Creek County Hunting

Creek County harvest record from ODWC reports

In the most recent report year, 2025, Creek County hunters reported 2,940 deer (5th of 77). Its share of the 124,050-deer county total is close to 2.4%. The 2024 figure was 2,458, a 20% gain into 2025.

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 2022 at 3,390; the smallest, 1999, came to 1,612. Over the 10 published years from 2016 on, the county averaged 2,733 deer a season.

Bows took 883, muzzleloaders 357 and centerfire guns 1,700 deer here in 2025.

Creek County harvest split by weapon

Pre-2016 Creek County totals:

• 19991,612
• 20001,936
• 20012,054
• 20031,735
• 20041,891
• 20051,957
• 20062,863
• 20072,044
• 20082,504
• 20092,546
• 20102,005
• 20112,934
• 20123,039
• 20132,491
• 20142,798

Creek County areas in the ODWC public-land table

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

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.

Creek County elk, bear, pronghorn and CWD

Private-land elk in Creek County

Creek County lies in the Northeast Zone for elk, where hunting is legal only on private land with the owner's written permission. Elk quotas (Northeast Zone 20) close a zone early when they fill; E-Check each elk within a day.

Northeast Zone: Private lands north of I-40 and east of I-35.

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

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.

Creek County WMAs, lakes and walk-in land

Creek County holds 5 listed public places open to some hunting, led by Keystone Wildlife Management Area (20,686 acres). By GIS measure about 4.6% of Creek County, some 28,141 acres, is public.

Creek County heavyweight hunting areas

• Acreage for Keystone WMA: 20,686; the area also lies in Osage County and Pawnee County. Seasons on it cover deer, doves, turkey and quail. Extra details: wetland units, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. Call (918) 629-4625 (hunting).
• With 12,820 acres on the books, Deep Fork WMA is one more choice for Creek County hunters, and Okfuskee County share it. Its permitted game runs to deer, doves, turkey and quail. The record adds wetland units, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. The area page gives (918) 759-1816 for hunting.
• Heyburn WMA (WMA, 5,725 acres) sits wholly in Creek County. Its permitted game runs to deer, doves, ducks and turkey. The record adds nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. ODWC lists (918) 629-4625 as the hunting line.
• Hunters reach Heyburn Lake (Corps) without leaving Creek County. Listed extras: controlled hunts. Corps hunting acres are not stated, and the district page was not readable. It held 1 controlled hunt in the 2025 draw.

Creek County neighbours with public land

• Okmulgee Game Management Areain Okmulgee County (5,939 ac), 26 miles from the middle of Creek County
• Okmulgee PHAin Okmulgee County (3,676 ac), 26 miles from the middle of Creek County
• Okmulgee WMAin Okmulgee County (9,615 ac), 26 miles from the middle of Creek County
• Skiatook Lake (Corps)in Osage County, 34 miles from the middle of Creek County
• Skiatook WMAin Osage County (5,085 ac), 34 miles from the middle of Creek County
• Deep Fork NWRin Okmulgee County (10,674 ac), 37 miles from the middle of Creek 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.

Creek County trip reminders

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

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