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Little River NWR

Little River NWR, photo by Jena Donnell

Contacts

Hunting: (580) 584-6211
Game Warden (County):
(580) 513-4963(McCurtain)
(580) 513-4651(McCurtain)
(580) 513-6866(McCurtain)
Area Acres
13,660 ac.

Contact the Refuge for general hunting or special use permits. All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.

Area closed to all activities for controlled deer hunts Oct. 25-27, Nov. 1-3, Nov. 8-10, 2024 and Apr. 11-13, Apr. 25-27, 2025.

Closed Seasons
Bear Archery, Bear Muzzleloader, Deer Gun, Deer Muzzleloader, Youth Deer Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Turkey Fall Gun, Turkey Spring, Youth Turkey Spring, Quail, Rail, Snipe, Gallinule, Woodcock, Dove, Crow, Predator/Furbearer Calling
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
  • Deer Archery

Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled deer hunt.

  • Rabbit, Squirrel

Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled deer hunt and closes Jan. 31.

  • Turkey Fall Archery

Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the Sunday after the last controlled hunt.

  • Pursuit with Hounds for Furbearers

Closed the Friday before deer muzzleloader season through the first nine days of deer gun season. Raccoon season same as statewide season dates. Contact the Refuge for permits.

  • Waterfowl, Trapping

Contact the Refuge for special restrictions.

Recent Journals
Two does are in the autumn woods, looking towards the camera.
Deer Gun License Valid for Holiday Antlerless Deer Season

Holiday antlerless deer gun hunters can harvest up to two more deer with just an annual hunting license and one deer gun license.

An eastern bluebird perched on a winter twig.
Wintering Birds

When autumn finally releases its hold on winter, Oklahomans have to say goodbye to such things as fall colors and warm weather bird species, including purple martins, scissor-tailed flycatchers, and other avian summer residents. But winter is a time for greetings, and with the brisk north winds comes wintering birds.

Swift Fox
Track Surveys Shed Light on Swift Fox

Biologists keep tabs on Oklahoma’s smallest fox, the swift fox, with annual track surveys across the High Plains.