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Posted: Oct 20, 2016 3:06 PMUpdated: Oct 20, 2016 3:06 PM

Muzzle-Loader Season Starts Saturday

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Ben Nicholas

This Saturday, Oct. 22, marks the opening day for muzzleloader deer hunting season. It's the first chance this season for adult deer hunters to take a firearm into the field.
Saturday will also be opening day for muzzleloader elk season, on private lands in open zones only, and opening day for muzzleloader bear season, in open areas only until 20-bear quota is met.

Last year, about 81,000 hunters participated in Oklahoma's muzzleloader deer season. Muzzleloader hunters checked in 13,998 deer harvested during the nine-day season in 2015.
This year's muzzleloader season for deer will close Oct. 30. Muzzleloader season for elk will remain open until Oct. 30 only in those elk hunting zones where the seasonal harvest quotas have not yet been reached.

To hunt deer with a muzzleloader in Oklahoma, resident hunters must possess either an annual or lifetime hunting or combination license; a senior citizen hunting or combination license; or proof of exemption. Hunters must also possess a deer primitive license for each deer harvested, or proof of exemption.

All harvested deer, bear, elk or paddlefish must be registered online using the Wildlife Department's E-Check system within 24 hours of leaving the hunting or fishing area, and in all cases prior to processing the carcass.
 


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