Oklahoma public hunting land around Lebanon

Where Lebanon hunters can go

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.

With 16,136 acres, Tishomingo NWR gives the most room near Lebanon. By kind, the 25-mile ring holds 6 ODWC-managed areas, 2 OLAP tracts, 1 federal area and 1 lake or park area. Hickory Creek 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. The area phone for hunters is (405) 823-9038. If you live outside Oklahoma, check in before you hunt Hickory Creek WMA. The nearest walk-in tract to Lebanon is Johnston County OLAP walk-in H004, listed as grassland, Forest, Wetland. For Lake Texoma (Corps), check the Tulsa District hunting map with the project office before going, since this guide could not read it. Tishomingo NWR adds federal conditions to the state seasons; get its hunt brochure where one is required. Wetland Development Units at Love Valley WMA end waterfowl shooting at 1 p.m.

Lebanon nearby lands at a glance

• Hickory Creek WMA: 7,363 acres; non-ambulatory acres 118; listed game: deer, dove, waterfowl, turkey, quail; deer checked in 2025: 35 (ODWC map)
• Love Valley WMA: 7,746 acres; non-ambulatory acres 77; hunted for deer, dove, turkey, quail, rabbit; deer in 2025: 86 (area map PDF)
• Fobb Bottom WMA: 2,205 acres; non-ambulatory acres 696; listed game: deer, dove, waterfowl, turkey, quail; in designated areas only (area map)
• Texoma-Washita Arm WMA: 13,286 acres; motor-vehicle access acres 229; species: deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl, quail; 2025 deer taken 40; hunter and angler camping is allowed in two designated primitive camping areas offered on Texoma/Washita Arm WMA (ODWC area map)
• Tishomingo NWR: 16,136 acres; listed game: deer, turkey, feral hog; deer checked in 2025: 41

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.

Lebanon deer harvest by season

Hunters checked 493 deer in Marshall County in the 2025-26 season, not counting WMA deer, which ODWC reports separately. The 2024 harvest was 431 (up 14% since). Archery took 34% of the 2025 county harvest, gun 60%. Among ODWC-managed areas near Lebanon, Cross Timbers WMA led 2025 with 170 deer. 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 Lebanon

Draw hunts near Lebanon start with Lake Texoma (Corps), 18 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.

Lebanon area hunts, dinners and trials

Kinds inside the 30-mile circle: DU chapter dinner, ODWC controlled hunt and ODWC youth draw. Total: 8 upcoming listings. Only drawn permit holders take part in the 7 controlled hunts listed.

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ODWC offices and game wardens for Lebanon

For a counter visit, the closest ODWC office to Lebanon is in Caddo, 35 miles off. For the ODWC Central Region, the listed supervisor is Jeff Pennington, reached at (405) 650-0149. For violations near Lebanon, the District 4 captain is Tom Cartwright at (580) 320-2955. County game wardens for Marshall County answer at (580) 320-2959 and (580) 320-2951. Marshall 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.

Lebanon 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 Lebanon

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