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NEW STRIDES IN BOBWHITE QUAIL MANAGEMENT ON THE HORIZON:

The bobwhite quail is an iconic symbol of the Great Plains, and Oklahoma has long been known as home to some of the best quail hunting and quail habitat in the nation. But this premier game bird continues to experience a decline across its range.

While Oklahoma remains one of the strongest holdouts of bobwhite quail populations and habitat, wildlife professionals are launching an extensive effort to understand and address what could be a number of contributors to the downward trends noted by biologists and sportsmen.

The Quail decline has been attributed to a number of possible causes, everything from predators to diseases and toxins, to habitat loss and fragmentation. The seriousness of the decline merits research from all angles, according to Wildlife Department officials. Two upcoming research initiatives will allow biologists to do just that.

As part of the effort, the Wildlife Department is working with the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch as well as Texas A&M and Texas Tech Universities on a project called Operation Idiopathic Decline. The role of Wildlife Department biologists will include trapping quail in  late summer and fall and sending them to Texas Tech, where extensive testing will be done looking for diseases, parasites, pesticides an d heavy metals, toxins and other issues.
The Department is also working with the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit at Oklahoma State University to initiate additional research and is planning intensive quail management efforts on two western Oklahoma wildlife management areas.

Through scientific research, partnerships, and intensive habitat management and conservation, the Wildlife Department is working to restore bobwhite quail populations across Oklahoma.



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
    Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult public lands section beginning on page 44 of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide.


QUAIL - DATES OPEN

OPEN November 12, 2011 CLOSE February 15, 2012 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
    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.

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Pheasant Regulations


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
    Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult public lands section beginning on page 44 of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide.

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PHEASANT - DATES & OPEN AREAS

Open Areas:  These counties are from the 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide.
Open Areas Include:
Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, Texas, Woods, and Woodward counties; that portion of Osage county west of Hwy. 18; and that portion of Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher and Logan counties north of Hwy. 51.

OPEN December 1, 2011 CLOSE January 31, 2012

Daily Limit
     Cocks only: Three daily, six in possession after first day, nine in possession after second day.
     Persons who hunt in two states having separate daily limits may not exceed the largest number of birds that can legally be taken in one 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 foot, must remain on the bird until it has reached its final destination.

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.

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