If you’re lucky enough to have harvested a deer this season, don’t toss that fat! Turn it into beautiful, useful tallow! Rendering tallow is simple and sustainable, giving you a creamy, long-lasting ...

When you’re processing your deer, you’ll spot the fat easily. It is the white, firm layer along the meat. Trim it off and ...

The Cy Curtis Award celebrates Oklahoma's trophy animals and the hunters who harvest them. Established in 1972, the award honors Cy Curtis, a former Wildlife Department biologist widely credited with ...

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission adopted new rules in 2025 that require non-residents accessing certain Oklahoma public hunting and fishing areas to check in and out of the area. By ...

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 ...

Elevation: 2.3 ft below normal, duck numbers low, high lake levels through the summer have resulted in limited shoreline habitat.

The trapping season for passage peregrine falcons is September 20 through October 20. The Oklahoma allocation for peregrine falcon take is 5 for 2023. The season will be open until 5 peregrines have ...

Archery hunters again demonstrated strong performance during the 2024-25 deer season, harvesting 38,787 deer. Although this number did not surpass recent record-setting years, it remains a significant ...

It’s easy to imagine this scenario: A couple of old hunters are sitting around the fireplace, telling tales of grand trips afield, remembering the years in the early-2020s and saying, “Those were the ...

Members of the perch family (Percidae), native sauger and introduced walleye and saugeye inhabit many of Oklahoma's water bodies. Often referred to as the best tasting freshwater fish, these toothy ...

The summer season isn't complete without a wet wading trip to one of Oklahoma's clear-water streams! Oklahoma streams are filled with an array of catchable species, highlighted by the smallmouth bass.

When you think of farm pond management and what kind of fish to put in your pond, bullheads might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, some of the things you read about pond management ...