Oklahoma Hunting License: $36, $72 With a Tag
In Oklahoma the licence is $36 and the first deer costs $72
What a season in Oklahoma actually costs to start
A resident hunting licence in Oklahoma is $36, sold as the Annual Hunting. Hunting a deer on it means buying the Deer Gun as well, at $36, so the first day costs $72 rather than $36. That is 100% more than the licence price a search result would have shown. 39 of the 50 states read here work the same way. The licence itself runs different licences on different clocks, so the expiry depends on which one is in the wallet.
- Resident licence $36, the Annual Hunting
- Nonresident licence $209
- First deer on top of it $36, the Deer Gun
- What the first morning costs $72
- The licence runs runs different licences on different clocks, so the expiry depends on which one is in the wallet
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation sells it through its own licensing system, which is where a fee change appears first.
Every Oklahoma hunting licence, at the price Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation prints
Nine tags and permits were read off Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's own fee pages for Oklahoma, each one priced below with the row it sits in. A tag is a second purchase, and the licence price on its own is the first half of what a season costs.
- Annual Hunting$36
the base hunting licence for residents 18 and over, with a separate deer, elk, antelope, bear or turkey licence bought on top
365 Days
Annual Hunting | Residents age 18 or older | $36 | 365 Days
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Nonresident Annual Hunting$209
the base hunting licence for nonresidents 18 and over, required before any big game, turkey, quail or waterfowl licence
365 Days
Nonresident Annual Hunting | Nonresidents age 18 or older | $209 | 365 Days
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Nonresident 5-Day Hunting$75
five days of hunting for a nonresident, but not big game, waterfowl, turkey or quail
Five days of choice
Nonresident 5-Day Hunting | Nonresidents age 18 or older (Not valid for big game, waterfowl, turkey or quail) | $75 | Five days of choice
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Youth Annual Super Hunting$26
a resident under 18 hunting deer, turkey, waterfowl, elk, bear, antelope or furbearers without buying the separate species licences
365 Days
Youth Annual Super Hunting | Residents age 17 or under pursuing deer, turkey, waterfowl, elk, bear, antelope, hunting furbearers or who are trapping | $26 | 365 Days
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Senior Citizen Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting$60
lifetime hunting and fishing for a resident who turns 65 during the calendar year
Lifetime
Senior Citizen Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting | Oklahomans with six month residency who turn 65 or older during the current calendar year | $60 | Lifetime
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Annual Combination Fishing & Hunting$53
resident hunting and fishing together, still with a separate species licence for big game or turkey
365 Days
Annual Combination Fishing & Hunting | Residents age 18 or older | $53 | 365 Days
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting (60 percent or more disability)$25
lifetime hunting and fishing for a resident veteran rated 60 percent or more disabled
Lifetime
Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting (60 percent or more disability) | Resident disabled veterans with a disability rating of 60 to 100%, as certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs | $25 | Lifetime
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting$1,024
lifetime hunting and fishing for a resident, including the additional species licences
Lifetime
Lifetime Licenses (includes base license and additional licenses) ... Lifetime Combination Fishing & Hunting | Oklahomans with six month residency | $1,024 | Lifetime
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
When a Oklahoma hunting license expires Mixed
Oklahoma runs different licences on different clocks, so the expiry depends on which one is in the wallet. One counter sells two licences that stop working on two different days. The fee table prints both prices and neither rule. The sentence the state uses is quoted below and links to the page it came from.
Most Oklahoma licences run the calendar year and expire on 31 December, but the annual hunting, combination and youth super licences run 365 days from the day they are bought, and the waterfowl and federal stamps run 1 July to 30 June.
Unless otherwise noted below, all licenses are valid from Jan. 1- Dec. 31. ... Annual Hunting | Residents age 18 or older | $36 | 365 Days ... Resident and nonresident youth annual super licenses are valid for 365 days and will cover any open hunting season during that time.Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
Hunter education in Oklahoma
Oklahoma requires hunter education, and it sets the requirement without a birth year cutoff, so the test is what the applicant has done rather than when they were born. 29 of the 50 states read here use a birth year instead, and those years run from 1949 to 1986.
Oklahoma sets its hunter education rule by age rather than a birth year: anyone 30 or younger who is not certified must buy an apprentice designated licence and hunt with a qualifying accompanying hunter, and anyone 31 or older is exempt.
Hunters 30 years of age and younger: Anyone who is not Hunter Education certified (unless exempt) must buy a hunting license that is apprentice-designated. Such hunters must abide by the accompanying hunter requirements. ... Exempt from Hunter Education Anyone 31 years of age or olderOklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
Who counts as a Oklahoma resident
Oklahoma draws the resident line at 60 days, and the difference between the two sides of it is $36 against $209. The statutory definition is quoted below.
For a valid Oklahoma driver's license to be used as the sole source of proof of residency, it must be at least 60 days from the date the license was issued, except for lifetime license applicants, whose license must have been issued for six months or longer. ... A nonresident is any individual who is a resident of another state or who has resided in Oklahoma for a period of less than 60 days whether or not he or she intends to make Oklahoma his or her home.Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
39 of 50 states sell the animal separately from the right to hunt it
Oklahoma works the way most of the country does. Of the 50 states read here, 39 sell the tag apart from the licence and 11 print it on the licence instead. Where the tag is separate, the middle state adds 95% to the licence price before anybody has left the driveway.
Resident licences across these states run from $10 to $64.54, and nonresident licences from $50 to $410, which is the widest spread on any licence this site has read. 25 states run a licence year of their own, 9 give a full year from the day of sale, and 9 end it on 31 December whatever month it was bought.
The national table puts Oklahoma beside every other state on licence price, first tag, and the two added together.
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation read 23 September 2026, with every licence price, tag price, expiry rule and hunter education cutoff above linked to the page it came from. Fees are set by statute or by a commission and change between seasons, so the agency page beside each figure is what governs on the day. Tags on top