Oklahoma public hunting land around Clayton

Clayton public areas by distance

The access column says what it takes to hunt each place: the Department-Managed Area Rules, a Land Access Permit, an online check-in, refuge hunt units or a Corps hunting area.

Acreage leader within 25 miles of Clayton: Ouachita WMA, 354,559 acres. By kind, the 25-mile ring holds 9 ODWC-managed areas, 1 OLAP tract, 1 federal area and 6 lake or park areas. Pushmataha WMA runs under the Department-Managed Area Rules: no baiting, portable stands only and taken down within 14 days, gear marked with your ODWC customer ID. Call (580) 320-3177 for area conditions. If you live outside Oklahoma, check in before you hunt Pushmataha WMA. ODWC lists Honobia Creek WMA among the areas that need a Land Access Permit. For Sardis Lake (Corps), check the Tulsa District hunting map with the project office before going, since this guide could not read it. Expect WMA dates and federal forest rules together on Ouachita National Forest. Hugo WRP is a waterfowl refuge portion: closed mid-October through January to everyone without a hunt permit. Wetland Development Units at Hugo WRP end waterfowl shooting at 1 p.m.

Clayton nearby lands at a glance

• Pushmataha WMA: 19,247 acres; motor-vehicle access acres 466; hunted for black bear, dove, turkey, deer, quail; 2025 deer taken 74 (map PDF)
• Lake Nanih Waiya (Dept. lake): 199 acres
• Honobia Creek WMA: 78,998 acres; listed game: black bear, deer, dove, turkey, quail; no designated camping areas exist, but primitive camping is allowed no more than 50 yards from an open road on Honobia (area map)
• Gary Sherrer WMA: 1,280 acres; species: deer, black bear, dove, turkey, quail; there is a designated camping area at the entrance of the area (ODWC area map)
• Yourman WMA: 2,860 acres; non-ambulatory hunting acres 2,435; listed game: black bear, deer, dove, turkey, quail; deer checked in 2025: 19; there is a pavilion on the northern entrance of the area and camping is allowed only in this area (area map PDF)

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.

Clayton deer harvest by season

Hunters checked 2,049 deer in Pushmataha County in the 2025-26 season, not counting WMA deer, which ODWC reports separately. The 2024 harvest was 2,451 (down 16% since). Archery took 29% of the 2025 county harvest, gun 51%. Among ODWC-managed areas near Clayton, Three Rivers WMA led 2025 with 305 deer. Other big game checked in Pushmataha County in 2025: 9 black bear. The 2025 Game Harvest Survey puts spring turkey at 11,232 statewide; ODWC gives no county split.

County deer harvest from the ODWC big game reports (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025); area harvest and 2025 elk, bear, mule deer and pronghorn from the 2025-26 big game harvest report; turkey from the ODWC Game Harvest Survey. Checked November 3, 2026.

Drawn hunts around Clayton

Draw hunts near Clayton start with Pushmataha WMA, 5.2 mi away. The 2026 draw window ran April 1 through May 20, 2026; elk and pronghorn are once in a lifetime. Youth categories take hunters 15 or younger on the first day of the hunt.

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.

Clayton area hunts, dinners and trials

Kinds inside the 30-mile circle: ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Total: 2 upcoming listings. Only drawn permit holders take part in the 2 controlled hunts listed.

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ODWC offices and game wardens for Clayton

The ODWC office nearest Clayton is the ODWC Higgins Office in Wilburton, about 23 miles away measured to the town. For the ODWC Southeast Region, the listed supervisor is Eric Suttles, reached at (580) 421-7226. For violations near Clayton, the District 3 captain is Todd Tobey at (580) 513-2305. County game wardens for Pushmataha County answer at (580) 271-0808 and (580) 513-5014. Pushmataha County sits 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.

Clayton hunting FAQ

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.

Before leaving Clayton

Distances here are straight lines from Clayton; every WMA, OLAP tract and federal area has its own rules, so read the land page and the 2026-27 regulations before going.