Oklahoma public hunting land around Broken Bow

Broken Bow antlerless zones, elk zones and county rules

Doe limits, elk zones, fall turkey and pheasant change at county lines and road lines, which is why Broken Bow gets a county-by-county table.

Zone 10 covers McCurtain County on the antlerless deer map, which follows roads. (Zone 10; ODWC antlerless zone map.) Antlerless limits by zone: Zone 10: 1 antlerless by muzzleloader and 1 by gun. Oklahoma caps a hunter at six deer a season, two of them antlered at most, before holiday antlerless and controlled hunts. In McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain County. ODWC closes McCurtain County to fall gun turkey, along with 12 other counties. McCurtain County ducks follow Zones 1 and 2, last day January 31, 2027. No crane or jackrabbit season in McCurtain County: both are closed east of I-35. Part of McCurtain County is in the McCurtain County SSA; a deer or elk taken inside it must be processed before it leaves the area. (surveillance area map) 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 Broken Bow

Controlled hunts put drawn hunters on 6 areas near Broken Bow 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.

Broken Bow ODWC and game warden contacts

The ODWC office nearest Broken Bow is the ODWC Higgins Office in Wilburton, about 69 miles away measured to the town. The ODWC Southeast Region supervisor covering McCurtain County is Eric Suttles. McCurtain 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 McCurtain County: (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651 and (580) 513-6866. McCurtain 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.

Where Broken Bow hunters take a deer

Listings come from McCurtain County and the counties bordering it, ranked by miles from Broken Bow; big-box chain stores are left out of these lists. The closest Hunters Against Hunger processor is Weaver's Meat Market. A mount from a Broken Bow hunt can go to Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum Taxidermy Studio & Cabin Rentals in Broken Bow, in town. Ammunition and hunter orange are sold at Bruton's Outdoors in Broken Bow, in town. Pay hunts near Broken Bow start with Shoot Straight Hunting Preserve, licensed by ODWC for upland 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 Broken Bow

Inside about 30 miles, soonest first, the calendar shows 7 upcoming listings: NWTF banquet, ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Checked November 3, 2026. 6 of them are ODWC controlled hunts, open only to hunters drawn in the spring.

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Broken Bow, 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.

Broken Bow trip checklist

Before leaving Broken Bow, confirm the county and antlerless zone of the land you picked and whether it needs a Land Access Permit or a check-in.