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Salt Plains NWR

Salt Plains NWR, photo by Steve Webber

Contacts

Hunting: (580) 626-4794
Game Warden (County):
(580) 860-4979(Alfalfa)
Area Acres
11,200 ac.

For details on Salt Plains NWR visit our partners with the USFWS:

USFWS - Salt Plains NWR

All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.

Deer and turkey seasons closed, except for controlled hunts. ALL other hunting seasons are closed unless otherwise specified below.

Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
  • Dove

Hunting hours close at noon daily. Contact the refuge for special restrictions.

  • Quail, Pheasant, Waterfowl, Sandhill Cranes

Closed Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays during deer gun season. Hunting hours close at noon daily. Contact the refuge for special restrictions.

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