The Oklahoma Fishing Trail. Whether you are a seasoned pro or just picked up your first rod, Oklahoma’s waters are calling.

If you’ve taken an outstanding outdoors-related photo recently and want to be published in a nationally recognized magazine, here’s your chance!

Build your bird identification skills and learn how to level up your birding experience during four events geared to beginner, intermediate, and advanced bird watchers.

Wildlife Commission Welcomes $43K From National Wild Turkey Federation Jan 15, 2026 ...

Oklahoma’s 2025 holiday antlerless deer gun season opens Dec. 18. Hunters can take up to two antlerless deer, for themselves or for Hunters Against Hunger.

Gathered to cut the ribbon to reopen the renovated Optima WMA shooting range are, from left, retired Game Warden Max Crocker, ODWC Director Wade Free, Game Warden Lydia Gearhart, Chief of Wildlife ...

Whether you know them casually as a “red bird,” “blue bird,” and “black bird,” or more formally as a “northern cardinal,” “blue jay,” and “American crow,” you’re welcome at nature’s observation deck ...

Field reports indicate good habitat and plenty of activity ahead of the deer gun season's opening day this Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. The deer mating season, known as the rut, is well underway in most ...

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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) currently has nine state game warden positions vacant across Oklahoma. The hiring process will take place over the next three months. No prior ...

As Oklahoma’s hunting season begins, many hunters are planning where to go. An opportunity that should not be overlooked is ODWC’s Land Access Program. OLAP began around 2016 with the goal of ...

Oklahoma Wildlife Commissioners chat with ODWC fisheries personnel and project engineers during a visit to the Watonga Lake dam renovation project. Wildlife Commissioners Meet, Hear Updates in ...