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License Requirements
   
Residents & Nonresidents: A hunting license, (see pg. 12 "Licenses & Permits" of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here) or proof of exemptions.

Public Lands
    Prairie dog hunting is closed on all Department-owned or managed lands.

Shooting Hours
   
Official sunrise to official sunset.

Legal Means of Taking
    Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), rifle (conventional or muzzleloading), hand gun, archery equipment, legal raptors, hand propelled missile, air-propelled missile slingshot and as otherwise provided under  General Hunting Regulations.

Hunter Orange
    All hunters participating in any antelope, bear, deer or elk season using a firearm (muzzleloader or gun) must conspicuously wear both a head covering and an outer garment above the waistline, both totaling at least 400 square inches of hunter orange. Camouflage orange is legal as long as there are at least 400 square inches of hunter orange.
    Antelope, bear, deer or elk hunters using archery equipment during any antelope, bear, deer or elk firearms (muzzleloader or gun) season in any open hunting area (zone, county, or area) must conspicuously wear either a head covering or an outer garment above the waistline consisting of hunter orange. Camouflage hunter orange is legal.
    All other hunters, except those hunting waterfowl, crow or crane, or while hunting furbearing animals at night, must wear either a head covering or upper garment of hunter orange clothing while hunting during any antelope, bear, deer or elk firearms
(muzzleloader or gun) season in any open hunting area (zone, county or area.) Camouflage hunter orange is legal.

Dates & Open Areas
    Open year-round, except it is unlawful to hunt, take or attempt to take prairie dogs from dark to daylight with the aid of any artificial light and any sight dog.

Limits
    No daily, season or possession limit.

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