Residents:

1B. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation issued resident lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license holders are exempt from the purchase of the following:

• hunting license,
• all deer, elk, antelope and turkey permits,
• Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp,
• special bobcat-raccoon-gray fox license.

2B. Resident Veterans 60 percent or more disabled, so certified by the Veterans Administration, are exempt only from the purchase of the hunting license.

3B. Resident Veterans 100 percent disabled, so certified by the Veterans Administration, are exempt from the purchase of the hunting license and all deer gun permits (not exempt from archery or muzzle loading deer permits).  Veterans should contact the Veterans Administration for an exempt license.

4B. Residents under 16 years old are exempt from the purchase of the following:

• hunting license,
• the Federal Duck Stamp,
• Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp,
• HIP Requirements.

6B. Upon reaching age 65, possessors of the Senior Citizen License are exempt from the following:

• annual hunting license,
• two deer gun permits, one antlered and one anterless,
• Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp,
• HIP Requirements.

7B. Residents born before January 1, 1923, are exempt from purchase of the following:

• hunting license,
• all deer gun permits (not exempt from archery or muzzle loading deer permits or turkey permits),
• Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp,
• HIP Requirements.

9B. Resident landowners or tenants who hunt only on land owned or leased by them (not including hunting leases) are exempt from the hunting license.  Resident landowners who hunt waterfowl and other migratory birds only on their own property are exempt from the Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp and HIP Requirements.  Persons residing in another state who own land in Oklahoma are not exempt.

10B. Only resident landowners or tenants or such individual's children who trap on land owned or leased by such owner or tenant (not including hunting leases) are exempt from purchasing a trapping license.

11B. Landowners or lessees who kill bobcats, raccoons or gray foxes actually found destroying livestock or poultry are exempt from the purchase of the special bobcat-raccoon-gray fox license.  No landowner or lessee who takes these species under the depredation exemption may remove any part of the fur or unskinned carcass from the premises where taken.  Landowners must purchase the special license if they intend to sell fur.  This license in not required for those who run or chase furbearers with dogs but not take.

12B. Citizens of Oklahoma on authorized leave from the U.S. Armed Forces and serving outside Oklahoma re exempt from the hunting license but must purchase appropriate permits or stamps.

13B. Proof of exemption from a license or permit must be carried while in the field.

Nonresidents:

14B. Former Oklahoma residents who hold the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation issued resident lifetime hunting or lifetime combination license, are exempt from purchase of the following:

• hunting license,
• all elk, deer, antelope and turkey permits,
• Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp,
• special bobcat-raccoon-gray fox license.

16B. Nonresidents under 16 years of age are exempt from the purchase of the Federal Duck Stamp and HIP Requirements.

17B. Nonresidents under 14 years of age are exempt from the purchase of a hunting license and HIP Requirements, however, they must purchase appropriate deer, elk, antelope, and turkey permits, the Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Stamp, and the special bobcat-raccoon-gray fox license.

18B. There are no license or permit exemptions for nonresidents 65 years old or older.

19B. There are no license or permit exemptions for nonresident landowners.

20B. Proof of exemption from a license or permit must be carried while in the field.

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