The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an agreement that recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses in member states. This means that illegal activities in one state can ...

Black widow spiders are commonly found around homes, garages, barns, and other man-made structures. They build tough, irregularly shaped webs with strands running in many directions. The “messy” ...

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Similarities: White-throated and white-crowned sparrows are relatively large sparrows, about 7 inches in length, with brown ...

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Crappie are usually associated with standing timber and brushy cover in lakes. In the spring they inhabit the shallow ends of coves, later moving to water 15 or more feet deep. Food sources: Minnows, ...

Farmer-rancher Randy Malson of Roger Mills County was named the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s 2024 Landowner Conservationist of the Year. Holiday antlerless deer gun hunters can ...

Talawanda Lake (Google Map) is located in Pittsburg County 4 miles northwest from McAlester. Farmer-rancher Randy Malson of Roger Mills County was named the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife ...

Farmer-rancher Randy Malson of Roger Mills County was named the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s 2024 Landowner Conservationist of the Year.

Oklahoma City Fishing License is required in addition to a State Fishing License, unless exempt. 3,000-acre reservoir. Impounded in 1962. Fills from the Atoka Reservoir pipeline. Max depth 92 ft.