Marshall County Hunting

Marshall County deer harvest since 1999

The 2025-26 Big Game Report credits Marshall County with 493 deer, which ranks it 72nd in Oklahoma. Out of 124,050 deer listed by county (WMA deer excluded), about 0.4% are from Marshall County. In 2024 the total was 431 deer; the change to 2025 is +14%.

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 2006 (643 deer); the slowest was 2019 with 337. Averaged across 10 recent report years, Marshall County gives up about 429 deer each fall.

Gun hunters accounted for 296 of the 2025 deer, bowhunters 168 and muzzleloader hunters 29, with 175 antlerless in all.

Marshall County method table since 2016

Earlier seasons in Marshall County:

• 1999463
• 2000608
• 2001584
• 2003560
• 2004515
• 2005554
• 2006643
• 2007498
• 2008640
• 2009598
• 2010615
• 2011614
• 2012596
• 2013622
• 2014572

Marshall County WMA and lake deer counts

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.

Marshall County big game beyond whitetails

Elk rules for Marshall County

The Southeast Zone takes in Marshall 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).

Marshall 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.

Marshall County public ground, area by area

Hunters in Marshall County can choose from 2 listed areas, with Fobb Bottom Wildlife Management Area the largest at 2,205 acres. ODWC and federal layers show 29,417 public acres, about 12.4% of Marshall County. The asterisked acres are reference only: state parks are generally closed to hunting and military land is limited.

Marshall County areas ranked by acreage

• Fobb Bottom WMA (WMA, 2,205 acres) sits wholly in Marshall County. The area supports deer, doves, ducks and turkey by the ODWC listing. Notes on the record: nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. ODWC lists (405) 823-8383 as the hunting line.
• Lake Texoma (Corps) shows up on our list as a corps lake that spills into Bryan County, Love County and Johnston County. Listed extras: controlled hunts. Acreage is not published; the Tulsa District hunting page could not be read. The 2025 controlled hunt list shows 1 hunt there.

Marshall County drive-to areas next door

• Texoma-Washita Arm WMAabout 12 miles off, in Johnston County (13,286 ac)
• Tishomingo Wildlife Management Unitabout 13 miles off, in Johnston County (3,150 ac)
• Tishomingo NWRabout 13 miles off, in Johnston County (16,136 ac)
• Hickory Creek WMAabout 15 miles off, in Love County (7,363 ac)
• Love Valley WMAabout 20 miles off, in Love County (7,746 ac)
• Blue River PFHAabout 24 miles off, in Johnston County (3,367 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 Marshall County

Booked inside the county: 2 upcoming listings, namely ODWC youth draw. 2 of them are ODWC controlled hunts, open only to hunters drawn in the spring.

Still on the calendar

Running a trial or a nite hunt nearby? Post the date

Marshall 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.