Pittsburg County Hunting

Pittsburg County harvest record from ODWC reports

In the most recent report year, 2025, Pittsburg County hunters reported 3,975 deer (2nd of 77). Its share of the 124,050-deer county total is close to 3.2%. The 2024 figure was 2,782, a 43% 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 2022 at 4,662; the smallest, 1999, came to 2,311. Over the 10 published years from 2016 on, the county averaged 3,615 deer a season.

Bows took 1,364, muzzleloaders 651 and centerfire guns 1,960 deer here in 2025.

Pittsburg County harvest split by weapon

Pre-2016 Pittsburg County totals:

• 19992,311
• 20003,062
• 20012,851
• 20032,687
• 20042,759
• 20053,490
• 20064,297
• 20072,531
• 20083,834
• 20093,512
• 20103,517
• 20113,765
• 20123,148
• 20132,321
• 20142,819

Pittsburg County areas in the ODWC public-land table

Pittsburg County non-whitetail harvest

Absent years are not published in readable form.

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.

Pittsburg County elk, bear, pronghorn and CWD

Private-land elk in Pittsburg County

Pittsburg County lies in the Southeast Zone for elk, where hunting is legal only on private land with the owner's written permission. Elk quotas (Southeast Zone 5) close a zone early when they fill; E-Check each elk within a day.

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 Pittsburg County

Bear hunting is open in Pittsburg County 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. County bear harvest on file: 2 in 2024 and 2 in 2025.

The CWD processing rule is limited to the surveillance areas, none of which is in Pittsburg 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.

Pittsburg County WMAs, lakes and walk-in land

Pittsburg County holds 6 listed public places open to some hunting, led by Eufaula Wildlife Management Area (48,614 acres). By GIS measure about 4.5% of Pittsburg County, some 37,248 acres, is public. Acres marked * are not counted as public hunting land.

Pittsburg County heavyweight hunting areas

• Acreage for Eufaula WMA: 48,614; the area also lies in Latimer County, McIntosh County and Okmulgee 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 44,800 acres on the books, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant is one more choice for Pittsburg County hunters. Its permitted game runs to deer. The record adds controlled hunts. The area page gives (918) 470-6296 for hunting. The 2025 draw included 3 hunts on it.
• James Collins WMA (WMA, 21,353 acres) stretches over the line into Latimer County. Its permitted game runs to bear, turkey, deer and doves. The record adds controlled hunts, nonresident check-in, non-ambulatory access. ODWC lists (580) 320-3178 as the hunting line. The 2025 draw included 1 hunt on it.
• Hunters reach Gary Sherrer WMA, some 1,280 acres, without leaving Pittsburg County. Quarry named for it: deer, bear, doves and turkey. Listed extras: nonresident check-in. The area page gives (580) 320-3177 for hunting.

OLAP walk-in tracts in Pittsburg County

Walk-in hunters in Pittsburg County can use 1 OLAP tract covering some 3,006 acres. Habitat listed on the OLAP layer: Native grass fields and Oak (1). The Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) covers OLAP; elk hunting is not allowed on the tracts.

• Pittsburg County H0013,006 ac

Pittsburg County neighbours with public land

• Robbers Cave WMAin Latimer County (6,180 ac), 25 miles from the middle of Pittsburg County
• Robbers Cave WMA – Portion Ain Latimer County (610 ac), 25 miles from the middle of Pittsburg County
• Robbers Cave WMA – Portion Bin Latimer County (5,570 ac), 25 miles from the middle of Pittsburg County
• Yourman WMAin Latimer County (2,860 ac), 28 miles from the middle of Pittsburg County
• Atoka PHAin Atoka County (12,897 ac), 29 miles from the middle of Pittsburg County
• Atoka WMAin Atoka County (6,538 ac), 31 miles from the middle of Pittsburg 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.

Pittsburg County events and results

This county lists 3 upcoming listings; the kinds are ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Entry to the 3 controlled hunts came through the spring draw on Go Outdoors Oklahoma.

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Pittsburg 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.