Down and Dirty with Dung Beetles | ODWC - Oklahoma …
Oct 7, 2024 — Dung beetles play a key role in pest suppression, breaking down manure piles quickly which reduces the conditions required for flies and parasites to complete their lifecycle. Dung beetles also play a role in the quick regeneration of plant growth for forage and cover, and they are a source of food for many other animals including birds ...
Deer - Big Game Season - Oklahoma Department of Wildlife …
Oct 18, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024. Two: no more than one may be antlered. Harvest of antlerless mule deer is prohibited. All deer taken during the youth deer gun season are included in the hunter’s combined season limit of six deer, but are not included as part of the hunter’s regular deer gun season limit of four deer.
Wildlife Commissioners Get Good News About Quail, Pheasant
Upland game biologist Tell Judkins led commissioners through findings from August’s roadside quail survey, in which observations shot up from last year’s 2.23 birds per route to 6.52 quail per route. The increase in quail seen in August is 92.3% greater than the 10-year average of 3.39 per route. Pheasant survey results were up from last ...
Oklahoma Hunter Education Online Course
What is Hunter Education? Hunter education covers a variety of topics including firearms safety, wildlife identification, wildlife conservation and management, survival, archery, muzzleloading, and hunter responsibility. It is available online, a 4-hour home study, or an 8-hour traditional course.
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Canine distemper virus can cause wildlife to act unusually and have cyclical outbreaks or density-dependent outbreaks. There has been a recent increase in reports concerning raccoons with symptoms of canine distemper virus in the northeast region of Oklahoma. The following information will help to educate those who could have this experience.
Fishing Reports | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Fishing Reports. We know that fishing in Oklahoma can be good nearly all year round but the peak time for most species and anglers is March to June, which is when we require reports to be submitted. If there is a particular lake you would like to know about during the non-required report time you can contact the county game warden or a local ...
Maps | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Shooting Ranges. Oklahoma Ecological Mapping System. Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma. Purchase WMA Atlas. Download the Arc Explorer App from the Apple App Store or Google Play to Get the: ♦ ODWC OLAP Web Map. ♦ ODWC WMA Viewer. ♦ Lakes of Oklahoma. ♦ Lake level and Streamflow Conditions for Oklahoma.
you do not have cell phone service. To submit a harvest with. the mobile app, follow these steps:Open the Go Outdoors Oklahoma mobile app and select Mobile. -Check in the bottom right corner.Select the species you want to submit a harvest report for. rom the Harvest Species drop down.Complete all fields on the form for the species you selected ...
The Youth Annual Super Hunting License | ODWC - Oklahoma …
Jul 12, 2024 — The Wildlife Department’s new youth annual super hunting license is like a season pass to the outdoors for those under 18 wanting to hunt deer, turkey, waterfowl, elk, bear, antelope, and furbearers, or for youth who plan to trap. It’s a new license as of July 1, 2024, and is designed to simplify requirements for youth hunters.
Poor Conditions Cited in Trout Stocking Delay to Dec. 1
Trout stocking is now tentatively set to begin Dec. 1, 2024, at ODWC’s six seasonal trout fishing areas. But the stocking delay for the seasonal areas won’t affect the state’s two year-round trout fisheries at the Lower Mountain Fork River and the Lower Illinois River, where conditions allow trout stocking to continue as usual.