Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-135
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Permits to control nuisance or damage by wildlife
Official statutory text
A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is authorized to
issue permits to landowners, agricultural lessees, or their
designated agents with written permission of the landowner or
agricultural lessee and to any entity of state, county, or local
government to control nuisance or damage by any species of wildlife
including, but not limited to, beaver, coyote, deer, bobcat, raccoon
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 93
and crow under rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission. The permits may be issued without
limitation by statewide season regulations, bag limits or methods of
taking. A permitted landowner, agricultural lessee or a designated
agent with written permission of the landowner or agricultural
lessee may, with a valid permit issued pursuant to this section,
control the wildlife specified in this subsection and feral swine at
night to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock or
processed feed, seed or other materials used in the production of an
agricultural commodity.
B. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, the permit
to hunt at night shall be valid for a period of up to one (1) year
from the date the permit was issued.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-203.1 of this
title, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent with
written permission of the landowner and with a valid permit may use
a headlight carried on the person while hunting at night. Nothing
in this section shall authorize the use of a headlight mounted on a
vehicle or the use of a headlight from a public roadway.
D. Any person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a
violation of Section 5-203.1 or Section 5-411 of this title within
the previous three (3) years shall not be eligible to receive a
permit pursuant to this section. The permit can be issued by the
local game warden in the county for which the permit is to be used
or by the Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Wildlife
Conservation.
E. It shall be lawful for any private landowner or designated
employee of the landowner or lessee to have a chamber-loaded firearm
on property owned by the landowner, and to use the firearm for the
purpose of controlling nuisance or damage by any wildlife or feral
swine. Nothing in this section shall authorize any convicted felon
to carry a firearm.
issue permits to landowners, agricultural lessees, or their
designated agents with written permission of the landowner or
agricultural lessee and to any entity of state, county, or local
government to control nuisance or damage by any species of wildlife
including, but not limited to, beaver, coyote, deer, bobcat, raccoon
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 93
and crow under rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission. The permits may be issued without
limitation by statewide season regulations, bag limits or methods of
taking. A permitted landowner, agricultural lessee or a designated
agent with written permission of the landowner or agricultural
lessee may, with a valid permit issued pursuant to this section,
control the wildlife specified in this subsection and feral swine at
night to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock or
processed feed, seed or other materials used in the production of an
agricultural commodity.
B. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, the permit
to hunt at night shall be valid for a period of up to one (1) year
from the date the permit was issued.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-203.1 of this
title, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent with
written permission of the landowner and with a valid permit may use
a headlight carried on the person while hunting at night. Nothing
in this section shall authorize the use of a headlight mounted on a
vehicle or the use of a headlight from a public roadway.
D. Any person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a
violation of Section 5-203.1 or Section 5-411 of this title within
the previous three (3) years shall not be eligible to receive a
permit pursuant to this section. The permit can be issued by the
local game warden in the county for which the permit is to be used
or by the Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Wildlife
Conservation.
E. It shall be lawful for any private landowner or designated
employee of the landowner or lessee to have a chamber-loaded firearm
on property owned by the landowner, and to use the firearm for the
purpose of controlling nuisance or damage by any wildlife or feral
swine. Nothing in this section shall authorize any convicted felon
to carry a firearm.
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