Hunting land and seasons near Cache, OK

Where Cache hunters can go

Rows run by nearest boundary, then by mapped-point miles; each land page carries the special regulations, contacts and zones.

With 58,227 acres, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge gives the most room near Cache. Within 25 miles there are 1 ODWC-managed area, 1 OLAP tract and 1 federal area. On Hackberry Flat WMA, ODWC allows camping for up to 16 straight days, keeps vehicles to open roads and limits target shooting to designated ranges. The area phone for hunters is (405) 823-8425. Nonresidents must check in before hunting Hackberry Flat WMA. 3 OLAP walk-in or limited access tracts sit within reach; Kiowa County OLAP walk-in H001 comes first. Waurika Lake (Corps) land open to hunting follows the Oklahoma seasons, away from parks, dams and other structures. Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge allows hunting only where the refuge designates it. On Mountain Park WMA, the Wetland Development Units are nontoxic-shot only with a 1 p.m. close.

Six nearest areas from Cache

• Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: 58,227 acres; open for waterfowl, deer, elk, turkey
• Mountain Park WMA: 5,000 acres; seasons for deer, dove, rabbit, squirrel, turkey; 2025 deer taken 37; three designated primitive camping areas are offered on the area (map PDF)
• Kiowa County OLAP walk-in H001: 230 acres; open for deer, dove, rabbit; habitat: CRP Grassland. Grazed/hayed once every 3 years
• Hackberry Flat WRP: 4,000 acres; seasons for deer, dove, quail, rabbit, squirrel; one designated primitive camping area is offered on the area (ODWC map)
• Hackberry Flat WMA: 7,566 acres; acres for non-ambulatory permits 7,075; hunted for deer, quail, squirrel, rabbit, dove; deer harvest 2025: 21; one designated primitive camping area is offered on the area (area map)
• Cotton County OLAP limited LA001: 160 acres; seasons for deer, dove, rabbit, waterfowl; cover: WRP Wetland, Ntive Range

Lands from ODWC area pages, Public Hunting Areas special regulations and the OLAP layer, USFWS, USFS, NPS, Corps and installation records (lands.json; each land page cites its own source); 2025 deer harvest by area from the ODWC 2025-26 big game harvest report. Boundary miles from places.json, other miles to each mapped point. Area rules from the Department-Managed Area Rules. Checked November 3, 2026.

What changes at the county line near Cache

Oklahoma draws antlerless deer zones along roads, so public land near Cache can sit in another zone or county; every county with nearby land gets a row.

Antlerless deer in Comanche County follow Zone 8; zone lines are drawn along roads, so look at the map near the edge. (Zone 8; antlerless deer zone map.) The zone sets the doe count: Zone 8: 4 antlerless by muzzleloader and 4 by gun. The six-deer combined limit (two antlered) leaves holiday antlerless and controlled-hunt deer outside the count. Youth gun days fall on October 16 to October 18, before the muzzleloader opener on October 24. Comanche County lies in the Special Southwest Zone for elk, open on private land with written landowner permission (no zone quota in the Special Southwest Zone). (Special Southwest Zone.) In the Special Southwest Zone a legal bull needs five or more points on at least one antler, and its own dates replace the open-zone ones. Comanche County keeps a fall gun turkey season this year, October 31 to November 20. Duck season near Cache uses the Zones 1 and 2 calendar, opening November 14, 2026. West of I-35 rules reach Comanche County: cranes and jackrabbits may be hunted. Bait rules: none on ODWC areas, none near turkey hunting, and federal migratory bird baiting rules for ducks and doves.

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.

Cache controlled hunt areas

From Cache, the closest controlled-hunt ground is Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 9.4 mi out. Missed it? The 2026 controlled hunt deadline was May 20, 2026. Half of elk and pronghorn permits go to applicants with 20 or more preference points, the other half to everyone.

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.

Dates a short trip from Cache

The 30-mile radius around Cache catches 4 upcoming listings; the kinds are ODWC controlled hunt, ODWC youth draw and RMEF chapter banquet. Entry to the 3 controlled hunts came through the spring draw on Go Outdoors Oklahoma.

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Cache legal shooting light

Quail and pheasant hours are sunrise to sunset, shorter than the big game window, and OLAP walk-in land closes to them at 4:30 p.m.

Turkey hours end at sunset in fall and spring.

Hours rules from the ODWC big game regulations and the 2026-2027 Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Regulations; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Central Time); checked November 3, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Asked about Cache

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.

Cache trip checklist

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