Noble County Hunting

Noble County deer, counted each fall

1,680 deer came off private and leased ground in Noble County in 2025, the 34th highest county count. About 1.4% of the 124,050 county-row deer were taken here. Set against 2024 (1,554 deer), the newest season moved 8% up.

Missing from the chart: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). ODWC lists WMA deer in a separate table.

2025 tops the county series at 1,680, while 2013 sits at the bottom with 766. Recent seasons (2016 onward, 10 with data) average near 1,277.

By method, 2025 split 367 archery, 147 muzzleloader and 1,166 gun deer; 50% were antlerless.

Recent Noble County deer by season type

Noble County before 2016:

• 19991,030
• 20001,330
• 20011,511
• 20031,347
• 20041,100
• 20051,157
• 20061,307
• 20071,065
• 20081,166
• 20091,294
• 20101,125
• 20111,068
• 20121,045
• 2013766
• 2014987

Beyond whitetails: Noble County big game numbers

Earlier county tables for these species are images only.

All of Oklahoma produced 133,791 deer in 2025, WMA and walk-in land included.

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.

Elk, bear and CWD notes for Noble County

Where Noble County fits for elk

The Northwest Zone and Northeast Zone each reach part of Noble County; check which side of the interstate a lease lies on. The elk quota set for 2026-27 reads Northwest Zone 8 and Northeast Zone 20; elk must be reported through E-Check within 24 hours.

Northwest Zone: Private lands north of I-40 and west of I-35, excluding the Panhandle and Special Northwest zones. Northeast Zone: Private lands north of I-40 and east of I-35.

No CWD Selective Surveillance Area reaches Noble County, so the on-site processing rule does not apply, but the statewide ban on importing whole cervid carcasses does.

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.

Open hunting ground in Noble County

Noble County counts 1 public hunting area on our Oklahoma list. The ODWC and federal layers show no public acreage inside the county; walk-in tracts are points and are not measured.

Noble County headline public tracts

• With no acreage on the books, Sooner Lake Public Waterfowl Hunting Area is the largest block for Noble County hunters, and Pawnee County share it. Quarry named for it: ducks. Fisheries management office questions go to (580) 304-9243.

Walk-in private land in Noble County

Through OLAP, 160 acres of private land in Noble County are open to walk-in hunting on 1 tract. Most common cover: Crops and deciduous forest (1). Bring a Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) unless exempt by age; OLAP walk-in rules ban rifles and muzzleloaders.

• Noble County H010160 ac

Noble County backup areas beyond the county

• Kaw Lake (Corps)34 miles straight-line, Kay County and Osage County
• Kaw WMA39 miles straight-line, 17,450 acres in Kay County and Osage 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.

Noble County last checks before the truck is loaded

Near an antlerless zone road in Noble County, the ODWC map decides which limit applies.

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