Latimer County Hunting

Latimer County deer harvest since 1999

The 2025-26 Big Game Report credits Latimer County with 1,153 deer, which ranks it 53rd in Oklahoma. Out of 124,050 deer listed by county (WMA deer excluded), about 0.9% are from Latimer County. In 2024 the total was 790 deer; the change to 2025 is +46%.

No bar for: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). Figures are county rows only; WMA harvest is listed separately.

The busiest season in the record was 2010 (1,807 deer); the slowest was 2024 with 790. Averaged across 10 recent report years, Latimer County gives up about 1,151 deer each fall.

Gun hunters accounted for 529 of the 2025 deer, bowhunters 344 and muzzleloader hunters 280, with 412 antlerless in all.

Latimer County method table since 2016

Earlier seasons in Latimer County:

• 1999958
• 2000Not readable
• 2001904
• 2003935
• 2004956
• 20051,257
• 20061,342
• 2007922
• 20081,410
• 20091,354
• 20101,807
• 20111,792
• 20121,779
• 20131,296
• 20141,374

Latimer County WMA and lake deer counts

Latimer County elk, mule deer, pronghorn and bear counts

Years missing here are not published as readable county tables.

ODWC put the 2025 statewide harvest at 133,791 deer.

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.

Latimer County big game beyond whitetails

Elk rules for Latimer County

The Southeast Zone takes in Latimer County; elk may be hunted there on private ground with written permission and nowhere else outside controlled hunts. Quotas this season are Southeast Zone 5, and a zone shuts when the quota fills, so confirm it is still open before going out.

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 dates for Latimer County

Latimer County sits entirely inside the bear hunting area. Bowhunters may hunt bear October 1 to October 18, 2026; muzzleloader dates are October 24 to November 1, 2026, with a single bear of either sex and no quota this year. Hunters call ODWC bear staff and bring the bear in with head and sex organs attached; bear bait is illegal on WMAs. Bears taken in Latimer County: 9 (2022), 11 (2024) and 1 (2025).

Latimer County has no CWD surveillance area of its own, though the statewide limit on importing cervid carcasses still applies.

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.

Latimer County public ground, area by area

Hunters in Latimer County can choose from 7 listed areas, with Eufaula Wildlife Management Area the largest at 48,614 acres. ODWC and federal layers show 23,958 public acres, about 5.2% of Latimer County. The asterisked acres are reference only: state parks are generally closed to hunting and military land is limited.

Latimer County areas ranked by acreage

• Eufaula WMA (WMA, 48,614 acres) stretches over the line into McIntosh County, Okmulgee County and Pittsburg County. The area supports deer, doves, turkey and quail by the ODWC listing. Notes on the record: wetland units, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. ODWC lists (918) 617-1113 as the hunting line.
• James Collins WMA shows up on our list as a WMA measured at 21,353 acres that spills into Pittsburg County. Seasons on it cover bear, turkey, deer and doves. Listed extras: controlled hunts, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. The ODWC hunting contact is (580) 320-3178. The 2025 controlled hunt list shows 1 hunt there.
• Hunters reach Robbers Cave WMA, some 6,180 acres, without leaving Latimer County. Seasons on it cover bear, deer, doves and turkey. Listed extras: nonresident check-in.
• Acreage for Robbers Cave WMA – Portion B: 5,570; all of it is in Latimer County. Species on record there: bear, deer, turkey and squirrels. Also flagged: nonresident check-in. The ODWC hunting contact is (580) 320-3178.

Latimer County drive-to areas next door

• Lake Nanih Waiya (Department Lake)about 17 miles off, in Pushmataha County (199 ac)
• Gary Sherrer WMAabout 20 miles off, in Pittsburg County (1,280 ac)
• Sans Bois WMAabout 23 miles off, in Haskell County (7,602 ac)
• Pushmataha WMAabout 26 miles off, in Pushmataha County (19,247 ac)
• Wister Waterfowl Refuge Portionabout 27 miles off, in Le Flore County (1,000 ac)
• Wister WMAabout 27 miles off, in Le Flore County (35,500 ac)

* Kept apart from public hunting acres.

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.

Dates on the books in Latimer County

Booked inside the county: 1 upcoming listing, namely ODWC youth draw. 1 of them is an ODWC controlled hunt, open only to hunters drawn in the spring.

Still on the calendar

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Latimer County season reminders

Tag each deer or turkey in the field and E-Check it within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area.

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