Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-112v3

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

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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 eighteen (18) 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 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;

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

leased by them;

5. Any nonresident under eighteen (18) years of age;

6. 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;

7. 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

8. 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 which expires one

(1) year after the date of issuance – Two Hundred Eight Dollars

($208.00);

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 - Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in addition to the

nonresident annual hunting license required in paragraph 1 of this

subsection;

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 - Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) in addition to the nonresident annual hunting license

required in paragraph 1 of this subsection;

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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 - Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) in addition to the nonresident annual hunting license

required in paragraph 1 of this subsection;

5. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Five Hundred

Five Dollars ($505.00);
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 - Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) in addition to the nonresident annual hunting license

required in paragraph 1 of this subsection;

5. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Five Hundred

Five Dollars ($505.00);

6. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Five Hundred Five

Dollars ($505.00);

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

than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey, bear, or waterfowl –

Seventy-four Dollars ($74.00);

8. Annual youth hunting license for nonresidents under eighteen

(18) years of age, which shall include all species and all seasons

for which a hunting license is required – One Hundred Fifty Dollars

($150.00);

9. Five-day youth hunting license for nonresidents under

eighteen (18) years of age, which shall include all species and all

seasons for which a hunting license is required – Seventy-five

Dollars ($75.00); and

10. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting winged

upland game, excluding wild turkey, in a commercial hunting area –

Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).

D. These licenses shall be required for hunting in a commercial

hunt area:

1. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting big game

or combination big game – Seventy-four Dollars ($74.00);

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

and upland winged game, excluding turkeys – Twenty Dollars ($20.00);

3. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting big game or

combination big game – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00);

and

4. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting winged

upland game, excluding wild turkey, in a commercial hunting area –

Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).

E. For the purpose of hunting in a commercial hunting area,

nonresidents who acquire a license pursuant to subsection D of this

section shall be exempted from licensure requirements in subsection

C of this section.

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 – Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00);

2. Annual youth hunting license for residents under eighteen

(18) years of age, which shall include all species and all season

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for which a hunting license is required – Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00);

3. Ten-day hunting license for residents for small game and

upland winged game, excluding wild turkeys in a commercial hunting

area - Five Dollars ($5.00);

4. Five-year disability hunting combination hunting/fishing

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 pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Twenty Dollars ($20.00);

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

years of age or older, which shall include all deer allowed for

harvesting during gun season - Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00). 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
airs 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. Archery hunting license for deer for residents eighteen (18)

years of age or older, which shall include all deer allowed for

harvesting during archery season - Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00).

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;

7. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents

eighteen (18) years of age or older, which shall include all deer

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allowed for harvesting during primitive firearm season - Thirty-five

Dollars ($35.00). 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;

8. 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;

9. 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.

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 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.

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

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, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),

and

b. for nonresidents, Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).

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

fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this
ill 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, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),

and

b. for nonresidents, Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).

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.

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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.