Hunting land and seasons near Tishomingo, OK

Lands to hunt near Tishomingo

Rows run by nearest boundary, then by mapped-point miles; each land page carries the special regulations, contacts and zones.

Tishomingo NWR is the largest area inside 25 miles, at 16,136 acres by ODWC or federal figures. Within 25 miles there are 5 ODWC-managed areas, 2 OLAP tracts, 2 federal areas and 1 lake or park area. On Texoma-Washita Arm WMA, ODWC allows camping for up to 16 straight days, keeps vehicles to open roads and limits target shooting to designated ranges. Phone (405) 823-8383 reaches the area staff. Nonresidents must check in before hunting Texoma-Washita Arm WMA. 2 OLAP walk-in or limited access tracts sit within reach; Johnston County OLAP walk-in H005 comes first. Lake Texoma (Corps) land open to hunting follows the Oklahoma seasons, away from parks, dams and other structures. Tishomingo NWR allows hunting only where the refuge designates it.

Six nearest areas from Tishomingo

• Tishomingo NWR: 16,136 acres; seasons for deer, turkey, feral hog; 2025 deer taken 41
• Tishomingo WMU: 3,150 acres; open for deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl, quail; camping is allowed in 7 designated camp sites (ODWC area map)
• Texoma-Washita Arm WMA: 13,286 acres; motor-vehicle access acres 229; seasons for deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl, quail; 2025 deer count 40; hunter and angler camping is allowed in two designated primitive camping areas offered on Texoma/Washita Arm WMA (ODWC map)
• Johnston County OLAP walk-in H005: 150 acres; hunted for deer, turkey, dove, waterfowl; habitat: grassland, Ponds, Wetland
• Johnston County OLAP walk-in H004: 350 acres; seasons for deer, turkey, dove, waterfowl; cover: grassland, Forest, Wetland

Lands from ODWC area pages, Public Hunting Areas special regulations and the OLAP layer, USFWS, USFS, NPS, Corps and installation records (lands.json; each land page cites its own source); 2025 deer harvest by area from the ODWC 2025-26 big game harvest report. Boundary miles from places.json, other miles to each mapped point. Area rules from the Department-Managed Area Rules. Checked November 3, 2026.

What changes at the county line near Tishomingo

Each row is one county: antlerless zone and limits, elk zone, fall gun turkey and anything special such as the bear area or a CWD surveillance area.

Antlerless deer in Johnston County follow Zone 9; zone lines are drawn along roads, so look at the map near the edge. (Zone 9; antlerless deer zone map.) The zone sets the doe count: Zone 9: 2 antlerless by muzzleloader and 2 by gun. The six-deer combined limit (two antlered) leaves holiday antlerless and controlled-hunt deer outside the count. Youth gun days fall on October 16 to October 18, before the muzzleloader opener on October 24. Johnston County lies in the Southeast Zone for elk, open on private land with written landowner permission (a zone quota of 5 in the Southeast Zone). (Southeast Zone.) Johnston County keeps a fall gun turkey season this year, October 31 to November 20. Duck season near Tishomingo uses the Zones 1 and 2 calendar, opening November 14, 2026. Jackrabbit and crane hunting stop at I-35, so not in Johnston County. Bait rules: none on ODWC areas, none near turkey hunting, and federal migratory bird baiting rules for ducks and doves.

Zones from the ODWC antlerless deer zone map (county shares are a GIS overlay; the legal line is the road), ODWC elk zones, the bear area, fall turkey counties, the pheasant area, waterfowl zones, the crane area and the CWD surveillance areas; limits and baiting from the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations and ODWC turkey regulations. Checked November 3, 2026.

Tishomingo controlled hunt areas

From Tishomingo, the closest controlled-hunt ground is Tishomingo NWR, 4.9 mi out. Missed it? The 2026 controlled hunt deadline was May 20, 2026. Half of elk and pronghorn permits go to applicants with 20 or more preference points, the other half to everyone.

2025 controlled hunt results per area from the ODWC controlled hunts results (lands.json, controlled_hunts_2025); rules and dates from the ODWC controlled hunts page. Checked November 3, 2026.

Dates a short trip from Tishomingo

The 30-mile radius around Tishomingo catches 8 upcoming listings; the kinds are DU chapter dinner, ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Entry to the 6 controlled hunts came through the spring draw on Go Outdoors Oklahoma.

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Tishomingo legal shooting light

Quail and pheasant hours are sunrise to sunset, shorter than the big game window, and OLAP walk-in land closes to them at 4:30 p.m.

The light goose conservation order runs to half an hour after sunset.

Hours rules from the ODWC big game regulations and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Central Time); checked November 3, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Asked about Tishomingo

Answers from places.json, lands.json, counties.json, services.json and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations; reporting from ODWC, hunter orange from the ODWC big game regulations, baiting from ODWC, Sunday hunting from ODWC seasons, the Land Access Permit from the ODWC license fees, CWD from ODWC. Checked November 3, 2026.

Tishomingo trip checklist

Before leaving Tishomingo, confirm the county and antlerless zone of the land you picked and whether it needs a Land Access Permit or a check-in.