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ODWC Southeast Region county

Bryan County Hunting

A season planner for Bryan County in the ODWC Southeast Region: antlerless limits by zone, 2026-27 openers, elk and turkey rules, harvest history from the ODWC Big Game Reports and public ground in and around the county.

Doe limitsHarvest historyDate table
10 and 9Antlerless zones
SoutheastElk zone
Bear areaBear
OpenFall gun turkey
Zones 1 and 2Duck zone
2,1472025 deer harvest

Photo: Nicolas Henderson (CC BY 2.0)

Bryan County doe limits by zone

Bryan County straddles more than one antlerless zone: Zone 10 (about 76%) and Zone 9 (about 24%) of its area. The legal boundary is the road on the ODWC map image, not the county line, so look at the map when you hunt near an edge.

Zone pageCoverageMuzzleloader doesGun doesDecember bonusBowhunting
Zone 1076%11TwoEither sex
Zone 924%22TwoEither sex

Bryan County bow, muzzleloader and rifle windows

MethodOpensClosesWhat you may take
ArcheryOct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027Either sex
Youth gunOct 16, 2026Oct 18, 2026Two, one antlered
MuzzleloaderOct 24, 2026Nov 1, 2026Zone limit applies
GunNov 21, 2026Dec 6, 2026Zone limit applies
Holiday antlerlessDec 18, 2026Dec 31, 2026Two antlerless

One six-deer limit spans archery, youth, muzzleloader and gun, including no more than two antlered deer. Under ODWC rules a deer with antler of three inches or longer is an antlered deer. Holiday antlerless dates, December 18 to December 31, bring two antlerless deer beyond the regular six. A deer arrowed in January before the 15th is part of the 2026 combined limit. Nonresidents who buy a deer license after a season has opened must wait two days before using it.

Zone 10 pageZone 9 pageOfficial zone mapEvery deer zone

Zones and limits from the ODWC deer season page and the ODWC antlerless deer zone map; county shares from the ODWC Deer Zones, Antlerless GIS layer traced over Census county lines; segment dates from the ODWC deer regulations and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing & Hunting Regulations. Checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County harvest record from ODWC reports

In the most recent report year, 2025, Bryan County hunters reported 2,147 deer (18th of 77). Its share of the 124,050-deer county total is close to 1.7%. The 2024 figure was 1,595, a 35% gain into 2025.

Deer taken in Bryan County per season07501,5002,2503,000'03: 1,0361,036'03'04: 963963'04'05: 1,1781,178'05'06: 1,3941,394'06'07: 813813'07'08: 1,1481,148'08'09: 1,3061,306'09'10: 1,1631,163'10'11: 1,4251,425'11'12: 1,1401,140'12'13: 1,1411,141'13'14: 1,4671,467'14'16: 1,0971,097'16'17: 1,4011,401'17'18: 1,3961,396'18'19: 1,3071,307'19'20: 1,7981,798'20'21: 1,7911,791'21'22: 1,7771,777'22'23: 1,5101,510'23'24: 1,5951,595'24'25: 2,1472,147'25

Years without a bar: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). County rows leave out deer taken on WMAs.

The largest reported year is 2025 at 2,147; the smallest, 1999, came to 700. Over the 10 published years from 2016 on, the county averaged 1,582 deer a season.

Bows took 766, muzzleloaders 171 and centerfire guns 1,210 deer here in 2025.

Bryan County harvest split by weapon

SeasonBowMuzzleloaderGunDoesAll deer
20163491216273911,097
20175381617025591,401
20184921437615551,396
20194861776444481,307
20205792061,0137251,798
20216551409967381,791
20226721199868351,777
20234971408737131,510
2024518839948071,595
20257661711,2101,0302,147

Pre-2016 Bryan County totals:

  • 1999700
  • 2000891
  • 2001853
  • 20031,036
  • 2004963
  • 20051,178
  • 20061,394
  • 2007813
  • 20081,148
  • 20091,306
  • 20101,163
  • 20111,425
  • 20121,140
  • 20131,141
  • 20141,467

Bryan County areas in the ODWC public-land table

Public ground20242025
Lake Texoma (Corps)—213

Bryan County non-whitetail harvest

SpeciesYearYearYearYear
Elk taken2024: 1

Absent years are not published in readable form.

The 2025-26 statewide deer total, public land included, was 133,791.

Zone guideDeer facts

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.

Bryan County openers and closers, species by species

The 65 rows cover private land, OLAP tracts and open public ground in Bryan County.

GameSeasonAreaOpensClosesToday
White-tailed deerArcheryZone 10Oct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027
White-tailed deerYouth gunZone 10Oct 16, 2026Oct 18, 2026
White-tailed deerMuzzleloaderZone 10Oct 24, 2026Nov 1, 2026
White-tailed deerGunZone 10Nov 21, 2026Dec 6, 2026
White-tailed deerHoliday antlerlessZone 10Dec 18, 2026Dec 31, 2026
White-tailed deerArcheryZone 3, 4, 5, 6, 9Oct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027
White-tailed deerYouth gunZone 3, 4, 5, 6, 9Oct 16, 2026Oct 18, 2026
White-tailed deerMuzzleloaderZone 3, 4, 5, 6, 9Oct 24, 2026Nov 1, 2026
White-tailed deerGunZone 3, 4, 5, 6, 9Nov 21, 2026Dec 6, 2026
White-tailed deerHoliday antlerlessZone 3, 4, 5, 6, 9Dec 18, 2026Dec 31, 2026
Mule deerAll deer seasonsStatewideOct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027
ElkArcherySoutheast elk zoneOct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027
ElkYouth elk gunSoutheast elk zoneOct 16, 2026Oct 18, 2026
ElkMuzzleloaderSoutheast elk zoneOct 24, 2026Nov 1, 2026
ElkGunSoutheast elk zoneNov 21, 2026Dec 6, 2026
ElkHoliday antlerless elkSoutheast elk zoneDec 18, 2026Dec 31, 2026
Black bearArcheryBear areaOct 1, 2026Oct 18, 2026
Black bearMuzzleloaderBear areaOct 24, 2026Nov 1, 2026
Wild turkeyYouth fall turkeyOpen countiesOct 16, 2026Oct 18, 2026
Wild turkeyFall GunOpen countiesOct 31, 2026Nov 20, 2026
Wild turkeyFall ArcheryStatewideOct 1, 2026Jan 15, 2027
Wild turkeyYouth SpringStatewideApr 10, 2027Apr 11, 2027
Wild turkeySpringStatewideApr 16, 2027May 16, 2027
Feral hogsPrivate landPrivate landJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
QuailSeasonStatewideNov 14, 2026Feb 15, 2027
RabbitsSeasonStatewideOct 1, 2026Mar 15, 2027
SquirrelsSeasonStatewideMay 15, 2026Feb 28, 2027
DovesSegment 1StatewideSep 1, 2026Oct 31, 2026
DovesSegment 2StatewideDec 1, 2026Dec 29, 2026
TealSeptember TealStatewideSep 12, 2026Sep 20, 2026
DucksYouth and veteran dayZones 1 and 2Nov 7, 2026Nov 7, 2026
DucksRegular segment 1Zones 1 and 2Nov 14, 2026Dec 6, 2026
DucksRegular segment 2Zones 1 and 2Dec 12, 2026Jan 31, 2027
DucksYouth and veteran dayZones 1 and 2Feb 6, 2027Feb 6, 2027
Canada geeseSeptember Canada gooseStatewideSep 12, 2026Sep 21, 2026
Dark geeseSegment 1StatewideNov 7, 2026Dec 6, 2026
Dark geeseSegment 2StatewideDec 12, 2026Feb 14, 2027
SpecklebelliesSegment 1StatewideNov 7, 2026Dec 6, 2026
SpecklebelliesSegment 2StatewideDec 12, 2026Feb 7, 2027
Light geeseSegment 1StatewideNov 7, 2026Dec 6, 2026
Light geeseSegment 2StatewideDec 12, 2026Feb 14, 2027
Light geeseConservation orderStatewideFeb 15, 2027Mar 30, 2027
WoodcockSeasonStatewideNov 7, 2026Dec 21, 2026
CoyoteYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
BobcatFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
Gray foxFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
Red foxFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
RaccoonYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
Prairie dogYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
BeaverYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
NutriaYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
Striped skunkYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
BullfrogsYear-roundStatewideJul 1, 2026Jun 30, 2027
RailsSeasonStatewideSep 1, 2026Nov 9, 2026
GallinulesSeasonStatewideSep 1, 2026Nov 9, 2026
SnipeSeasonStatewideSep 26, 2026Jan 10, 2027
CrowsSegment 1StatewideOct 10, 2026Nov 16, 2026
River otterFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
BadgerFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
MinkFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
MuskratFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
OpossumFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
WeaselFurbearer seasonStatewideDec 1, 2026Feb 28, 2027
CrowsSegment 2StatewideDec 9, 2026Mar 4, 2027
RattlesnakesSeasonStatewideMar 1, 2027Jun 30, 2027

Controlled hunts on refuges and WMAs need a drawn permit.

From the ODWC hunting regulations and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations (Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation), checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County elk, bear, pronghorn and CWD

Private-land elk in Bryan County

Bryan County lies in the Southeast Zone for elk, where hunting is legal only on private land with the owner's written permission. Elk quotas (Southeast Zone 5) close a zone early when they fill; E-Check each elk within a day.

Southeast Zone: Private lands south of I-40 and east of I-35 (Carter/Murray east of I-35 are the Special Southeast Zone).

Bear hunting around Bryan County

Bear hunting is open in Bryan County east of US 69 only. Archery (October 1 to October 18, 2026) and muzzleloader (October 24 to November 1, 2026) are the two bear windows, and ODWC removed the quota for 2026-27. Bear baiting is banned on WMAs; every bear has to be presented for check-in after calling ODWC bear staff.

The CWD processing rule is limited to the surveillance areas, none of which is in Bryan County; out-of-state carcasses stay banned statewide.

Elk by zoneBear areaControlled hunts

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.

Bird hunting in Bryan County

Turkey in Bryan County

Fall gun turkey is open in Bryan County from October 31 to November 20, 2026, on top of fall archery October 1 to January 15, 2027. One tom may be taken in spring, April 16 to May 16, 2027; youth get April 10 to April 11, 2027 to themselves. Keep 100 yards between any turkey setup and bait or feed. No turkey count exists for Bryan County. ODWC's statewide 2025 estimate: 11,232 spring gobblers.

Bryan County bird dog seasons

No pheasant season reaches Bryan County. Quail: November 14 to February 15, 2027, ten per day, statewide. On OLAP walk-in land, quail and pheasant hunting ends at 4:30 p.m.

Bryan County duck zone

For waterfowl, Bryan County uses the Zone 1 and Zone 2 dates, which are the same in both zones. The crane and jackrabbit seasons stop at I-35, short of Bryan County.

SegmentRuns
Regular segment 1Nov 14–Dec 6
Regular segment 2Dec 12–Jan 31
Youth and veteran dayNov 7
Youth and veteran dayFeb 6
Wild turkey in the grass
Wild turkey in the grass
Turkey by countyWaterfowl zonesTurkey facts

Turkey rules from the 2026-2027 regulations, fall turkey and ODWC turkey regulations; statewide turkey estimate from the 2025 Game Harvest Survey; pheasant from the ODWC pheasant page; ducks from the ODWC duck page; cranes from the ODWC crane page. Checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County WMAs, lakes and walk-in land

12,200Mapped public acres
5Forest Service acres
12,195Corps acres

Bryan County holds 1 listed public place open to some hunting. By GIS measure about 2.1% of Bryan County, some 12,200 acres, is public.

AreaKindAcresGameNotes
Lake Texoma (Corps)Corps lake——controlled hunts

Bryan County heavyweight hunting areas

  • Acreage for Lake Texoma (Corps): not published; the area also lies in Marshall County, Love County and Johnston County. Extra details: controlled hunts. The Corps lists no hunting acreage for it, and the Tulsa District page could not be read for more detail. In 2025, 1 controlled hunt were drawn for it.

Bryan County neighbours with public land

Land overviewLand map

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.

Bryan County events and results

This county lists 1 upcoming listing; the kinds are DU chapter dinner.

Coming up

WhenListingArea or venueNext stepRead at
Nov 17, 2026Bryan County Dinner – Durant · DU chapter dinner
Durant: Lost Street Brewing Company
Buy tickets
starts 6 p.m.
Source, checked 11/2/2026
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Bryan County region staff, towns and trade

Eric Suttles supervises the Southeast Region, which covers Bryan County; call (580) 421-7226. Game wardens here work in law enforcement District 4 under captain Tom Cartwright. On the Wildlife Conservation Commission, Bryan County is part of District 3. Measured as a straight line, Caddo and its ODWC office sit 8 miles from the heart of Bryan County. Call first, and bring a card: field offices do not take cash.

Eric Suttles

Regional wildlife supervisor

(580) 421-7226
Tom Cartwright

Law enforcement, District 4

(580) 320-2955
Caddo Office

Nearest, 8 miles · 2021 Caddo Hwy., Caddo, 74729

(580) 924-4087Map

Bryan County towns and Census places

Bryan County has 19 Census places, and 13 of them govern themselves as towns or cities. Bryan County population leaders in 2024: Durant (20,908), Calera (3,101) and Colbert (1,105). Bryan County 2024 estimate: 50,305 people on 904 square miles, with 39 more square miles under water.

Bryan County trade listings

The county has 1 game processor, 1 taxidermist, 4 gun and outdoor shops and 1 commercial hunting area or guide on our list. Hours are not checked here, and November is the busiest month for processors, so ring first.

Tucker's Slaughter House

Durant, Bryan County · 6 mi by map line · ODWC processor list

(580) 924-2560Navigate
Mixon Wild Game Processing

Atoka, Atoka County · 27 mi by map line · Hunters Against Hunger

(580) 239-1735Navigate
Classic Cuts Deer Processing

Atoka, Atoka County · 29 mi by map line · Hunters Against Hunger

(580) 364-3137Navigate
Smitty's Taxidermy

Durant, Bryan County · 12 mi by map line

(580) 920-0816NavigateHomepage
Watson Taxidermy

Caney, Atoka County · 20 mi by map line

(580) 889-5096NavigateHomepage
Uncle Stew's Guns

Durant, Bryan County · 7 mi by map line

(580) 745-5623NavigateHomepage
Beards N Bucks Outdoors

Caddo, Bryan County · 11 mi by map line

(580) 367-2825NavigateHomepage
Burks Whitetails

Albany, Bryan County · ODWC commercial hunting area

(214) 212-0491NavigateHomepage

Bryan County neighbours compared

Next doorAntlerlessElkTurkey (fall gun)WaterfowlDeer 2025Gap
Marshall County9SoutheastOpenZones 1 and 249329 miles
Atoka County10/9/5SoutheastClosedZones 1 and 22,98132 miles
Johnston County9SoutheastOpenZones 1 and 21,35133 miles
Choctaw County10SoutheastClosedZones 1 and 21,83741 miles

Bryan County looks across the border at Fannin (TX), Grayson (TX) and Lamar (TX).

Region, supervisor and commission district from the ODWC wildlife region layer and commission district layer; warden district and captain from the ODWC game warden directory; offices from the ODWC office list; towns from the Census 2024 Gazetteer and Vintage 2024 estimates; services from the ODWC game processor list, ODWC commercial hunt list, store locators and Yellow Pages as tagged; neighbours from the Census county adjacency file. Checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County shooters: ranges and match dates

Each Bryan County card shows who may shoot and the source (1 range in total).

Barrett's Outdoors
outdoor range

Durant, Bryan County

Access not stated · gunranges.org, checked Nov 2, 2026

Nearest ODWC WMA range: Texoma/Washita Arm WMA Shooting Range in Johnston County, about 31 miles from the Bryan County centre. Details

Bordering counties list 2 more.

Ranges from ODWC’s WMA shooting range list and WMA pages, operators’ own sites and directory listings, checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County hunting hours on season dates

The Panhandle sees the sun up to half an hour later than the Arkansas line, so use the times worked out for Bryan County.

DayMarkerSun upSun downDeer windowDuck windowUpland
Oct 1, 2026Archery deer opens7:18 a.m.7:11 p.m.6:48 a.m. to 7:41 p.m.6:48 a.m. to 7:11 p.m.7:18 a.m. to 7:11 p.m.
Oct 24, 2026Muzzleloader opens7:36 a.m.6:42 p.m.7:06 a.m. to 7:12 p.m.7:06 a.m. to 6:42 p.m.7:36 a.m. to 6:42 p.m.
Nov 21, 2026Gun deer opens7:03 a.m.5:20 p.m.6:33 a.m. to 5:50 p.m.6:33 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.7:03 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.
Dec 6, 2026Gun deer closes7:16 a.m.5:16 p.m.6:46 a.m. to 5:46 p.m.6:46 a.m. to 5:16 p.m.7:16 a.m. to 5:16 p.m.
Dec 21, 2026Shortest day7:26 a.m.5:20 p.m.6:56 a.m. to 5:50 p.m.6:56 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.7:26 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.
Jan 15, 2027Archery closes7:30 a.m.5:37 p.m.7:00 a.m. to 6:07 p.m.7:00 a.m. to 5:37 p.m.7:30 a.m. to 5:37 p.m.
Apr 16, 2027Spring turkey6:54 a.m.7:56 p.m.6:24 a.m. to 8:26 p.m.6:24 a.m. to 7:56 p.m.6:54 a.m. to 7:56 p.m.

WMA shooting ranges open at sunrise.

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.

Bryan County next to its closest neighbours

Four county guides by distance, then three links to statewide hubs.

Marshall County

ODWC Central Region

Atoka County

36,734 public acres

Johnston County

1,351 deer in 2025

Choctaw County

41 miles away

CWD surveillance areasCorps and department lakesEvent calendar
Old steel truss bridge over the Red River on the Oklahoma-Texas line, Bryan County
Old steel truss bridge over the Red River on the Oklahoma-Texas line, Bryan CountyPhoto: Sharon Mollerus (CC BY 2.0)
Pink sunrise behind bare cottonwoods and an old shed on open range
Pink sunrise behind bare cottonwoods and an old shed on open rangePhoto: Jack Gray (CC BY 2.0)

Bryan County straight answers

Is public land in Bryan County open to elk hunting?

Only through controlled hunts; the elk zones are private land only.

Does Bryan County have a bear quota this year?

No bear quota applies in 2026-27.

Is fall gun turkey open in Bryan County?

Open, October 31 to November 20, 2026.

Can sandhill cranes be hunted in Bryan County?

No; it lies east of I-35.

Which public area in Bryan County is largest?

Our list has no area with published acres inside the county line.

How do I check a deer killed in Bryan County?

Attach a field tag, then E-Check it within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area.

Can feral hogs be hunted year-round in Bryan County?

Yes on private land; department lands follow area rules.

Is a Hunters Against Hunger processor near Bryan County?

See the tags in the services band; participating processors take donated deer.

How long is bow season for deer in Bryan County?

October 1, 2026 through January 15, 2027, either sex.

How many deer does Bryan County average each year?

About 1,582 a season since 2016.

Answers from the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing & Hunting Regulations, ODWC hunting regulations, the ODWC hunter orange rule, E-Check rules, ODWC seasons, the ODWC Big Game Harvest Reports and the sources above. Checked November 3, 2026.

Bryan County trip reminders

This page tracks the 2026-27 license year only, and the ODWC text governs wherever the two disagree.

October to MayZone handbookPick a countyODWC rule book

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

Other photos on this page: James St. John (CC BY 2.0).