The following hunting and trapping seasons apply to the Rita Blanca WMA:

1. (1) Quail: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during deer primitive and the first nine days of deer gun season and closed to nonresidents from February 1 to end of season.Hunting hours close at 4:30 PM daily.
2. (2) Pheasant: Same as statewide season dates and bag limit, except closed during first nine days of deer gun season. Hunting hours close at 4:30 p.m. daily.
3. (3) Prairie chicken: Closed season.

4. (4) Turkey - Fall:

   1. (A) Archery: Same as statewide season dates.
   2. (B) Gun: Same as statewide season dates, shotgun only.
5. (5) Turkey - Spring: Same as statewide season dates; one tom limit. Hunting hours close at 7:00 p.m. daily.
6. (6) Squirrel: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during first nine days of deer gun season.
7. (7) Rabbit: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during first nine days of deer gun season.
8. (8) Crow: Same as statewide season dates, except closed the first nine days of deer gun season.
9. (9) Dove: Same as statewide season dates.
10. (10) Rail and gallinule: Closed season.
11. (11) Common snipe: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during first nine days of deer gun season.
12. (12) Woodcock: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during first nine days of deer gun season.
13. (13) Deer - archery: Same as statewide season dates.
14. (14) Deer-primitive firearms: Same as statewide season dates, except closed to antlerless hunting.
15. (15) Deer - gun: Same as statewide season dates, except closed the last seven days of deer gun season and closed to antlerless hunting.

16. (16) Antelope:

    1. (A) Archery: Same as statewide season dates.
    2. (B) Gun: Controlled hunt only.
17. (17) Trapping: Open to water sets, live box traps, and enclosed trigger traps only except open to statewide regulations from February 1 to the end of February.
18. (18) Pursuit with hounds: Same as statewide season dates-, except closed during deer gun season.
19. (19) Predator/furbearer calling: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during deer gun season.
20. (20) Waterfowl: Same as statewide season dates, except closed during deer gun season.

<i>¹The agency promulgated two permanent amended versions of this Section (800:25-7-137) with the same effective date (7-1-02). Both versions were published in the 2002 and 2003 OAC Supplements.</i>

<i>²The agency reconciled the two 2002 versions of this Section through emergency rulemaking on 4-21-03 and permanent rulemaking on 6-1-04.</i>

Amended at 8 Ok Reg 2425, eff 6-13-91

Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3238, eff 7-25-97

Amended at 15 Ok Reg 283, eff 7-25-97 (emergency)

Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1803, eff 5-15-98

Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2919, eff 7-1-01

Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1526, eff 7-1-02 ¹

Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1538, eff 7-1-02 ¹

Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1867, eff 4-21-03 (emergency)²

Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1446, eff 6-1-04 ²

Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2638, eff 7-11-09

Amended at 31 Ok Reg 2539, eff 9-15-14

Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1122, eff 8-25-16

Amended at 37 Ok Reg 2307, eff 9-11-20

Amended at 39 Ok Reg 2449, eff 9-11-22