McIntosh County Hunting

McIntosh County harvest record from ODWC reports

In the most recent report year, 2025, McIntosh County hunters reported 1,307 deer (46th of 77). Its share of the 124,050-deer county total is close to 1.1%. The 2024 figure was 1,009, a 30% 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 2006 at 1,538; the smallest, 2013, came to 609. Over the 10 published years from 2016 on, the county averaged 1,075 deer a season.

Bows took 427, muzzleloaders 172 and centerfire guns 708 deer here in 2025.

McIntosh County harvest split by weapon

Pre-2016 McIntosh County totals:

• 1999903
• 20001,053
• 2001976
• 2003957
• 2004966
• 20051,098
• 20061,538
• 2007948
• 20081,100
• 20091,061
• 2010884
• 20111,190
• 20121,011
• 2013609
• 2014667

McIntosh 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.

McIntosh County elk, bear, pronghorn and CWD

Private-land elk in McIntosh County

Parts of McIntosh County fall in the Northeast Zone and Southeast Zone; elk hunting in any of them needs private ground and written permission. Elk quotas (Northeast Zone 20 and Southeast Zone 5) 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. 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 McIntosh County

Bear hunting is open in McIntosh County south of I-40 or 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 McIntosh 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.

McIntosh County WMAs, lakes and walk-in land

McIntosh County holds 2 listed public places open to some hunting, led by Eufaula Wildlife Management Area (48,614 acres). By GIS measure about 7.3% of McIntosh County, some 29,027 acres, is public. Acres marked * are not counted as public hunting land.

McIntosh County heavyweight hunting areas

• Acreage for Eufaula WMA: 48,614; the area also lies in Latimer County, Okmulgee County and Pittsburg County. Seasons on it cover deer, doves, turkey and quail. Extra details: wetland units, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. Call (918) 617-1113 (hunting).
• With no acreage on the books, Eufaula Lake (Corps) is one more choice for McIntosh County hunters, and Pittsburg County and Haskell County share it. The record adds controlled hunts. No acreage is published for Corps hunting land here; the Tulsa District page could not be read. The 2025 draw included 2 hunts on it.

OLAP walk-in tracts in McIntosh County

Walk-in hunters in McIntosh County can use 2 OLAP tracts covering some 488 acres. Habitat listed on the OLAP layer: Grazed pasture (1) and Crosstimbers forest and grassland (1). The Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) covers OLAP; elk hunting is not allowed on the tracts.

• McIntosh County H001419 ac
• McIntosh County H00469 ac

McIntosh County neighbours with public land

• Deep Fork NWRin Okmulgee County (10,674 ac), 18 miles from the middle of McIntosh County
• James Collins WMAin Latimer County and Pittsburg County (21,353 ac), 27 miles from the middle of McIntosh County
• Okmulgee Game Management Areain Okmulgee County (5,939 ac), 29 miles from the middle of McIntosh County
• Okmulgee PHAin Okmulgee County (3,676 ac), 29 miles from the middle of McIntosh County
• Okmulgee WMAin Okmulgee County (9,615 ac), 29 miles from the middle of McIntosh County
• Robbers Cave WMAin Latimer County (6,180 ac), 33 miles from the middle of McIntosh County

* Excluded from the public figure.

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.

McIntosh County events and results

This county lists 1 upcoming listing; the kinds are ODWC youth draw. Entry to the 1 controlled hunt came through the spring draw on Go Outdoors Oklahoma.

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McIntosh 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.