Kiowa County Hunting

Kiowa County deer counts and trends

Hunters checked 782 deer in Kiowa County during the 2025-26 seasons, 68th of the 77 counties. Statewide the county rows sum to 124,050; Kiowa County accounts for roughly 0.6%. Down 4% from 811 in 2024.

Blank years: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). WMA deer are tallied apart from county rows.

Across the 25 report years on file, the high mark is 815 deer in 2022 and the low is 330 in 1999. The 2016-2025 average works out to about 661 deer per year (10 years with figures).

In 2025 rifles and shotguns took 68% of the county deer, archery 26% and muzzleloaders 7%; antlerless deer made up 45%.

Bow, muzzleloader and gun deer in Kiowa County

Older totals for Kiowa County:

• 1999330
• 2000426
• 2001330
• 2003525
• 2004477
• 2005552
• 2006533
• 2007492
• 2008655
• 2009590
• 2010614
• 2011539
• 2012527
• 2013445
• 2014472

Public-land deer in Kiowa County

Other big game checked in Kiowa County

Only years ODWC printed as text are shown; older elk, pronghorn and bear county tables are images that were not transcribed.

For scale, the whole state reported 133,791 deer in the 2025 seasons.

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.

Other big game rules in Kiowa County

Kiowa County and the elk zones

Elk hunting in Kiowa County falls under the Special Southwest Zone: private land only, and only with written landowner consent. Zone quotas for 2026-27: Special Southwest Zone no quota; ODWC closes a zone once its quota is reached, so check the quota before each hunt. Bulls in the Special Southwest Zone must show at least five points on an antler, and the season dates are archery October 1 to October 7, 2026; archery December 12 to December 16, 2026; gun October 8 to October 14, 2026; gun December 17 to December 20, 2026; youth elk gun October 16 to October 18, 2026; additional antlerless gun November 21 to December 6, 2026; additional antlerless gun January 1 to January 31, 2027.

Special Southwest Zone: All private lands in Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties; these dates replace the open-zone dates. Legal bull must have 5+ points on at least one antler. No quota.

No SSA covers Kiowa County. Only antlers, deboned meat, teeth, hides and finished mounts may be brought into Oklahoma from other states.

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.

Kiowa County ground open without a lease

Mountain Park Wildlife Management Area, 5,000 acres, is the biggest of the 2 public areas we list for Kiowa County. Public ownership comes to around 5,875 acres (0.9%). We list state park and military land apart; neither is general hunting ground.

Kiowa County public land, the large blocks

• Mountain Park WMA is listed as a WMA of about 5,000 acres. Game on the area list: deer, doves, woodcock and rabbits. Listed extras: wetland units, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. The ODWC layer measures 8,363 acres, unlike the page figure used here. The ODWC hunting contact is (580) 595-0347.
• Hunters reach Altus-Lugert WMA, some 3,600 acres, from Kiowa County or from Greer County. Species on record there: deer, doves, turkey and woodcock. Extra details: nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. Call (580) 471-3371 (hunting).

Kiowa County walk-in hunting

The Oklahoma Land Access Program lists 1 tract in Kiowa County, near 230 acres together. ODWC describes the cover as CRP Grassland. Grazed/hayed once every 3 years.. A Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) is required for residents 18-63 and all nonresidents; walk-in tracts allow archery and shotguns only.

• Kiowa County H001230 ac

Kiowa County outskirts: areas in other counties

• Lake Vanderwork (Department Lake)Washita County (446 ac), 19 miles as the crow flies
• Wichita Mountains Wildlife RefugeComanche County (58,227 ac), 20 miles as the crow flies
• Washita County WMAWashita County (240 ac), 27 miles as the crow flies
• Gist WMATillman County (177 ac), 29 miles as the crow flies
• Fort Cobb WMACaddo County (3,500 ac), 34 miles as the crow flies
• Hackberry Flat Waterfowl Refuge PortionTillman County (4,000 ac), 43 miles as the crow flies

* Reference acres only.

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.

Kiowa County odds and ends before opening day

Dates on this page cover 2026-27 only; ODWC publishes new regulations each summer.

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