Oklahoma public hunting land around Adamson

Adamson antlerless zones, elk zones and county rules

Deer dates are the same statewide; what changes from county to county around Adamson is how many does you may take and which other seasons are open.

Pittsburg County is split between antlerless zones (Zone 10 about 71%, Zone 5 about 28% of the county by GIS), along roads rather than the county line. (Zone 10, Zone 5; ODWC antlerless zone map.) Antlerless limits by zone: Zone 10: 1 antlerless by muzzleloader and 1 by gun; Zone 5: 2 antlerless by muzzleloader and 2 by gun. Oklahoma caps a hunter at six deer a season, two of them antlered at most, before holiday antlerless and controlled hunts. In Pittsburg County, gun deer season runs November 21 through December 6, 2026, after the muzzleloader dates of October 24 to November 1. The Southeast Zone (Private lands south of I-40 and east of I-35 (Carter/Murray east of I-35 are the Special Southeast Zone)) takes in Pittsburg County, with a zone quota of 5; public elk hunting comes only through controlled hunts. (Southeast Zone.) The bear area described as "Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties; McIntosh, Muskogee and Sequoyah south of I-40; Atoka, Bryan, McIntosh and Pittsburg east of US 69" includes Pittsburg County. ODWC closes Pittsburg County to fall gun turkey, along with 12 other counties. Pittsburg County ducks follow Zones 1 and 2, last day January 31, 2027. No crane or jackrabbit season in Pittsburg County: both are closed east of I-35. Baiting is banned on land owned or managed by ODWC, and turkeys may not be hunted within 100 yards of bait; the regulations read set no statewide private-land deer bait ban.

Zones from the ODWC antlerless deer zone map (county shares are a GIS overlay; the legal line is the road), ODWC elk zones, the bear area, fall turkey counties, the pheasant area, waterfowl zones, the crane area and the CWD surveillance areas; limits and baiting from the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations and ODWC turkey regulations. Checked November 3, 2026.

Permit hunts close to Adamson

Controlled hunts put drawn hunters on 6 areas near Adamson in 2025. The 2026 controlled hunt application window closed May 20, 2026. The minimum age is 14 on most hunts, 12 at a few areas and 18 at Wichita Mountains refuge.

2025 controlled hunt results per area from the ODWC controlled hunts results (lands.json, controlled_hunts_2025); rules and dates from the ODWC controlled hunts page. Checked November 3, 2026.

Adamson ODWC and game warden contacts

Closest ODWC office: ODWC Higgins Office, roughly 14 miles from Adamson; call (918) 297-0150 before driving over. The ODWC Southeast Region supervisor covering Pittsburg County is Eric Suttles. Pittsburg County falls in game warden District 3; the district captain is Todd Tobey, (580) 513-2305. ODWC area pages list these game warden phones for Pittsburg County: (918) 470-5097 and (918) 429-3908. Pittsburg County votes in Wildlife Conservation Commission District 3.

Offices from the ODWC offices list, game warden districts and captains from the ODWC game warden directory, region supervisors from the ODWC administrative boundaries layer, county warden phones from ODWC area pages (counties.json, services.json, lands.json). Offices without a geocoded address are measured to their town. Checked November 3, 2026.

Hunting businesses around Adamson

Counts run to 15 and 35 miles from Adamson, and the nearest few businesses of each trade follow below. Kay's Meat Processing (13 mi) takes donated deer for Hunters Against Hunger. A mount from an Adamson hunt can go to Glenn's Taxidermy in Mcalester, 8.9 mi away. Ammunition and hunter orange are sold at Six Feet Under Gunshop in Hartshorne, 5.5 mi away. Pay hunts near Adamson start with Bear Mountain Ranch (Charles R. Mccollum), licensed by ODWC for big game.

Processing shops

Mount makers

Outdoor stores

Preserves

Processors from the ODWC game processor list (Hunters Against Hunger column) and Yellow Pages; commercial hunting areas from the ODWC commercial hunt area list; taxidermists and shops from Yellow Pages and chain store locators (services.json). Listings without coordinates are placed at their town. Checked November 3, 2026; hours were not checked.

What the calendar shows near Adamson

Inside about 30 miles, soonest first, the calendar shows 7 upcoming listings: ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Checked November 3, 2026. 7 of them are ODWC controlled hunts, open only to hunters drawn in the spring.

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Adamson, answered

Answers from places.json, lands.json, counties.json, services.json and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations; reporting from ODWC, hunter orange from the ODWC big game regulations, baiting from ODWC, Sunday hunting from ODWC seasons, the Land Access Permit from the ODWC license fees, CWD from ODWC. Checked November 3, 2026.

Leaving Adamson to hunt

Orange during firearm seasons, a field tag on the animal and E-Check within 24 hours keep an Oklahoma big game hunt legal.