Bluetongue is one of the most destructive whitetail diseases. Exotic hunting ranch in oklahoma provides red deer, fallow deer, aoudad hunting, and several species of rams. Oklahoma hunting is getting a cuttingedge update, but some hunters arent exactly thrilled about the change. Trophy whitetail deer are our specialty here at trails end sanctuary, and the oklahoma deer hunts are world class. Panhandle rancher bags recordbook mule deer panhandle rancher bags recordbook mule deer posted. Winter hung on until late april, early may last spring. Urge2hunt is one of the leading providers of hunts with avaiable tags for mule deer, elk, antelope, whitetail, moose and more. These are big whitetail deer, weighing in between 175 225 lbs. Bluetongue claims about 1,000 idaho whitetails so far. We invite you to come see for yourself what keeps our clients returning year after year for our oklahoma guided whitetail deer hunts. Oct 06, 2015 based on continuing reports of dead deer, idaho fish and game officials estimate up to 1,000 whitetails have died in the state from an outbreak of bluetongue, a virus transmitted. Discount ramps has all the hunting dates for oklahoma, and the necessary hunting equipment to ensure a successful year. Hemorrhagic disease results from naturally occurring viruses that affect deer. On all these hunts, they concentrate on harvesting the best bucks they have found on trail cams for the year, so be prepared to see multiple bucks most days.
Wildlife department considering extending oklahoma deer gun. Muzzleloader season is during the pre rut and very good rattling action. Jun 29, 2011 i had a friend who farmed north and west of mooreland for many years, and i know he had mule deer on his places more than twenty years ago. Riverview ranchs guided whitetail deer hunts offer several options including muzzle loader season, bow and rifle. There will be 100,000 people in the woods, said micah holmes with the oklahoma department of wildlife. People who clicked on the article link were immediately informed that it was a prank. Oklahoma considering extending firearm deer season ksnfkode. New season dates are posted in late summer, or you can visit future big game hunting seasons to determine future dates for big game deer seasons. Bag game large and small during oklahoma hunting season.
Early in september, numerous news articles claiming that deer season was canceled were shared on facebook. Blue tongue disease reported in several oklahoma deer fri, 05 oct 2012 11. It has known security flaws and may not display all features of this and other websites. Oklahoma deer, elk, turkey archery seasons outdoor news. The virus is transmitted by the midges culicoides imicola, culicoides variipennis, and other culicoids. Since 1900, the whitetailed deer population has grown from 500,000 to over 32 million. Any deer, regardless of sex, with at least three inches of antler length above the natural hairline on either. Ed godfrey helps you explore the great outdoors with oklahoma hunting and fishing.
Trophy whitetail deer hunts we invite you to come see for yourself what keeps our clients returning year after year for our oklahoma guided whitetail deer hunts. Its certainly good news for deer and deer hunters, said mike shaw, wildlife research supervisor for the oklahoma department of wildlife conservation. Parasitic and infectious diseases of whitetailed deer in. Deer lick is located in central delaware county, 4 miles 6 km northeast of jay, the county seat. Professional hunting guides and outfitters, come find the hunt of a lifetime. Come enjoy a truly unique hunt in terrain that varies from the breath taking red river valley to the rugged rocky mesas a few miles to the north. The whitetailed deer season in the region is proposed for oct.
For the fourth year in a row chronic wasting disease was not discovered in the states wild deer herd. Biologists estimate kentuckys deer herd at one million animals prior to the start of the seasons. Holiday antlerless deer season offers last chance to gun. Oklahoma department of wildlife conservation deer hunting information love county, okla. Oklahoma farm report is home to ron hays ron on ron. Hunting licenses are available for resident and nonresidents. All season dates on this page are effective for the current license year, which runs from september 1 to august 31.
Parasites of whitetailed deer in oklahoma, supported by federal aid in wildlife restoration projects to the oklahoma department of wildlife conservation. The 2017 deer gun hunting season will open a halfhour before official sunrise this saturday, nov. Your reward of patiently waiting in a tree stand or hunting blind is the satisfaction of taking responsibility for your own food, or finally bagging that trophy buck. From antelope and deer to bear and small game, hunters will find variety in the states woods. Check out my latest videos to see how my season is going. Hemorrhagic disease in deer frequently asked questions what is hemorrhagic disease, or bluetongue. We hunt out of ground blinds, elevated blinds, and tree stands depending on the particular. Oklahoma hunting seasons, 20182019 hunting season hq. In the same time period, the wild turkey population has grown from 100,000 to 7 million. Clinical signs of infection vary greatly ranging from being nonapparent to depression, fever, respiratory distress, and death. Wildlife commission makes changes to deer, duck hunting seasons. Giant bucks of oklahoma 2016 outdoors unlimited media. Personnel took brain samples from 1,000 deer and elk read more.
The holiday hunt will be open across most of the state. While the hunter is allowed to participate in bow hunting, gun hunting, or hunting deer with a muzzleloader, they are limited to six deer per individual. Oklahoma has a combined season limit to deer hunting. Holiday antlerless deer season offers last chance to gun hunters. Based on continuing reports of dead deer, idaho fish and game officials estimate up to 1,000 whitetails have died in the state from an outbreak of. Whitetailed deer dying from disease, but not bluetongueseptember 12, 2012 ohio, hudson hubtimesbluetongue, a similar hemorrhagic disease, has been known to occur throughout the u. Deer taken during controlled hunts or during the holiday antlerless deer gun season do not count toward the combined season limit. We offer guided whitetail deer hunts during multiple seasons, and we have several options, including muzzleloader season in late fall, bow season from october through january, and rifle season from. Blue tongue disease reported in several oklahoma deer. Discounted hunts llc we provide hunter with big game hunting opportunities at 2040% below hunt value so then can make thir buck go farther and hunt multiple states every year. Oklahoma holiday antlerless deer season offers last chance.
Sep 21, 2017 oklahoma has one of the more liberal season bag limits nationwide for archery deer hunters, allowing six deer only two of which may be bucks. Oklahomans are changing into camouflage starting saturday morning. We have over 20 years of quality experience in oklahoma guided deer hunts and whitetail deer ranch management and have been doing genetic research since 1992. Learn how you can spot it, what you should do if it appears in your area, and more. Up to 1,000 idaho deer dead from bluetongue outbreak local.
Hemorrhagic disease in deer can be caused by either epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus ehdv or bluetongue virus btv. Good weather in the summers of 2018 2015 allowed the population to rebound from a drought. Oklahoma deer, elk, turkey archery seasons outdoor news daily. For more information, visit the oklahoma department of wildlife conservation website. The oklahoma department of wildlife and conservation is considering extending its deer gun hunting season by at least a week. There are two types of ehd virus and 5 types of btv in the us. On my property in southwestern missouri, the deer herd was significantly impacted by ehd.
According to the united states census bureau, the deer lick cdp has a total area of 0. Licenses can be purchased from a license agent or through the natural resources website. Each whitetail deer hunting zone is equipped with a top of the line gravity protein feeder, a 55 gallon spin cast corn feeder, a freshly prepared lush food plot, a comfortable two man tower box blind, and a strategically placed quad pod. Deer lick is an unincorporated community and censusdesignated place cdp in delaware county, oklahoma, united states. Nov 17, 2017 oklahoma deer season starts saturday posted. Hemorrhagic disease in deer frequently asked questions. Can you set over bait like corn or apples in oklahoma. The current success of oklahomas deer management program is a tribute to modern wildlife management.
Very high success rates for 12 years come see for yourself. Deer tags are over the counter, you can shoot either a whitetail or mule deer buck and whitetail does there are also rio grand and a small population of meriams turkeys in the oklahoma panhandle as well as prairie dogs, coyotes, bobcats, pheasants, bobwhite and scaled quail, mourning doves rabbits and other small game. These are all symptoms blue tongue, one of a group of viruses collectively called hemorrhagic disease. Since 1933, management efforts using such techniques as trapping and transplanting deer into unoccupied but suitable habitat, regulation of season length, regulation of bag. First, whitetailed deer management by private landowners in texas is generally more intense than in oklahoma. Above is a video of kieth warren, host of the high road outdoors television series, on which he harvests a trophy free range whitetail at our ranch during the 2016 whitetail gun season. Oklahoma has a short rifle season 16 days and a one week muzzleloader season which puts very little pressure on our deer. Radio oklahoma network keeps producers updated with ag. Your whitetail deer hunting trip in oklahoma starts at pennington creek. Jun 18, 20 for example, nebraska game and parks has significantly reduced the number of deer permits for the 20 season due to the mortality caused by ehd during 2012. Ehd, also known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease or blue tongue, swept across the whitetail range like a plague during the summer and fall of 2012, killing untold numbers of whitetails.
Our oklahoma deer hunts take place in the northwest portion of the state with some tracts within just a few miles of the kansas border. Have diseases like the bluetongue virus and chronic wasting disease cwd hit the deer population so hard that several southeastern states have been forced to close down deer season. Hunting season dates that are shown on this page are either upcoming or currently open. Their rifle season is much longer up to eight weeks. All deer taken during archery season count toward a hunters combined season bag limit, and hunters must always field tag and report their harvest using the online echeck system. Its about getting out and appreciating the peacefulness and fulfillment that the great outdoors at our beautiful ranch will provide. Bluetongue losses curtailing 2016 antlerless whitetail hunting. Wildlife the continuing bluetongue outbreak plaguing deer in the region has taken roughly 1,000 whitetails so far in idaho alone, officials say. A sunday tulsa world outdoors story misspelled the last name of the lotspeich family. Deer hunters have another opportunity to tote a firearm to the woods during the 10day holiday antlerless deer gun season dec.
Jun 08, 2016 the whitetailed deer season in the region is proposed for oct. Bluetongue disease is a noncontagious, insectborne, viral disease of ruminants, mainly sheep and less frequently cattle, goats, buffalo, deer, dromedaries, and antelope. Reports of deer exhibiting lethargy, blue tongues and ulcers and lesions on the tongue and palate have been filed in portions of oklahoma. Oklahoma has one of the more liberal season bag limits nationwide for archery deer hunters, allowing six deer only two of which may be bucks. We talk with deer program coordinator gabe jenkins about important deer hunting regulation changes for the 2018 2019 deer hunting season. Deer season was closed in that year and was not reopened until 1933. Oklahoma has had great success with their conservation program. Much of this time was spent in oklahoma and texas where he became very familiar with the outdoor opportunities in these states. Come join us for one of our guided trophy whitetail deer hunting trips. A member of our deer hunting camp just posted this, and suggested we turn our november deer camp into a fall fishing trip. For example, nebraska game and parks has significantly reduced the number of deer permits for the 20 season due to the mortality caused by ehd during 2012.
General hunting seasons oklahoma department of wildlife. Oklahoma holiday antlerless deer season offers last chance to gun hunters outdoorhub 12. Up to 1,000 idaho deer dead from bluetongue outbreak. Whichever hunt you chose, you are sure to enjoy our oklahoma deer hunting. Dwayne elmore from oklahoma state explains how to identify bluetongue disease in whitetail deer. A although oklahoma is often overlooked by serious whitetail hunters, the sooner. I know the panhandle but how far east and southeast are they. Oklahoma whitetail our oklahoma deer hunts take place in the northwest portion of the state with some tracts within just a few miles of the kansas border. Bluetongue losses curtailing 2016 antlerless whitetail. Seasons that have ended for the year will not be shown. Ensuring the conservation of mule deer, blacktailed deer and their habitat. Wood ranch outfitters hunting oklahoma hunting deer. It is transmitted through the bite of a midge gnat that carries the.
For people to show off their trophies rather it be bucks,does,turkeys,bears,elk the trophy is in the eye of a hunter. Some texas ranchers who have wellmanaged herds are able to charge large fees for day hunts or season long hunting leases. About 650,000 deer in 2017, an estimated 625,000 deer in 2015, up from 575,000 in 2014 which was the lowest population in 10 years. We harvest a lot of bucks in the 140 class range, but well also shoot some in the 150 170 class.
Oct 01, 2017 2017 oklahoma hunting seasons a tradition for many families, hunting is an exciting escape into nature. Oklahoma hunting regulations oklahoma department of wildlife. This is a very fun and entertaining hunt, as the rifle season is in the middle of the rut. Guided whitetail deer hunts in oklahoma riverview ranch. Oklahoma deer season 2012 public land antler addicts. Some texas ranchers who have wellmanaged herds are able to charge large fees for day hunts or seasonlong hunting leases. Deer numbers in our area were quite a bit down this past season. Mar, 2012 heres a short compilation of some of the critters i saw through the 2012 deer season. It is legal to hunt over bait in oklahoma which is very effective in early and late archery season. Already the secondplace spot on the list of oklahomas alltime biggest bucks has changed twice, and official scoring has only been going on for a few weeks. Rio rojo outfitters oklahoma guided whitetail deer hunting.
Hunting oklahoma department of wildlife conservation. Oklahoma holiday antlerless deer season offers last chance to. Based on field reports from each region of the state, the deer population is in good shape and the rutting period has started in many areas. Heres a short compilation of some of the critters i saw through the 2012 deer season. Oklahoma hunting and fishing bragging board home facebook. Briefly, ehd is a virus that is transmitted from deer to deer by small biting flies known as midges. Archery whitetail hunt october 1, 2019 to january 15, 2020 thats what deer hunting is all about for us at wood ranch outfitters.