ELK SEASON
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License Requirements
Elk licenses will be only
issued to residents and nonresidents who have written landowner or operator
(tenant) permission, to hunt on private land in open areas. Hunters must
also provide legal descriptions of lands on which they have permission to hunt,
landowner name and mailing address, and may hunt only on those lands. Elk
license, written landowner permission and legal description of land must be
carried while hunting.
Elk licenses (residents, $51; lifetime hunting or lifetime
combination license holders, $0; nonresidents, $301) must be obtained by all elk
hunters at the Department's Lawton Office, located at Manning State Fish
Hatchery in Medicine Park, the Department's Headquarters in Oklahoma City or the
Department's Jenks Office adjacent to the Oklahoma Aquarium. In addition, all
elk hunters must purchase a fishing and hunting legacy permit, unless exempt.
| OPEN | October 9, 2006 | CLOSE | October 13, 2006 | In Open Areas |
| OPEN | December 11, 2006 | CLOSE | December 15, 2006 | In Open Areas |
| OPEN | October 14, 2006 | AND | December 16, 2006 | In Open Areas |
| OPEN | October 15, 2006 | AND | December 17, 2006 | In Open Areas |
Season Limit
One (1) elk per hunter, regardless of
sex and method.
Open Areas
Private lands in Caddo, Comanche
and Kiowa counties.
Legal Elk Definitions
A legal bull is defined as
having at least five (5) points on at least one (1) side.
Antlerless elk are defined as elk with no visible antlers.
Shooting Hours
One-half hour
before official sunrise to one-half hour after official sunset.
Legal Means of Taking
Archery:
Archery equipment described as legal for
deer archery season.
Bow:
Minimum of forty (40) pounds or more draw weight. Hand-held releases are
legal.
Broadheads: Hunting type points not less than 7/8 inches wide and
not less than 1-1/2 inches long.
Illegal Devices: Laser sights
and any device that permits a bow to be held mechanically at
full or partial draw.
Firearms
Restriction: No person may carry or use any firearm in conjunction with archery
equipment during the archery season while hunting deer, except under provisions of
the Oklahoma Self Defense Act.
Hunters are allowed to carry both archery equipment and a
muzzleloader during the muzzleloader season provided they have the appropriate
licenses and follow other muzzleloader season regulations. Hunters also are
allowed to carry both archery equipment and legal firearms during any modern gun
season, again provided they have the appropriate licenses and follow other
regulations to participate in those seasons.
Gun:
Equipment described as legal for
deer gun season.
Rifles:
Centerfire rifles firing at least a 55 grain weight soft-nosed or hollow point
bullet and having an overall cartridge case length of 1 1/4 inches or longer
(9mm rifles are not legal). Clips or magazines of all .22 caliber centerfire
firearms may not be capable of holding more than seven (7) rounds of ammunition.
Shotguns: Twenty
(20) gauge or larger, firing a single rifled slug are legal.
Centerfire
Handguns: Chambered
for a .24 caliber or larger and 100-grain or heavier soft-nosed bullet having
and overall cartridge case length of 1-1/4 inches or longer are legal (.357 or
larger) and a minimum barrel length of four (4) inches.
Semi-automatic Handguns:
Chambered for any centerfire ammunition with a 100-grain or heavier soft-nosed
bullet and having a cartridge case size of .40 cal. or larger (includes 10mm,
.357 Sig., and 40 cal. or larger) and a minimum barrel length of four (4)
inches.
Handguns chambered for any centerfire rifle
ammunition: Chambered for any centerfire rifle
ammunition using at least a 55-grain soft-nosed bullet and having an overall
cartridge case length of 1 1/4 inches or longer and a minimum barrel length of
four (4) inches.
Illegal devices:
Fully automatic firearms, silencers, laser sights and light enhancement devices
(night scopes) are illegal.
Muzzleloaders: Equipment described as legal for deer
muzzleloader season
and blackpowder firearms loaded from the breach are legal.
Muzzleloading
rifles: Forty (.40) caliber or larger; flintlock or percussion cap
or shotgun primer; single slug or
ball; blackpowder, Pyrodex or modern smokeless powder; double barreled
muzzleloader rifles; in-line muzzleloader rifles; metallic sights and
optical sights are legal.
Muzzleloading
shotguns: Smoothbore muzzleloading shotguns, 20
gauge or larger and firing a single projectile are legal..
Muzzleloading
pistols: Single shot or
revolver with characteristics described al legal for muzzleloading rifles are
legal.
Archery: Archery equipment
described as legal for deer archery
season.
Illegal devices:
Blackpowder firearms loaded from the breech, laser sights and light enhancement devices
(night scopes) are illegal.
Tagging
Hunters shall immediately upon harvesting an elk
securely attach their name and license number to the carcass.
For a neat idea on how to attach your name and hunting license number to the carcass "click here"!
Checking
All elk must be checked at the
Department's Lawton Office, located at Manning State Fish Hatchery in Medicine
Park, where the elk will be tagged with a carcass tag. The carcass tag must
remain with the carcass through processing or storage facilities.
Carcasses may be checked in quartered with the sex
organs naturally attached and head accompanying the carcass.
Hunter Orange
Hunters participating in the gun elk season using firearms
described as legal must conspicuously wear both a head covering and an outer garment above the
waistline both consisting of hunter orange color totaling at least 400 square
inches. Camouflage hunter orange is legal.
Hunters participating in the elk gun season using archery
equipment must conspicuously wear either a head covering or an outer
garment above the waistline consisting of hunter orange. Camouflage hunter
orange is legal.
