Oklahoma’s “Flying Pig Bill” Aims to Allow Hunters to Shoot Hogs from Helicopters
Following in the footsteps of neighboring Texas and Louisiana, Oklahoma lawmakers have proposed a bill that would legalize hunters to hunt feral hogs from helicopters. What is being labeled as the “Flying Pig Bill”, the proposed legislation would give landowners, companies, and pilots the ability to apply for state licenses that would allow them […]
Sound Deer Management the Key to Oklahoma’s Record Setting Whitetail Season
Rearranging the record books seemed to be on Oklahoma deer hunter’s minds this past season as a number of beautiful bucks were taken across the state. Now that the required 60-day drying period is over for the majority of antlers acquired during the state’s archery season, Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife with the Oklahoma […]
Oklahoma City Provides Free Gun Locks to Curb Accidental Shootings
Oklahoma City officials alongside advocates from Project ChildSafe Communities launched a federally-funded campaign to get gun locks into the hands of gun owners. Project ChildSafe, a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, is a national firearm safety education program that has distributed more than 37 million firearm safety kits that include a gun […]
Old Oklahoma Elk Becoming Current State Records
Launched back in 1972, Oklahoma’s Cy Curtis Awards Program was originally created to recognize state records for whitetail and mule deer harvested within the state’s borders. In a change of plan, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation added elk to the program and going a step further, made it a retroactive program. For those that […]
Reward Offered for Conviction of Elk Poacher in Oklahoma
Comprising of 17,000 acres of land in the Ozarks region of Oklahoma, the J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve lost one of its prized possessions this winter. The body of “Hollywood”, a large elk that called the reserve home was found in January, beheaded. The large bull was particularly fond of people and was […]
Norman Firefighters B&C Buck to be Part of the Oklahoma Whitetail Wall of Fame
Netting a score of 170 7/8 inches, Cody Goodnight’s buck he took during November’s deer season in Oklahoma will soon become part of the Oklahoma Whitetail Wall of Fame at this weekend’s Backwoods Hunting and Fishing Expo in Oklahoma City. The Norman Firefighter took the typical buck on the 60 acres piece of land he […]