Swift fox in Oklahoma: protected, no 2026-27 season

Swift Fox: the rules in full

The Oklahoma rules on swift foxes sit in the lists below, with the related closed species.

• Furbearers (29 O.S. § 2-111): beaver, badger, bobcat, fox, mink, muskrat, opossum, otter, raccoon, skunk and weasel. Nutria are listed with beaver/raccoon/striped skunk as year-round; swift fox, spotted skunk and ringtail are closed.

From Oklahoma Statutes Title 29, checked November 3, 2026.

Oklahoma protected wildlife list (swift fox)

Oklahoma's protected wildlife, as the law lists it next to swift foxes.

• Mountain lion: No hunting season; may be killed only when depredating or as an immediate safety hazard; report immediately and present the carcass within 24 hours.
• Bear cubs, sows with cubs, collared bears, denned bears: Shooting cubs or females with cubs, shooting a collared bear, pursuing denned bears or pursuing bears with dogs is prohibited.
• Antlerless mule deer (firearm seasons): Harvest of antlerless mule deer prohibited in youth gun, muzzleloader, deer gun and holiday antlerless seasons.
• Non-bearded turkeys (spring): Harvest of non-bearded turkeys prohibited in spring.
• Migratory nongame birds (hawks, owls, eagles, songbirds, all birds except resident game birds, house sparrows and starlings): Protected by federal and state law; 29 O.S. § 5-410 covers hawks, falcons, owls and eagles.
• Endangered and threatened species: Mammals: gray bat, northern long-eared bat, Ozark big-eared bat, Indiana bat. Birds: whooping crane, piping plover, eastern black rail, red knot, red-cockaded woodpecker. Fish: Ozark cavefish, leopard darter, Neosho madtom, blackside darter, longnose darter, Arkansas River shiner. Invertebrates: winged mapleleaf, scaleshell, Ouachita rock pocketbook, rabbitsfoot and Neosho mucket mussels, Oklahoma cave crayfish, American burying beetle, western fanshell. Plants: geocarpon minimum, harperella. Taking requires the Director's written permission (29 O.S. § 5-412).
• Closed reptiles: Texas horned lizard, eastern side-blotched lizard, checkered whiptail, American alligator (possession unlawful), western chicken turtle, northern map turtle, wandering gartersnake, gulf swampsnake, alligator snapping turtle, common lesser earless lizard, round-tailed horned lizard, western mudsnake.
• Closed salamanders: Sequoyah, Kiamichi and western slimy salamanders, Rich Mountain, Ozark zigzag, four-toed, grotto, Oklahoma, cave, mole, ringed and Ouachita dusky salamanders and three-toed amphiuma.
• Nests and eggs of game birds: Taking or destroying nests or eggs of game birds is regulated by 29 O.S. § 5-207.
• Bighorn sheep, moose: Listed in 29 O.S. § 5-411; no Oklahoma season.

From the ODWC general hunting regulations and the ODWC reptile and amphibian regulations, checked November 3, 2026.

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