ok-2203: Department of Wildlife Conservation — Wildlife Rules

Summary

800:25-3-2 (3) Hugo Lake (A) Deer Archery and Shotgun with Pellets Only. Moves the October Kiamichi Park controlled youth deer hunt from the second weekend in October to the first weekend in October. The second youth-controlled hunt in December will benefit from a “cooling down” period with no disturbance the week before that hunt. COE request change on non-licensed COE property that is open to hunting. 800:25-3-2 (9) Areas open to archery equipment and shotguns with pellets only – Lake Texoma. Opens new restricted portion, approximately 220 acres, within the June Hill area of lake Texoma. COE request rule change on non-licensed COE property. 800:25-3-2(11) (C). Alter Closure Dates for Brooken Cove Area. Closes 395 acres Brooken Cove area for additional youth hunt opportunities on Eufaula. COE request rule change on non-licensed COE property that is open to hunting. 800:25-3-2 (18) Pine Creek Lake. Combined acres in 2 areas to simplify regulations. This will clean up language in Title 800. COE request rule change for administrative adjustment of previous rule change. 800:25-3-3. Areas open to Archery Equipment Only. Opens 103 acres of archery only hunting on non-licensed Corps lands at Heyburn Lake. These lands are currently closed to hunting. COE rule change request. 800:25-3-3. Areas open to Archery Equipment Only (6) Skiatook Lake. Opens 45-acre and 23-acre island to archery. COE rule change request on non-licensed COE property. 800:25-3-3 (11) (F) Areas open to archery equipment and shotguns with pellets only – Lake Texoma. Removes a 50-acre unit within Lake Texoma area for safety concerns and to limit conflicts between hunters, campers, residential areas. COE rule change request on non-licensed COE property. 800:25-4-1, 2. Hunting on other Non-Department Land. Add rules to allow hunting with archery and shotgun with pellets only on Atoka Lake property, approximately 11,000 acres, to be consistent with existing Oklahoma City code. 800:25-5-48. Purpose [AMENDED] 800:25-5-49 Permits for seasonal or daily blinds. [REVOKED] 800:25-5-50 Drawing Process [REVOKED] 800:25-5-51 Blind Construction [REVOKED] Eliminates seasonal blinds and go to daily blinds only on all United States Army Corps of Engineers waterways. 800:25-7-3(e). General Provisions of Wildlife Rules [AMENDED] Changes the burden of possessing wildlife taken by another without the required information from being solely on the person receiving said wildlife to placing it on both the receiver and the one who harvested and gives away said wildlife. 800:25-7-4. UAV (Drone) Usage [NEW] Establishes rules to dictate when and how UAV(Drone) can lawfully be used in scouting for and recovering downed wildlife. 800:25-7-22. Quail (bobwhite and scaled) [AMENDED] Administrative correction to correct season dates from 2002 where two different versions were created. 800:25-7-61. Dates, open areas, bag limits, and legal means of taking. [NEW] Adds cable restraints as a legal trapping device for furbearers. 800:25-7-105.7 Herron Family WMA [NEW] Establishes hunting seasons and dates on Herron Family WMA. 800:25-7-181(b) (2). OLAP walk-in hunting areas, seasons, and equipment restrictions. Adds language to allow falconry as a legal means of take on OLAP properties. Falconry rules on OLAP will follow statewide Department regulations. Also add other means of take (i.e., slingshot) as an allowable means. Currently OLAP properties are restricted to archery or shotgun with pellets only. 800:25-24-3 Requirements (Import of Cervids) Allows importation of cervids going to a taxidermist in good standing with the Secretary of State and that follow proper disposal procedures of carcasses. 800:25-26-3(e) Use (Scientific Collector Permits) 800:25-26-6(a) Application process and reporting 800:25-26-7(c) Uses and specifications This rule change proposal would add more species to the list of wildlife that must be applied for and covered under Letter of Authorization (LOA) and no longer under Scientific Collectors Permit authorization. The additional species are quail, pheasant, prairie-chicken, prairie dog, squirrel, rabbit, fox, bobcat, and mountain lion. 800:25-30-5 DCAP Changes language to include species that are eligible for DCAP permit issuance, mirroring DPRED regulation language.

The agency’s own summary, as published.