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Youth Bonus Deer Hunt

Private Lands Youth Deer Hunts

Each year youth hunters have a unique opportunity to participate in one or numerous bonus deer hunts that take place on private land. There are two application periods that offer hunts on private lands. The first opens in April with the standard Controlled Hunts application period for any youth deer hunter. The other is in early August and is only for beginning hunters, namely those that have harvested no more than one deer in their hunting career.

To be eligible to apply for these private lands youth hunts, youth must have completed their hunter education requirements prior to applying and must be 12-17 years old at the time of their scheduled hunt.

Every participant must have an adult (licensed or unlicensed) who is at least 21 years of age accompanying them on the hunt. Do not list any hunt that you are not interested in or know in advance you cannot attend.

 


 

Hunts open to any youth deer hunter:

(Applications Open from April 1 through May 20) 

Four private lands antlerless youth controlled hunts are being offered during the Controlled Hunts application period from April 1 through May 20.

Beckham County

  • Oct. 4-5, 2024
  • Oct. 11-12, 2024
  • Dec. 13-14, 2024
  • Dec. 20-21, 2024

 


 

Hunts open to beginner-only hunters:

(Applications Closed) 

The application period for the private lands youth deer hunts designed for beginning hunters will open in late July to early August 2024. The number of youth deer hunters, ages 12-17, who have harvested no more than one deer, and the controlled hunt opportunities are yet to be determined. 

Cleveland County

  • To Be Determined

Love/Carter Counties

  • To Be Determined

Love County

  • To Be Determined

McClain County

  • To Be Determined

Sequoyah County

  • To Be Determined

The antlered-only option will require the purchase of a Youth Deer Gun Antlered or Nonresident Youth Deer Gun Either Sex permit, unless exempt, and the antlered deer will count toward the combined season limit.

 


 

How to Apply

To apply for a hunt, youth applicants must create and/or log in to their own Go Outdoors Oklahoma license account at Go Outdoors Oklahoma and apply with the following information:

  • Accompanying adult’s first and last name*
  • Accompanying adult’s telephone number
  • Accompanying adult’s email address
  • List of hunts by order of preference**

Once logged in follow the controlled hunts tile to access the application. 

 

If You Win

Email notifications to those successfully drawn will be sent after the application period closes. This could take a couple of weeks. Successfully drawn applicants will need to log in to their Go Outdoors Oklahoma license account to purchase their required licenses and/or permits and access their award letter which outlines specific information about their hunt.

If you have any questions before applying please contact Kyle Johnson at (405) 590-2584.

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Go Outdoors Oklahoma, Controlled Hunts tile highlighted with a red box around it.

To access the application, once logged into GoOutdoors Oklahoma click the CONTROLLED HUNTS tile.