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Off the Beaten Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

2018-19 Big Game Report . . . . . . . . . . .12
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER • VOLUME 75 • NUMBER 5 Deer Harvest Up For 4th Straight Year
Biologists Urge Hunters to Take More White-tailed
12 Does for Herd Health
By Dallas Barber, Big Game Biologist, and
Emily Clark, Big Game Technician

The More Things Change... . . . . . . . . . .22
Sight of Deer 50 Years Ago Worth Bragging About
By Don P. Brown, Information and Education Specialist

Working Together for Youths . . . . . . . . .30
State’s Controlled Hunts Program Yields Quality
Outings on National Refuge
By Craig Springer, SW Region External Affairs, U.S.
22 30 Fish and Wildlife Service
Three New Public Areas Now Open . . . .36
First Looks at San Bois, Bamberger, Neosho WMAs
Watchable Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
The Copperhead
By Justin Veach, Information Intern

38 48 ON THE COVER: A buck like this one puts the “big” in big game!
Oklahoma’s whitetail harvest took a leap for the 2018-19 season.
Check out the 2018-19 Big Game Report to see how the numbers
shook out, starting on Page 12.

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