When sampling fish with a rod and reel, make sure to sample year-round. When using methods such as seining and traps, focus ...

The broad-banded copperhead is one of two copperhead species thought to occur in Oklahoma. “Camouflage is the copperhead’s first and best defense,” said Curt Allen, senior wildlife biologist stationed ...

Oklahoma is often thought of as an ecological melting pot, where forests, prairies, and wetlands meet to provide habitat for a truly impressive list of animals. That blend of eastern and western ...

A priceless yet cost-effective gift is simply spending quality time with your mom. Take her on a birdwatching adventure! Grab a pair of binoculars (or borrow some from a friend) and your favorite bird ...

HELPFUL TIPS. Applicants have the chance to buy extra hunt choices at $3 apiece, which will be in addition to the basic application fee of $10 for residents and nonresidents. This increases your ...

Join us at Cherokee Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for this family-friendly hands-on learning event. Participants will learn trapping techniques, practice ...

"The fur trappers of the Old West were fearless, daring men. They knew the West when it was a wilderness... they explored (it) until it held no secrets from them." Those words, written by author A.M.

Each year, Wildlife Department biologists survey publicly accessible roads in the High Plains ecoregion for signs of Oklahoma’s smallest fox, the swift fox.Alternating townships (6-mile-by-6-mile ...

The Wildlife Department’s new youth annual super hunting license is like a season pass to the outdoors for those under 18 wanting to hunt deer, turkey, waterfowl, elk, bear, antelope, and furbearers, ...

Find tips for identifying Oklahoma’s look-alike species in our video series on YouTube.. Similarities: The alligator snapping and common snapping turtles are both large, water-dwelling turtles.They ...

Pastures and rangelands infested with sneezeweed and/or broomweed offer good indicators of heavy grazing use. Historically, Oklahoma was an oasis for all kinds of wildlife and grazing animals, and ...

As a conservation biologist assigned to track rare and declining species, the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory’s Brenda Smith has spent the past six years digging through scant and scattered ...