Of course, there is a second, if not more common, question that quickly comes to mind when thinking about dung beetles and ...

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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

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 ...

Occurs in most habitat types except for shortgrass prairies. Family groups travel over large areas that often encompass multiple habitat types. Increasingly found in urban and residential areas.

Established in 1981, the Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Diversity Program focuses on rare, declining, and threatened species of wildlife as well as those common species not hunted or fished. More than ...

Alligators are often basking with their eyes and nostrils just above the water. They are mostly found in swamps and marshes, but sometimes they are found in rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. In ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

An Oklahoma resident or nonresident fishing license is required of all persons 18 or older who take, attempt to take, or possess fish or other aquatic dwelling organisms by any method in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities across the state!

If you witness a violation, call your game warden or contact the Operation Game Thief hotline at (800) 522-8039. If you can’t reach your local game warden and have an emergency or see someone ...

The size of these animals varies by sex. Males average seven feet long (from nose to the tip of its tail) and weigh around 140 pounds, while females average six feet in length with a body weight ...