Bass, Largemouth Fair on crankbaits, jigs, spoons, topwater lures, worms around coves, docks, points, shorelines. Bass, Striped Hybrid, Bass, White Good on crankbaits ...

People who use Department-owned areas for nonhunting or nonfishing activities, such as bird-watching or photography, are required to have either a Wildlife Conservation Passport or any current hunting ...

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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an agreement that recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses in member states. This means that illegal activities in one state can ...

The Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design Competition was designed to ensure quality habitat for the hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese that migrate through the state. The art competition, which began ...

I sat purposely still, but I felt awkwardly exposed. Not much I could do about it, either. My location- at the base of a small, lone tree - was my only alternative for bowhunting an active scrape I'd ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is partnering with Quail Forever to host an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday Oct. 12, at Kaw Wildlife Management Area with an optional ...

Attracting wildlife to your yard can be as simple as providing four basic habitat components in your wildscape: food, water, cover, and space. Join ODWC Wildlife biologists, game wardens and education ...

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Shelli Gray, an administrative assistant for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Fisheries Division, never expected that a simple e-newsletter would lead her on an exciting journey of ...