AmmoSight

Dispatch / 11.12.26· Agencies & Hunting ·Iowa

Oklahoma Deer Gun Season Opens Nov. 21 for 160,000 Hunters With a Four-Deer Limit Through Dec. 6

Residents need a $36 base license and a $36 deer gun license. The limit is four deer, one antlered, plus two bonus antlerless deer in the Dec. 18 to 31 holiday season.

By Published
Credit: Photo: ShenandoahNPS, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Key Facts

  • Oklahoma's deer gun season runs Nov. 21 through Dec. 6, 2026, for roughly 160,000 hunters.
  • The gun season limit is up to four deer, one antlered, plus two bonus antlerless deer in the holiday season.
  • Residents 18 and older need a $36 base hunting license and a $36 deer gun season license.
  • Nonresidents pay $209 for an annual license and $501 for a deer gun license covering six deer.
  • The holiday antlerless deer gun season runs Dec. 18 through Dec. 31, 2026.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said in a release carried by The Outdoor Wire on Nov. 12, 2026 that the state’s deer gun season opens Nov. 21 for roughly 160,000 hunters, and the department’s season table runs the season through Dec. 6, with a holiday antlerless deer gun season from Dec. 18 through Dec. 31.

Residents 18 and older need a base hunting license ($36) and a deer gun season license ($36) unless exempt. The gun season limit is up to four deer, one of which may be antlered, plus two bonus antlerless deer during the holiday antlerless season, with antlerless zone limits applying.

Nonresidents need a nonresident annual hunting license ($209) unless exempt and a nonresident deer gun license ($501), which covers the regular deer gun and holiday antlerless bag limits, six deer in all, with the same zone limits. A nonresident deer gun license bought after the season opens carries a two-day validation period before it is active.

Residents younger than 18 need only the youth annual super hunting license ($26). Nonresidents younger than 18 need either a nonresident youth annual super hunting license ($151) or a nonresident five-day youth super hunting license ($76), and the two-day wait does not apply to them. The season table notes that licenses must be bought at least 48 hours before hunting.

The department will send its annual Rut Report, with the status of rutting activity by region, to subscribers of its Hunting Updates emails ahead of the opener. Deer archery season runs Oct. 1 through Jan. 15, 2027, and the muzzleloader season closed Nov. 1. Quail season and duck season in Zones 1 and 2 open Nov. 14, and pheasant and certain furbearer seasons open Dec. 1.

Hunters can bring antlers to the department’s 10th annual Rack Madness trophy scoring event on March 2, 2027, at its Oklahoma City headquarters. The deer gun season closes on December 6, 2026, and the holiday antlerless deer gun season runs December 18 through 31.

Sources

  1. 1 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation via The Outdoor Wire · Oklahoma Deer Gun Season to Kick Off Nov. 21 · accessed 2026-11-12
  2. 2 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation · Hunting Seasons · accessed 2026-11-12

For brands and PR

Covering your product? Send launch details, press images and review samples to the newsroom. Samples do not guarantee coverage or a positive review.

Contact the newsroom

Related Stories