Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-112v1

A. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act, no person may

hunt, pursue, trap, harass, catch, kill, take or attempt to take in

any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or transport all or any

portion of any wildlife except fish, without having first procured a

license from the Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Wildlife

Conservation Commission shall designate a consecutive Saturday and

Sunday in September of each year as free hunting days in which

residents of this state may hunt without first procuring a hunting

license pursuant to the provisions of this section.

B. The following legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt

from the annual hunting license requirement of paragraph 1 of

subsection F of this section and the following nonresidents shall be

exempt from the annual nonresident hunting licenses required

pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section:

1. Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age;

2. Legal residents sixty-five (65) years of age or older

provided they have obtained a senior citizen lifetime hunting or

combination hunting and fishing license pursuant to the provisions

of Section 4-114 of this title;

3. Legal residents born on or before January 1, 1923;

4. Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent

(60%) or more;

5. Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land owned or

leased by them;

6. Any nonresident under fourteen (14) years of age;

7. Legal residents having a proven disability which renders

them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelchair, as certified

by a physician licensed in this state or in any state which borders

this state;

8. Any legal resident or nonresident under eighteen (18) years

of age who is in the physical custody of a child care facility as

defined by Section 402 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

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9. Any legal resident or nonresident hunting, pursuing,

trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to

take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized

rattlesnake-hunting event or festival and who has a rattlesnake

permit issued pursuant to Section 4-143 of this title.

C. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Code, the nonresident hunting licenses issued pursuant

to this section and the fee for each license shall be:

1. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other

than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on December 31 of the

year purchased – One Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($141.00).

Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big game and upland game

or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to

have this license;

2. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other

than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on June 30 of the

fiscal year purchased – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).

Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big game and upland game

or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to

have this license;

3. Gun hunting license for deer:

a. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16,

2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years of

age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one

antlerless deer allowed during the current calendar

year deer gun season – Thirty Dollars ($30.00),

b. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16,

2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years of

age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one

antlered or antlerless deer allowed during the current

calendar year deer gun season – Ninety-nine Dollars

($99.00),

c. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16,

2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for

hunting all deer allowed during the current calendar

year deer gun season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars
years of

age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one

antlered or antlerless deer allowed during the current

calendar year deer gun season – Ninety-nine Dollars

($99.00),

c. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16,

2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for

hunting all deer allowed during the current calendar

year deer gun season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars

($299.00), and

d. during any deer gun season occurring on or after

January 16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be

valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current

calendar year deer gun season - Two Hundred Seventy-

nine Dollars ($279.00);

4. Archery hunting license for deer for nonresidents which

shall expire on January 15 of the calendar year after the year

purchased or, if purchased during the deer archery season, it shall

expire at the end of that deer archery season:

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a. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January

16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years

of age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one

antlerless deer allowed during the current deer

archery season – Thirty Dollars ($30.00),

b. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January

16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years

of age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one

antlered or antlerless deer allowed during the current

deer archery season – Ninety-nine Dollars ($99.00),

c. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January

16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for

hunting all deer allowed during the current deer

archery season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars

($299.00), and

d. during any deer archery season occurring on or after

January 16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be

valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current

deer archery season - Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars

($279.00);

5. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for:

a. during deer primitive firearms seasons occurring prior

to January 16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen

(17) years of age or younger which shall be valid for

hunting one antlerless deer allowed during the current

calendar year deer primitive firearms season – Thirty

Dollars ($30.00),

b. during deer primitive firearms seasons occurring prior

to January 16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen

(17) years of age or younger which shall be valid for

hunting one antlered or antlerless deer allowed during

the current calendar year deer primitive firearms

season – Ninety-nine Dollars ($99.00),

c. during deer primitive firearms seasons occurring prior

to January 16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be

valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current

calendar year deer primitive firearms season - Two

Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars ($299.00), and

d. during any deer primitive firearms season occurring on

or after January 16, 2021, for nonresidents which

shall be valid for hunting all deer allowed during the

current calendar year deer primitive firearms season -

Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($279.00);

6. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three

Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);

7. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred

Five Dollars ($305.00);

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8. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other

than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey or bear – Seventy-four

Dollars ($74.00). Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big

game and upland game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area

shall be required to have this license; and

9. Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting small game

in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00).

D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall provide a

report to both the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1 of 2019 and
r exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area

shall be required to have this license; and

9. Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting small game

in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00).

D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall provide a

report to both the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1 of 2019 and

2020 setting forth information regarding licenses issued pursuant to

paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of subsection C of this section, which shall

include, but not be limited to:

1. The number of licenses issued during the most recent

respective deer hunting seasons; and

2. A fiscal analysis comparing revenue generated from the fees

of the licenses issued during the most recent respective deer

hunting seasons compared to previous years and whether the deer

hunting license structure is beneficial to the Department.

E. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of

subsection C of this section:

1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee of each license

issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 7 of subsection C of this

section and Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the license fee

for each license issued pursuant to paragraph 8 of subsection C of

this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition

Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-132 of this

title; and

2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee for each license

issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 8 of subsection C of this

section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and shall be

deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created pursuant to the

provisions of Section 4-141 of this title.

F. Except as otherwise provided, the resident hunting licenses

issued pursuant to this section and the fee for each license shall

be:

1. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of

age and older which expires on December 31 of the year purchased -

Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00);

2. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of

age and older which expires on June 30 of the fiscal year purchased

– Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00);

3. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or

seventeen (17) years of age which expires on December 31 of the year

purchased - Four Dollars ($4.00);

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4. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or

seventeen (17) years of age which expires on June 30 of the fiscal

year purchased – Six Dollars ($6.00);

5. Ten-day hunting license for residents for small game in a

commercial hunting area - Five Dollars ($5.00);

6. Five-year disability hunting license for residents of this

state for at least six (6) months who are receiving Social Security

Disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits or

disability benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A.,

Section 231a, or residents who are one-hundred-percent disabled and

are receiving disability payments from the Multiple Injury Trust

Fund pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes -

Ten Dollars ($10.00);

7. Gun hunting license for deer for residents eighteen (18)

years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following

persons shall be exempt:

a. residents with proper certification from the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

successor, certifying that the person is a disabled

veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-

percent rate, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

8. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen
exempt:

a. residents with proper certification from the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

successor, certifying that the person is a disabled

veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-

percent rate, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

8. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen

(18) years of age – Nine Dollars ($9.00);

9. Archery hunting license for deer for residents eighteen (18)

years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following

persons shall be exempt:

a. residents with proper certification from the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

successor, certifying that the person is a disabled

veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-

percent rate, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

10. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under

eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);

11. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents

eighteen (18) years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00).

The following persons shall be exempt:

a. residents with proper certification from the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

successor, certifying that the person is a disabled

veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-

percent rate, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

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12. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents

under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);

13. Hunting license for elk for residents - Fifty Dollars

($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and

upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this

license;

14. Hunting license for antelope for residents – Fifty Dollars

($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and

upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this

license; and

15. Bonus, special or additional gun hunting license for deer

for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons

shall be exempt:

a. residents with proper certification from the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

successor, certifying that the person is a disabled

veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-

percent rate, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas.

G. Residents hunting big game, combination big game and upland

game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be

required to have one of the following licenses:

1. An annual hunting license issued pursuant to paragraph 1, 2,

3 or 4 of subsection F of this section;

2. An annual hunting and fishing combination license issued

pursuant to Section 4-113 of this title;

3. A five-year hunting license or five-year combination hunting

and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4-113.1 of this

title; or

4. A lifetime hunting license or lifetime combination hunting

and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4-114 of this title.

H. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of

paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection F of this section, Five Dollars

($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land

Stamp and shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund

created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-141 of this title.

I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

require a hunting license, resident or nonresident, of any person

merely because the person participates, as owner or handler of an

entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field

trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or nonresident

of the State of Oklahoma. No license to hunt shall be required of
I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

require a hunting license, resident or nonresident, of any person

merely because the person participates, as owner or handler of an

entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field

trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or nonresident

of the State of Oklahoma. No license to hunt shall be required of

any person engaged in training or working dogs, provided that person

is in no way engaged in hunting and does not take or attempt to take

in any manner any game.

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J. 1. Any person arrested for hunting game other than deer,

antelope, elk, bear or turkey without a valid hunting license as

required by the provisions of subsection A of this section may

purchase a substitute temporary thirty-day license from the

arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunter

safety certification will not be required for the temporary

substitute license. The fee for a substitute license purchased

pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be:

a. for legal residents, Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and

b. for nonresidents, One Hundred Forty-five Dollars

($145.00).

2. Except as otherwise provided for by this subsection, the

fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to

be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving, and

protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.

K. Any person producing proof in court that a current hunting

license issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation to that

person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be

entitled to dismissal of a charge of violating this section upon

payment of court costs. If proof of a current hunting license

issued by the Department to the person that was in force at the time

of the alleged offense is presented to the court or district

attorney within seventy-two (72) hours after the violation, the

charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs.

L. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by

subsection J of this section, any resident convicted of violating

the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition

of a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more

than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county

jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both.

M. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by

subsection J of this section, any nonresident convicted of violating

the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition

of a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more

than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the

county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both.