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Squirrel Season
Rabbit Season

License Requirements
    Residents and Nonresidents: Annual 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.

Shooting Hours
    One-half hour before official sunrise to official sunset.

Legal Means of Taking
    Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), rifle (conventional or muzzleloading), handgun, archery equipment, legal raptors, hand-propelled missile, air-propelled missile, and slingshot.

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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SQUIRREL (FOX & GREY)

DATES OPEN
OPEN	May 15, 2011	CLOSE	January 31, 2012	Statewide

Daily Limit
10 fox and gray squirrels combined per day, 20 in possession after first day.

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RABBIT (COTTONTAIL, SWAMP, & JACKRABBIT)

DATES OPEN

OPEN Oct. 1, 2011 CLOSE March 15, 2012 Statewide, except no open season on jackrabbits east of I-35

Daily Limit
     Cottontail: Ten 10 daily, twenty 20 in possession after the first day.
     Swamp: Three daily, six in possession after the first day.
    Jackrabbit: Three daily, six in possession after the first day, except Cimarron, Texas and Beaver counties are 10 daily, 20 in possession after the first day.

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