A total of 126,290 deer were harvested during the 2020-21 seasons, the most ever. Elk hunting saw a substantial increase in harvest. Deer season resulted in record-shattering numbers for hunter participation and harvest.

Oklahoma 2020-21 Big Game Harvest Report SeptemOutdoor Oklahoma Journal Only purchase grain planned for use in the immediate future. Always purchase grain from reputable dealers. Do not buy grains that are clumped together. Avoid grains with visible signs of mold growth, which might be an indicator that aflatoxins are present. Safeguard wildlife from aflatoxins in grain SeptemOklahoma, Muskogee Phoenix A record 218,548 hunters participated in the deer gun season last year., an increased participation in deer hunting, largely attributed to COVID-19 as the outdoors became one of the few safe places to be. Oklahoma archery seasons open Friday for deer, bear, elk and antelope SeptemThe Oklahoman Oklahoma Blood Trackers can aid your efforts to find the animal.“I have been on 38 tracks and fortunate to have found 12 so far this season with about a month and a half left to go, so my recovery rate is right at 31 percent,”. if you have hunted long enough, you or someone you know has failed to recover a deer. Tracking dogs recover deer OctoOklahoma, Sequoyah County Times Recently, some of those deer have come back as having COVID-19. Every year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife conducts a health study on a sample population of deer. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife: Some whitetail deer test positive for COVID-19 NovemOklahoma's News “Doe harvest is critical to keeping a herd healthy,”. Additional antlerless harvest is encouraged by increased antlerless harvest opportunities within some Antlerless Deer Zones. Again this year, the bag limit for deer gun season is four, with only one of those being antlered. And it was the first time since 2015 that Oklahoma’s antlerless harvest met the goal of 40 to 45 percent set by biologists. For the entire state deer harvest last year, 43 percent were antlerless deer, the greatest percentage since 2010. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Deer Season Update November 10, 2021 Today, the state has an estimated deer population of 750,000., When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the total deer population was estimated at 500. Trap and transplant: How work in the 1940s led to Oklahoma's huge deer population today NovemThe Oklahoman It's as if the mule deer is locomoting along with the aid of a pogo stick. Stotting is that peculiar thing in which a mule deer jumps into the air with all four feet off of the ground. Northwestern Oklahoma's mule deer are prone to stotting.

Leaders of Oklahoma’s two largest tribes said Monday that they would issue their own hunting licenses to citizens. Kevin Stitt won't renew hunting, fishing compacts with OK tribes DecemOklahoma, The Oklahoman

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