Beaver County Hunting

Beaver County deer, counted each fall

388 deer came off private and leased ground in Beaver County in 2025, the 75th highest county count. About 0.3% of the 124,050 county-row deer were taken here. Set against 2024 (421 deer), the newest season moved 8% down.

Missing from the chart: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). ODWC lists WMA deer in a separate table.

2010 tops the county series at 787, while 2014 sits at the bottom with 296. Recent seasons (2016 onward, 10 with data) average near 433.

By method, 2025 split 57 archery, 18 muzzleloader and 313 gun deer; 27% were antlerless.

Recent Beaver County deer by season type

Beaver County before 2016:

• 1999490
• 2000701
• 2001554
• 2003542
• 2004563
• 2005725
• 2006606
• 2007771
• 2008664
• 2009783
• 2010787
• 2011586
• 2012478
• 2013341
• 2014296

Deer checked on Beaver County public areas

Beyond whitetails: Beaver County big game numbers

Earlier county tables for these species are images only.

All of Oklahoma produced 133,791 deer in 2025, WMA and walk-in land included.

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.

Elk, bear and CWD notes for Beaver County

Where Beaver County fits for elk

For elk, ODWC places Beaver County in the Panhandle Zone, a private-land-only zone that needs written permission from the owner. The elk quota set for 2026-27 reads Panhandle Zone 80; elk must be reported through E-Check within 24 hours.

Panhandle Zone: All private lands in Beaver, Cimarron and Texas counties.

Some Beaver County hunters take mule deer, 84 (2023), 63 (2024) and 79 (2025), under the same dates and combined limit as whitetails.

No CWD Selective Surveillance Area reaches Beaver County, so the on-site processing rule does not apply, but the statewide ban on importing whole cervid carcasses does.

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.

Open hunting ground in Beaver County

Beaver County counts 3 public hunting areas on our Oklahoma list; Beaver River Wildlife Management Area covers the most ground (18,624 acres). Roughly 28,533 acres (2.5%) of the county are public on the layers used.

Beaver County headline public tracts

• With 18,624 acres on the books, Beaver River WMA is the largest block for Beaver County hunters. Quarry named for it: deer, doves, turkey and woodcock. Also flagged: controlled hunts, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. The acreage is the ODWC area page figure; the ODWC GIS layer differs (28,069 acres). Hunting questions go to (806) 339-5175. It held 2 controlled hunts in the 2025 draw.
• Acreage for Beaver River WMA – McFarland Unit: 5,110; all of it is in Beaver County. Game on the area list: doves, turkey, deer and woodcock. Notes on the record: controlled hunts, nonresident check-in. ODWC lists (806) 339-5175 as the hunting line. 3 drawn hunts ran there in 2025.
• Lake Evans Chambers (Department Lake) shows up on our list as a department lake measured at 204 acres. Notes on the record: nonresident check-in.

Walk-in private land in Beaver County

Through OLAP, 7,162 acres of private land in Beaver County are open to walk-in hunting on 15 tracts. Most common cover: CRP Grassland (8), CRP grassland and WRP wetland (playa) (1) and CRP grassland. Verified 8/26/2020 (1). Bring a Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) unless exempt by age; OLAP walk-in rules ban rifles and muzzleloaders.

• Beaver County H0571,920 ac
• Beaver County H0601,130 ac
• Beaver County H061800 ac
• Beaver County H030640 ac
• Beaver County H050640 ac
• Beaver County H022480 ac
• Beaver County H029460 ac
• Beaver County H017160 ac

Beaver County backup areas beyond the county

• Shorb WMA37 miles straight-line, 160 acres in Texas County
• Optima Lake (Corps)37 miles straight-line, Texas County
• Optima WMA38 miles straight-line, 8,062 acres in Texas County
• Schultz WMA40 miles straight-line, 306 acres in Texas County
• Optima NWR41 miles straight-line, 4,383 acres in Texas County

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.

Listings tied to Beaver County

Within the county line: 1 upcoming listing (ODWC controlled hunt), checked November 3, 2026. The 1 controlled hunt here was filled by the ODWC random drawing that closed in May.

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Beaver County last checks before the truck is loaded

Near an antlerless zone road in Beaver County, the ODWC map decides which limit applies.

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