Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-304

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Wildlife refuges or Wildlife Management Areas - Entry

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with dog or gun prohibited - Exceptions.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may enter

upon any state or federal wildlife refuge or Wildlife Management

Area with a dog, a gun, or a bow.

B. Exceptions to the above provisions are when the Oklahoma

Wildlife Conservation Commission and/or the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Commission may by resolution permit:

1. The holding of field trials by duly authorized sportsmen’s

clubs; or

2. Such hunting, killing, or trapping of wildlife from such

refuge or Wildlife Management Area; provided, however, that Lake

Murray State Park shall not be utilized for the killing or trapping

of natural wildlife and shall remain a wildlife preserve.

C. 1. Upon authorization for the hunting, killing, or trapping

of wildlife from any such refuge or Wildlife Management Area by the

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission pursuant to subsection B

of this section, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall

require nonresidents to schedule with the Department of Wildlife

Conservation in order to receive written authorization to use such

refuge or Wildlife Management Area.

2. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall create a

lottery system as needed for the distribution of permits authorizing

nonresidents to hunt, kill, or trap wildlife from such refuge or

Wildlife Management Area and shall charge a permit fee not to exceed

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

3. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall

promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this

section.

D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be punished by a fine not less than One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or

by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days

nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and

imprisonment for the first violation. A subsequent violation shall

result in the suspension of privileges to hunt, kill, or trap within

such refuge or Wildlife Management Area.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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