The older I get and the more I read about hunting opportunities in other states, the more it bothers me that I don’t have the opportunity to hunt deer in velvet in the state of Oklahoma.

Save the fancy calling for later in the season and rely on scouting and patience for the opening weekend of turkey season.

You spoke and those in charge of our state's wildlife listened. The results of the 2018 waterfowl hunter survey are in, and they could help to shape future regulation changes.

Not all hunting seasons are listed in the local hunting regulations. Before you get your sights on spring turkeys, keep in mind local bucks are willing to give you their antlers.

Consideration of Chronic Wasting Disease control proposals brings with it consideration of safeguarding the state’s deer herd. Accountability from hunters will be the key to proposed changes.

I’ve been checking for the past few weeks and finally it has arrived – things that elected officials think should be new laws.

For the second year in a row, Oklahoma deer hunters hit six digits with their harvest, but that shouldn’t really be a surprise anymore. Oklahoma’s deer herd is in great shape and history says it’s ready to produce for seasons to come.

The wildlife department’s new app will make is easier to kick off a new year of fun in the outdoors.

The New Year means that the final days of hunting season are near. It’s time to make the most of the hunting that remains.

If you want it to be easier to deer hunt with a handgun or not have issues bringing back an animal harvested out of state, your opinion matters when it comes to changes in regulations. Just be sure you don’t harvest a bear with a collar.

I’m rooting for the guy that deer hunts across the road from me to get a good buck and he’s rooting for me to do the same.

There’s been a close call, little bucks everywhere and a pig on the run. This was only the first week and who knows what the last week of gun season will bring.

I had all my tree stands and blinds inspected last weekend by an 8-year old. Part of me thought it was because I wanted to feel confident going into muzzleloader season and part of me knew it was time to wave the white flag on early bow hunting.

First it was stick and string, now youth hunters are wrapping up the first gun season, and soon it’s time for everyone to gain the advantage of hunting deer with firearms. Except it’s not that simple – it’s muzzleloader season and anything can happen when the trigger is squeezed.

Deer hunters have hit the woods with the start of archery season. A few have found success, but all have most certainly found the happiness that climbing back into a blind or tree stand brings. I look forward to this time of year more than any other, and some of the reasons might be ones tha…

Sunday begins a journey that spans more than three months, and challenges deer hunters to test patience, perseverance, self-control and more than anything, discipline. It’s time to deer hunt – bow season will be open before sunrise.

As deer season draws near, every hunter in the Cross Timbers is trying to figure out the travel patterns of local deer. New information has concluded that knowledge can be handed down through generations, and around here it’s does that learn and do the teaching.

Local hunters should expect above average numbers of waterfowl migrating this fall, but at the same time, duck numbers are down from this time last year. Next weekend will be the first chance to hunt the fall flight of 2018 and expectations are for another good waterfowl season.

The wait is over and hunting is set to begin again. The smell of gun oil, a wet dog and freshly cleaned doves equals opening weekend hunting success, but more seasons will be coming soon.

Quality over quantity seems to be the theme for this year’s fawn crop.

I can’t say I did anything to help last year, but the information provided from the second survey of state bow hunters is worth a look.

Fall is closer than you think in the local deer woods, and there’s no better time to prepare for the season than now.