Quail Season

Quail and Pheasant Seasons

Upland Bird Hunters-
Shooting from or across any public road, highway (right-of-way) or railroad right-of-way is prohibited. See pg. 10 of your Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here for more info.

Quail (Bobwhite & Scaled) Regulations

I have the new 2006-2007 dates for Quail season, but I don't have the new regulations. The dates are accurate according to the DOWC web site.

License Requirements
Resident: Annual hunting or combination license, lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license, youth hunting or youth combination license, senior citizen hunting or senior citizen combination license, a fishing and hunting legacy permit or proof of exemptions.
Nonresident: Nonresident annual or five-day nonresident hunting license, nonresident lifetime hunting or nonresident lifetime combination licenses, a fishing and hunting legacy permit or proof of exemptions.

Public Lands
Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult WMA regulations beginning on page 30 of your Oklahoma Hunting Guide.

DATES OPEN
OPEN	Nov. 11, 2006	CLOSE	February 15, 2007	Statewide

Daily Limit
    10 daily, 20 in possession after first day.

Shooting Hours
    Official sunrise to official sunset.

Legal Means of Taking
    Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), archery equipment, legal raptors; and as otherwise provided under General Hunting Regulations.

Pot Shooting
    At no time may any quail or covey be shot while resting on the ground, commonly called "pot shooting".

Hunter Orange
    When deer muzzleloader, deer gun, elk gun (in open counties), and/or the special antlerless deer seasons (in open zones) overlap with quail season, all quail hunters must conspicuously wear either a head covering or an outer garment above the waistline consisting of hunter orange.

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Pheasant Regulations

I have the new 2006-2007 dates for Pheasant season, but I don't have the new regulations or the new open areas. The dates are accurate according to the DOWC web site.

License Requirements
    Resident: Annual hunting or combination license, lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license, youth hunting or youth combination license, senior citizen hunting or senior citizen combination license, a fishing and hunting legacy permit or proof of exemptions.
    Nonresident: Nonresident annual hunting license, nonresident lifetime hunting or nonresident lifetime combination licenses, a fishing and hunting legacy permit or proof of exemptions. The nonresident five-day hunting license in not valid for hunting pheasant.

Public Lands
    Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult WMA regulations beginning on page 30 of your Oklahoma Hunting Guide and Regulation Book.

DATES OPEN

OPEN Dec. 1, 2006 CLOSE Jan. 31, 2007

Note: Only in designated areas (see your 2006-2007 Oklahoma Hunting Guide for counties.

Open Areas: These counties are from the 2005-2006 Oklahoma Hunting Guide.
Open Areas Include: Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, Texas, Woods, and Woodward counties; that portion of Osage Co. west of Hwy. 18; and that portion of Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher and Logan counties north of Hwy. 51.

Daily Limit
     Cocks only: Two (2) daily, four (4) in possession after first day, six (6) in possession after second day.
     Persons who hunt in two (2) states having separate daily limits may not exceed the largest number of birds that can legally be taken in one (1) of the states in which they take birds.

Shooting Hours
    Official sunrise to official sunset.

Legal means of taking:
    Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), archery equipment, legal raptors, hand-propelled missile, slingshot, and as otherwise provided under General Hunting Regulations.

Identification:
    Evidence of sex, head or one (1) foot, must remain on the bird until it has reached its final destination.

Blaze orange requirements:
    When deer gun, and/or the special antlerless deer seasons (in open zones) overlap with pheasant season, all pheasant hunters must conspicuously wear either a head covering or an outer garment above the waistline consisting of hunter orange .

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