Sequoyah County Hunting

Sequoyah County deer counts and trends

Hunters checked 2,143 deer in Sequoyah County during the 2025-26 seasons, 19th of the 77 counties. Statewide the county rows sum to 124,050; Sequoyah County accounts for roughly 1.7%. Up 18% from 1,809 in 2024.

Blank years: 2015 not published (no readable ODWC county table). WMA deer are tallied apart from county rows.

Across the 25 report years on file, the high mark is 2,863 deer in 2006 and the low is 1,760 in 2013. The 2016-2025 average works out to about 2,221 deer per year (10 years with figures).

In 2025 rifles and shotguns took 54% of the county deer, archery 24% and muzzleloaders 22%; antlerless deer made up 44%.

Bow, muzzleloader and gun deer in Sequoyah County

Older totals for Sequoyah County:

• 19992,470
• 20002,812
• 20012,567
• 20032,242
• 20042,187
• 20052,522
• 20062,863
• 20072,347
• 20082,713
• 20092,584
• 20102,326
• 20112,848
• 20122,491
• 20131,760
• 20141,906

Public-land deer in Sequoyah County

For scale, the whole state reported 133,791 deer in the 2025 seasons.

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.

Other big game rules in Sequoyah County

Sequoyah County and the elk zones

Because I-40 and I-35 divide the elk zones, Sequoyah County sits partly in the Northeast Zone and Southeast Zone. Zone quotas for 2026-27: Northeast Zone 20 and Southeast Zone 5; ODWC closes a zone once its quota is reached, so check the quota before each hunt.

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).

Sequoyah County bear rules

Sequoyah County is a split bear county: the area covers it south of I-40. Archery bear runs October 1 to October 18, 2026 and muzzleloader bear October 24 to November 1, 2026, one bear per hunter, and the 2026-27 season has no quota. On WMAs no bait for bear is allowed, and the hunter must call ODWC and present the carcass.

No SSA covers Sequoyah County. Only antlers, deboned meat, teeth, hides and finished mounts may be brought into Oklahoma from other states.

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.

Sequoyah County ground open without a lease

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, 20,807 acres, is the biggest of the 6 public areas we list for Sequoyah County. Public ownership comes to around 18,007 acres (4.2%). We list state park and military land apart; neither is general hunting ground.

Sequoyah County public land, the large blocks

• Sequoyah NWR is listed as a wildlife refuge of about 20,807 acres, and its boundary takes in Haskell County and Muskogee County too. Game on the area list: ducks, doves, woodcock and squirrels. Listed extras: controlled hunts. The ODWC hunting contact is (918) 773-5251. Controlled hunts in 2025: 6.
• Hunters reach McClellan-Kerr WMA, some 9,366 acres, from Sequoyah County or from Haskell County, Muskogee County and Wagoner County. Species on record there: deer, doves, turkey and quail. Extra details: controlled hunts, wetland units, nonresident check-in. Call (918) 625-3910 (hunting).
• With 2,590 acres on the books, Tenkiller WMA is one more choice for Sequoyah County hunters, and Cherokee County share it. Species on record there: deer, doves, woodcock and ducks. Extra details: nonresident check-in. Hunting questions go to (918) 931-0432.
• Lower Illinois River PFHA shows up on our list as a fishing and hunting area measured at 320 acres. Its permitted game runs to doves, deer, ducks and turkey. Notes on the record: nonresident check-in. Call (918) 316-2281 (hunting).

Sequoyah County walk-in hunting

The Oklahoma Land Access Program lists 1 tract in Sequoyah County, near 485 acres together. ODWC describes the cover as Hardwood Forest. A Land Access Permit ($100 resident / $200 nonresident) is required for residents 18-63 and all nonresidents; walk-in tracts allow archery and shotguns only.

• Sequoyah County H002485 ac

Sequoyah County outskirts: areas in other counties

• Cookson WMAAdair County and Cherokee County (15,281 ac), 14 miles as the crow flies
• Ozark Plateau WMAAdair County (2,080 ac), 19 miles as the crow flies
• Ozark Plateau NWRAdair County (4,720 ac), 21 miles as the crow flies
• Cherokee Game Management AreaCherokee County (15,360 ac), 24 miles as the crow flies
• Cherokee PHACherokee County (16,000 ac), 24 miles as the crow flies
• Cherokee WMACherokee County (31,360 ac), 24 miles as the crow flies

* Reference acres only.

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.

Sequoyah County hunts, dinners and trials

County total as of November 3, 2026: 1 upcoming listing.

Dates ahead

Chapter dinner coming up near here? List it free

Sequoyah County odds and ends before opening day

Dates on this page cover 2026-27 only; ODWC publishes new regulations each summer.

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