Wister Wildlife Management Area hunting

Wister WMA in numbers and names

Wister WMA covers 35,500 acres in Le Flore County, the figure given by the ODWC area page. Non-ambulatory acres on the ODWC page: 35,469. Le Flore County has 6 records with acreage here; Wister WMA is number 5.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has charge of it; ODWC counts the ground in the ODWC Southeast Region. Layer owner field: COE. Le Flore County holds 261,645 acres of public land on the GIS layers.

Area page text: Wister WMA covers 35,500 acres of central Leflore and eastern Latimer Counties in southeastern Oklahoma. Located around the 7,000-acre Wister Reservoir, along either side of Hwy. 59 and 271 south, south of the towns of Wister and Heavener. The area is a mixture of river bottoms, upland and foothills. The bottomland consists mainly of Oaks and other hardwood species. Upland sites are a mixture of small fields of native grass, greenbrier, and sumac. Foothills consist of post oak, hickory, and pine. The Poteau and Fourche Maline Rivers run through the east and west portions of the area and offer a good example of a bottomland hardwoods floodplain. The average annual precipitation for the area is about 50 inches. The Wister WRP can also be found in the area and provides an additional 1,000 acres.

Getting there: Independence Entrance From Heavener: 5 miles west on Independence Rd. Conser Landing Entrance From Hodgen: 5½ miles west on Conser Rd, 1 mile north on CR4695. Potts Landing Entrance From Wister: 2 miles east on U.S. Hwy 270, 2 miles south on Glendale Rd, 1 mile west on Potts Mt. Rd. Britton Bottom Rd Entrance From Wister: 2 miles east on U.S.

What lives on Wister WMA

Game you may pursue on Wister WMA: Black bear, Deer, Doves, Rails, Gallinules, Crows, Turkey, Furbearers, Trapping, Quail, Snipe, Woodcock, Rabbits, Squirrels, Waterfowl.

• Black bear
• White-tailed deer
• Doves
• Rails
• Gallinules
• Crows
• Wild turkey
• Coyote
• Bobcat
• Raccoon
• Quail
• Snipe

From the agency record (Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation); checked November 3, 2026.

Wister WMA: nearest towns, offices and shops

Closest town covered here: Fanshawe, roughly 8.3 mi away. Poteau (9,111 residents) has the most services, 15 mi away. Small places on the way: Wister (6.3 mi, 1,061 people) and Howe (9.1 mi, 639 people). ODWC lists these game warden numbers for the area: (918) 431-2559 (Le Flore); (918) 429-3910 (Le Flore); (580) 513-0814 (Le Flore).

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.

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