Canadian County Hunting

Canadian County deer harvest since 1999

The 2025-26 Big Game Report credits Canadian County with 1,277 deer, which ranks it 48th in Oklahoma. Out of 124,050 deer listed by county (WMA deer excluded), about 1.0% are from Canadian County. In 2024 the total was 1,140 deer; the change to 2025 is +12%.

No bar for: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). Figures are county rows only; WMA harvest is listed separately.

The busiest season in the record was 2025 (1,277 deer); the slowest was 2013 with 625. Averaged across 10 recent report years, Canadian County gives up about 957 deer each fall.

Gun hunters accounted for 845 of the 2025 deer, bowhunters 354 and muzzleloader hunters 78, with 639 antlerless in all.

Canadian County method table since 2016

Earlier seasons in Canadian County:

• 1999760
• 20001,000
• 20011,012
• 2003884
• 2004767
• 2005722
• 2006802
• 2007775
• 2008735
• 2009853
• 2010792
• 2011788
• 2012726
• 2013625
• 2014728

Canadian County elk, mule deer, pronghorn and bear counts

Years missing here are not published as readable county tables.

ODWC put the 2025 statewide harvest at 133,791 deer.

County deer by year from the ODWC Big Game Harvest Reports (report index; 2025 2025-26 report, 2024 2024-25 report, 2016-2023 tables such as 2019-20 Table 1, 1999-2011 county PDFs); public-area deer from the 2025-26 public land table; statewide totals from the 2025-26 Big Game Report. OCR years keep only rows whose columns sum to the printed total. Checked November 3, 2026.

Canadian County big game beyond whitetails

Elk rules for Canadian County

Elk in Canadian County are managed under the Northwest Zone and Southwest Zone, private land only, by written permission. Quotas this season are Northwest Zone 8 and Southwest Zone 30, and a zone shuts when the quota fills, so confirm it is still open before going out.

Northwest Zone: Private lands north of I-40 and west of I-35, excluding the Panhandle and Special Northwest zones. Southwest Zone: Private lands south of I-40 and west of I-35, excluding Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa (Special Southwest Zone).

Canadian County has no CWD surveillance area of its own, though the statewide limit on importing cervid carcasses still applies.

Elk zones and quotas from the ODWC elk regulations; bear area from the ODWC bear page; pronghorn from the ODWC antelope page; CWD areas and rules from the ODWC SSA page and ODWC CWD page; harvest figures from the ODWC Big Game Harvest Reports. Checked November 3, 2026.

Canadian County public ground, area by area

Inside Canadian County there is no WMA or federal hunting area; look to the nearby list. Not one public acre appears on the agency and federal layers here.

Canadian County drive-to areas next door

• American Horse Lake (Department Lake)about 30 miles off, in Blaine County (405 ac)
• Arcadia Conservation Education Areaabout 34 miles off, in Oklahoma County (475 ac)
• Fort Cobb WMAabout 37 miles off, in Caddo County (3,500 ac)
• Lake Burtschi (Department Lake)about 40 miles off, in Grady County (762 ac)

Areas from our Oklahoma land list (ODWC where to hunt area pages, the ODWC OLAP rules and OLAP layer, USFS, USFWS, Corps and NPS records); acres by kind from the ODWC Public WMA Boundaries layer, USFS, USFWS, USACE Tulsa District and PAD-US layers (GIS measures, not official acreages, lake surfaces removed). Checked November 3, 2026.

Dates on the books in Canadian County

Booked inside the county: 2 upcoming listings, namely DU chapter dinner and NWTF banquet.

Still on the calendar

Spotted a flyer for a local hunt or banquet? Send it

Canadian County season reminders

Tag each deer or turkey in the field and E-Check it within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area.

Sources: 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing & Hunting Regulations, ODWC hunting, Census and the sources in each section. Checked November 3, 2026.