outdoor Journal

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2022-2023 Big Game Harvest Report

This past season, Oklahoma’s big game hunters set several harvest records — again! A new mark was set for overall deer harvest in the state; hunters reported taking 134,158 combined in all 2022-23 deer seasons.

Sep 20, 2023

A large food plot with bare ground and fresh, green seedlings.

The Pros and Cons of Food Plots

A common misconception is that managing habitat for wildlife requires food plantings or a food plot. Conversely, good wildlife management does not require food plantings and, likewise, food plantings alone are not indicative of good wildlife management.

Sep 20, 2023

A large red oak tree with a wide, open crown and horizontal limbs.

The Ins and Outs of Ideal Wild Turkey Roost Trees

Roost trees are vital for a turkey on a daily basis as well as on a seasonal basis. In the evenings, turkeys will perch up off the ground where they are protected from predators, then fly down in early mornings.

Sep 20, 2023

Outdoor News

(09/21) Archery Hunters Await Oct. 1 Opening Day for Big Game Seasons

(09/21) Quail Survey Index Up 45% Statewide in August, Still Below Historical Averages

(09/14) Monarch Tagging Activities Planned at Hackberry Flat