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Antlerless Deer Zone 10
Limits, counties with GIS shares, harvest and public land for Antlerless Deer Zone 10.
Photo: Nicolas Henderson (CC BY 2.0)
Antlerless rules for Antlerless Deer Zone 10
Antlerless deer in Antlerless Deer Zone 10: "Muzzleloader 1, gun 1".
Zone note from ODWC: One antlerless in muzzleloader season and one in deer gun season.
| Season | Opens | Closes | Days | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | Oct 1, 2026 | Jan 15, 2027 | 107 | |
| Youth gun | Oct 16, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 | 3 | |
| Muzzleloader | Oct 24, 2026 | Nov 1, 2026 | 9 | |
| Gun | Nov 21, 2026 | Dec 6, 2026 | 16 | |
| Holiday antlerless | Dec 18, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | 14 |
Antlerless Deer Zone 10 hunters share the statewide six-deer total, no more than two with 3 inches of antler, plus two bonus antlerless deer in the holiday season.
From the ODWC deer season page and the 2026-2027 regulations guide p. 37, checked November 3, 2026.
Antlerless Deer Zone 10: counties and shares
Antlerless Deer Zone 10 reaches 10 counties; 4 sit entirely in the zone and 6 share ground with another zone.
| County | Share | Also zone | Deer, 2025 | Elk zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latimer County | 100% | – | 1,153 | Southeast |
| Pushmataha County | 100% | – | 2,049 | Southeast |
| McCurtain County | 100% | – | 3,172 | Southeast |
| Choctaw County | 100% | – | 1,837 | Southeast |
| Le Flore County | 83% | 4 | 2,298 | Southeast |
| Bryan County | 76% | 9 | 2,147 | Southeast |
| Pittsburg County | 71% | 5 | 3,975 | Southeast |
| Atoka County | 67% | 9, 5 | 2,981 | Southeast |
| Haskell County | 38% | 4 | 1,750 | Southeast |
| McIntosh County | 1% | 4, 5 | 1,307 | Northeast, Southeast |
The legal line is the road on the ODWC map, not the county line; near one of the split counties, check the map before taking an antlerless deer.
Counties from the ODWC zone map read in regs.json and the GIS overlay in counties.json; deer from the 2025-26 Big Game Harvest Report county table (whole-county totals); checked November 3, 2026.
Antlerless Deer Zone 10: harvest trend
ODWC publishes no harvest by antlerless zone; the chart adds the county totals for the counties Antlerless Deer Zone 10 reaches.
| County | Archery | Muzzleloader | Gun | Antlerless | Total 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg County | 1,364 | 651 | 1,960 | 1,614 | 3,975 |
| McCurtain County | 849 | 551 | 1,772 | 1,633 | 3,172 |
| Atoka County | 840 | 469 | 1,672 | 1,243 | 2,981 |
| Le Flore County | 610 | 569 | 1,119 | 1,042 | 2,298 |
| Bryan County | 766 | 171 | 1,210 | 1,030 | 2,147 |
| Pushmataha County | 587 | 425 | 1,037 | 965 | 2,049 |
From the ODWC county deer tables (2025-26 Big Game Harvest Report and earlier reports), checked November 3, 2026.
Public deer ground in Antlerless Deer Zone 10
The zone holds 46 public areas by GIS overlay; 21 are WMA, 6 are Corps lake.
| Area | Type | Counties | Acres | Deer 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouachita WMA | WMA | Le Flore, McCurtain | 354,559 | – |
| Ouachita NF (Oklahoma) | Nat. forest | Le Flore, McCurtain | 353,429 | – |
| Ouachita WMA – Le Flore Unit | WMA unit | Le Flore | 221,559 | – |
| Three Rivers WMA | WMA | McCurtain, Pushmataha | 185,199 | 305 |
| Ouachita WMA – McCurtain & Tiak Units | WMA unit | McCurtain | 133,000 | – |
| Ouachita NF – Tiak district | Forest district | McCurtain | 132,268 | – |
| Ouachita NF – Choctaw district | Forest district | Le Flore | 111,026 | – |
| Ouachita NF – Kiamichi district | Forest district | Le Flore | 110,135 | – |
| Honobia Creek WMA | WMA | Pushmataha | 78,998 | – |
| Eufaula WMA | WMA | Latimer, McIntosh +2 | 48,614 | 227 |
| Wister WMA | WMA | Le Flore | 35,500 | 159 |
| James Collins WMA | WMA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 21,353 | 137 |
| Pushmataha WMA | WMA | Pushmataha | 19,247 | 74 |
| Hugo WMA | WMA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 18,916 | 178 |
Lands from lands.json (ODWC deer zone layer overlay); WMA deer from the 2025-26 Big Game Harvest Report; checked November 3, 2026.
Antlerless Deer Zone 10: turkey, elk, CWD and more
- CWD areas: McCurtain County. Deer or elk taken inside an SSA must be processed before leaving it; only antlers (detached or on a clean skull plate), deboned quarters/meat without spinal column, cleaned teeth, finished taxidermy and hides may leave. CWD guide.
- Turkey in fall: closed in Atoka County, Choctaw County, Latimer County, Le Flore County, McCurtain County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County; open in the other 3 zone counties.
- Bear area: Atoka County, Bryan County, Choctaw County, Haskell County, Latimer County, Le Flore County, McCurtain County, McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County (all or part). Bear area.
- West-side seasons: no zone county lies west of I-35, so sandhill crane and jackrabbit seasons do not reach it.
- Elk zones here: Northeast Zone, Southeast Zone.
- Duck season zone: Zones 1 and 2. Waterfowl zones.
- Wildlife Division regions: ODWC Southeast Region (8), ODWC Northeast Region (2).
County rules from regs.json zones (ODWC regulation pages and maps), checked November 3, 2026.
McCurtain County (Antlerless Deer Zone 10) hunting hours on season dates
Deer, elk, pronghorn, bear and hogs may be hunted from half an hour before official sunrise to half an hour after official sunset; turkey and migratory birds stop at sunset.
| Date | Season point | Sunrise | Sunset | Big game | Waterfowl | Quail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Archery deer opens | 7:12 a.m. | 7:05 p.m. | 6:42 a.m. to 7:35 p.m. | 6:42 a.m. to 7:05 p.m. | 7:12 a.m. to 7:05 p.m. |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Muzzleloader opens | 7:31 a.m. | 6:36 p.m. | 7:01 a.m. to 7:06 p.m. | 7:01 a.m. to 6:36 p.m. | 7:31 a.m. to 6:36 p.m. |
| Nov 21, 2026 | Gun deer opens | 6:57 a.m. | 5:13 p.m. | 6:27 a.m. to 5:43 p.m. | 6:27 a.m. to 5:13 p.m. | 6:57 a.m. to 5:13 p.m. |
| Dec 6, 2026 | Gun deer closes | 7:11 a.m. | 5:10 p.m. | 6:41 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. | 6:41 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. | 7:11 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:21 a.m. | 5:13 p.m. | 6:51 a.m. to 5:43 p.m. | 6:51 a.m. to 5:13 p.m. | 7:21 a.m. to 5:13 p.m. |
| Jan 15, 2027 | Archery closes | 7:24 a.m. | 5:31 p.m. | 6:54 a.m. to 6:01 p.m. | 6:54 a.m. to 5:31 p.m. | 7:24 a.m. to 5:31 p.m. |
| Apr 16, 2027 | Spring turkey | 6:48 a.m. | 7:50 p.m. | 6:18 a.m. to 8:20 p.m. | 6:18 a.m. to 7:50 p.m. | 6:48 a.m. to 7:50 p.m. |
Hours rules from the ODWC big game regulations and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Central Time); checked November 3, 2026. Legal hours for every county.
Glowing night sky over still water at Atoka Reservoir, Atoka County. Photo: Shiva Shenoy (CC BY 2.0)
Little Bugaboo Creek tumbling over rocks under green woods in the McGee Creek area, Atoka County. Photo: Robert Nunnally (CC BY 2.0)
Big white-tailed buck standing among trees in snow. Photo: Sank63 (CC BY 2.0)
Antlerless Deer Zone 10 in questions
Antlerless rule for Antlerless Deer Zone 10?
“Muzzleloader 1, gun 1” for muzzleloader and gun; with a bow, either sex counts toward six.
Is there CWD in Antlerless Deer Zone 10?
McCurtain County hold CWD Selective Surveillance Areas. Deer or elk taken inside an SSA must be processed before leaving it; only antlers (detached or on a clean skull plate), deboned quarters/meat without spinal column, cleaned teeth, finished taxidermy and hides may leave.
What are the deer dates in Antlerless Deer Zone 10?
Statewide dates apply here, with the holiday antlerless hunt December 18-31 the last firearm window of 2026.
Where is Antlerless Deer Zone 10?
Antlerless Deer Zone 10 takes in Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Pittsburg and Pushmataha; split by a zone road: Atoka, Bryan, Haskell, Le Flore, McIntosh and Pittsburg.
How do I find the Antlerless Deer Zone 10 line?
Only on the ODWC map. Antlerless Deer Zone 10 follows highways, not county lines, and no text description exists.
What is the deer harvest in Antlerless Deer Zone 10?
22,669 deer came from the zone’s counties in 2025, most of all from Pittsburg County (3,975).
How many public areas does Antlerless Deer Zone 10 have?
46 public areas overlap the zone; the largest are Ouachita WMA, Ouachita NF (Oklahoma) and Ouachita WMA – Le Flore Unit.
Other photos on this page: Shiva Shenoy (CC BY 2.0); Robert Nunnally (CC BY 2.0); Sank63 (CC BY 2.0).