Deadline nearing for 2012-13 controlled hunts
Joe Freeman of Altus killed this bull elk on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in December. Freeman was selected for the hunt through the Wildlife Department's controlled hunts drawings.
May 15 is the deadline for hunters to complete and submit their applications for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s controlled hunts drawings.
The controlled hunts program offers once-in-a-lifetime elk and antelope hunts, highly sought-after buck deer hunts, and a range of other quality deer and turkey hunting opportunities through randomized drawings that only cost sportsmen $5 to enter.
Opportunities offered through the program include hunts on Wildlife Department or other government-owned or managed lands where unrestricted hunting would pose safety concerns or where overharvest might occur.
Applications are only accepted online through the Wildlife Department’s website at wildlifedepartment.com.
All applicants, including lifetime license holders, must pay the $5 application fee to enter the controlled hunts drawings.
The fee is paid only once per person per year regardless of the number of categories entered.
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The sad thing is that only a few Oklahoma sportsmen will ever get drawn for this hunt. There are thousands of Oklahomans applying for these 35 Wichita Mountain Elk tags each year. I would also like for the ODWC to explain to me why we also allow Non Residents to apply for these same 35 Elk permits and deer permits when these same states that these hunters come from do not allow us to apply for their special hunts? How many Texans and Kansans currently utilize the resources of Oklahoma with the tax dollars from Oklahoma sportsmen. Last time I went to broken bow most of the vehicle tags were from Texas. What did we do, We bought them 4,000 acres in Love county on the Texas/Oklahoma line just 2 hours from Dallas. Try to explain that to someone from the northern part of Oklahoma when there is already so much hunting in the southern part of state especially with Honobia creek.
[...] Deadline nearing for 2012-13 controlled hunts The controlled hunts program offers once-in-a-lifetime elk and antelope hunts, highly sought-after buck deer hunts, and a range of other quality deer and turkey hunting opportunities through randomized drawings that only cost sportsmen $ 5 to enter. Read more on NewsOK.com (blog) [...]