If you’re lucky enough to have harvested a deer this season, don’t toss that fat! Turn it into beautiful, useful tallow! Rendering tallow is simple and sustainable, giving you a creamy, long-lasting ...

In 1998, CWD was confirmed in a captive elk herd in Oklahoma County which had originally been imported from Montana. The U.S. Department of Agriculture euthanized that herd to decrease the threat of ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is hosting a field day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday Oct. 25, at Okmulgee Wildlife Management Area with a waterfowl hunting workshop. Space is ...

As Oklahoma’s hunting season begins, many hunters are planning where to go. An opportunity that should not be overlooked is ODWC’s Land Access Program. OLAP began around 2016 with the goal of ...

Archery hunters again demonstrated strong performance during the 2024-25 deer season, harvesting 38,787 deer. Although this number did not surpass recent record-setting years, it remains a significant ...

Jocelyn Howell has spent her USDA Forest Service career managing habitat to benefit the red-cockaded woodpecker and monitoring the bird’s populations across multiple states and administrative ...

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) funds numerous research projects across the state, from the effects of weather and hunting on Northern bobwhite populations to the ...

STEP 1: All applicants (residents and non-residents) must possess or purchase a valid Oklahoma hunting license for the current calendar year of the drawing. Licenses are sold online at ...

Oklahoma is often thought of as an ecological melting pot, where forests, prairies, and wetlands meet to provide habitat for a truly impressive list of animals. That blend of eastern and western ...

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, snakes are an ecological mainstay in Oklahoma. They can be found across the state – in urban areas as well as places more rural and wild – living in burrows, around rocks and ...

Detailed rules will be posted at each range or for more information contact the wildlife biologist in that area. Target shooting is not allowed in areas where shooting ranges are not provided.

When autumn finally gives in to winter, Oklahomans have to say goodbye to such things as fall colors and warm-weather bird species, including purple martins, scissor-tailed flycatchers and other avian ...