Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-112v2

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 Oklahoma

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 E of this section and the following nonresidents shall be

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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 and registered with the veterans registry created by

the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; provided, that if the

veteran has previously received an exemption pursuant to this

paragraph, no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required;

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

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 one (1) year after

the date of issuance – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).

Nonresidents hunting big game or combination big game and upland

game in a commercial hunting area shall be required to have this

license;

2. Gun hunting license for deer 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);

3. 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 – Two Hundred Seventy-

nine Dollars ($279.00);

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4. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer 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);

5. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three

Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);
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nine Dollars ($279.00);

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4. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer 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);

5. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three

Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);

6. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred

Five Dollars ($305.00);

7. 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 or combination big

game and upland game in a commercial hunting area shall be required

to have this license; and

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

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

D. 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.

E. Except as otherwise provided, the annual resident hunting

licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall expire one (1)

year after the date of issuance. 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 – Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00);

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

seventeen (17) years of age – Six Dollars ($6.00);

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

commercial hunting area - Five Dollars ($5.00);

4. Five-year disability hunting license for residents 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

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

Dollars ($10.00);

5. 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 registered with the veterans registry

created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously

received an exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,

no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

6. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen
ans registry

created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously

received an exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,

no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

6. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen

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

7. 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 registered with the veterans registry

created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously

received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,

no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

8. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under

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

9. 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 registered with the veterans registry

created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously

received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,

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no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas;

10. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents

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

11. 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;

12. 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

13. 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 registered with the veterans registry

created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously

received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,

no registration with the veterans registry shall be

required, and

b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game

and upland game commercial hunting areas.

F. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of

paragraph 1 of subsection E 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.

G. 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
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shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created

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

G. 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 this state. 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.

H. 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

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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.

I. 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.

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

subsection H 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.

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

subsection H 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.

L. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall

promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this

section.