Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge hunting

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: what is allowed

50 CFR 32.55(j) opens Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge to migratory game bird hunting and big game hunting on designated areas, with refuge conditions added to Oklahoma law. Federal user fee if drawn (Wichita Mts. NWR): elk $50, deer $20.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: migratory game bird hunting

We allow hunting of duck, goose, merganser, and coot on designated portions of the refuge subject to the following conditions:

• Hunters must possess a current signed refuge hunt brochure while hunting on the refuge.
• We prohibit waterfowl hunting during the refuge controlled elk and deer hunts.
• We allow waterfowl hunting from 1/2 hour before legal sunrise until 1 p.m.
• We allow the use of hunting dogs only for waterfowl hunting.
• You may only build blinds constructed of natural vegetation materials from the refuge.
• Hunters must remove decoys and blinds from the refuge at the end of each day's hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
• We prohibit jump shooting.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: big game hunting

We allow hunting of elk, turkey, and white-tailed deer on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:

• We allow elk, deer, and turkey hunting only during the State-controlled hunt program.
• We allow only five (5) rounds of ammunition per day during controlled elk and white-tailed deer hunts.
• We allow elk and deer hunting with centerfire rifles only; the minimum calibers are .243 for deer and .270 caliber for elk.
• You must possess only approved nontoxic shot (see § 32.2(k)) while in the field while hunting turkey.
• You must check all harvested elk and deer through the refuge check station, and attach a metal transportation tag, before leaving refuge property.
• We only allow use of archery equipment and shotgun or muzzleloader with a shot size of #2 or smaller for turkey hunting. We prohibit crossbows.
• You may take feral hogs and coyote only during controlled hunts with weapons approved for that hunt.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge unit list

Sources: source, source, source, source. Checked November 3, 2026.

Deer zone and elk rules near Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Zone 8 (Muzzleloader 4, gun 4) covers Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge on the GIS overlay; the legal line is the road shown on the ODWC antlerless zone map. Whatever the zone, the combined limit stays at six deer, two antlered at most. Private-land elk in Comanche County run under the Special Southwest Zone. Comanche County allows fall gun turkey. Sandhill crane and jackrabbit are open in the parts of Comanche County west of I-35 (details).

ODWC antlerless deer zones, elk zones, bear area, fall turkey counties, CWD rules; checked November 3, 2026.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and the closest public tracts

Mountain Park WMA is the nearest other public area, 18 mi west. For walk-in private land, try Kiowa OLAP tract H001, 20 mi.

Points: USFWS Interest layer (fee and secondary-jurisdiction refuge land) (polygon centroid). Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: nearest towns, offices and shops

Closest town covered here: Cache, roughly 9.4 mi away. Lawton (90,027 residents) has the most services, 18 mi away. Small places on the way: Lawtonka Acres (9.2 mi) and Indiahoma (9.8 mi, 274 people). ODWC lists these game warden numbers for the area: (580) 695-7535 (Comanche).

Towns from places.json and census_places.json (Census 2024); offices and businesses from services.json; warden numbers from the ODWC area page or warden directory; straight-line miles. Checked November 3, 2026.

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the nearby calendar

This ground or a spot within about 10 miles holds 3 upcoming listings (ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw). Checked November 3, 2026. 3 of them are ODWC controlled hunts, open only to hunters drawn in the spring.

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Area rules, closures and controlled hunt dates on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge can change; posted signs and the ODWC page have the last word.

Sources: source · source · source · source · source · source; regulations from the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations. Checked November 3, 2026.