Going to start my hunting in Oklahoma this weekend and was just curious if there were any hunters from Oklahoma on this forum and what you use for deer tags? I have some ideas but not sure what would work the best or be durable enough. Thanks for any advise you could give.

Not sure what you are asking. You mean to keep them dry since they are paper? Or what?

My Oklahoma N/R Archery license doesn't have tags on it to put on the animals. What do you do about tagging one?

Unless it's changed, you have to purchase your tags separately.

Just spoke with the lady at ODWC and she told me that I needed to make my own tags with proper info and put it on the deer. How odd is that? She did say that I could use anything.

You got it answered before I could respond. Yeah on a piece of paper you just write your tag number and deer info. Also when you check it either online or at a check station they will give you a carcuse tag. That us actually what will go with the deer.

It has changed. With your NR license you get 4 deer. Two bucks and two does. Extra doe tags can be bought for $50.

Sweet lady at ODWC said 6 deer, no more tan 2 bucks. I also have turkey but don't want to spend another $152.00 to shoot 1.

Wow they must of changed it for this year again. You do know that each weapon has to have a different license. So if you gun hunt, muzzle loader, and archery. You have to have 3 license. $285 each.

I'm only bow hunting for the entire season or until the end of December so that I don't have to buy the annual license, physcal year to hunt from Jan.1 to Jan. 15. and I would have to buy my 2013 archery license. So I would be spending a crap load for licenses. I do know that I will have to wear orange while bow hunting during a open firearms season. Bites but those are the rules.

Just to the stand I think.....

I only have to wear a hat or vest but I have to have it on while hunting. I am researching this thing pretty well so that the ODWC officer doesn't wear my butt out and it ends up costing me a crap load of cash after finding a free hunting place.

Where are you going to be hunting? I will be headed up to OK soon.

Jason

Jackson Co. near the mighty Red.

On the hunter orange in OK, the first time I hunted on some private land a few years ago I showed up not wearing it and all the other guys that had invited me looked like traffic cones. I had some with me because I hunt Texas public land but I was the one that looked like a doofus. That's how them Okies roll

I'm just trying to be really careful so as not to end up on the Okie 10 most wanted list. LOL!

God, today has been so slow!!!!!! I can only imagine what tomorrow will be like before I get to leave. Me not hunting is like a junky without a fix. It has been to long! My children are all grown and gone and I thought I would have more time to do the things that I wanted to do. Man, was I wrong.

I'm hunting Push county this year. Heading out this weekend for first time. Hope the cooler weather turns them on a bit. My buddy has been hunting there this week and it's been slow. He did shoot 2 hogs though!

I lived in Okla. for a while, is that Pushmataha county? The only reason that I remember that is because my hist. teacher did this thing with counties. That one was what I would do if my mataha ran out of gas. PUSHMATAHA. Corny as crap I know but I still remember it from 35 years ago. Must have made a impression.

Yes sir! I'm hunting on my buddies place north of Hugo Lake. Getting few decent deer on camera but he's been skunked most of this week. It's still early though!

This place I am on has a lot of deer using it. In 2 trips I have about 40-50 deer combined. I can't wait for first light on Saturday.

But, once they figure out that I am there that will probably change. I'm sure they already know things are different.

When Oklahoma went to the new licensing, it was truly a great deal for the bow and crossbow hunters. For one $280 bow deer license they now allow the full state 6 deer limit to be taken under that one license both public and private land. Add $26 for conservation passport only for certain public lands. And as one already noted you can bowhunt all deer seasons from Oct 1 to Jan 15. Much better and cheeper for us than the old system of needing to buy a separate tag for every deer. They did make part of it confusing though by making the 2012 archery license good only till Jan 1, 2012 despite the fact the season is open till the 15th. So one has to have a 2013 archery license to hunt deer Jan 1 to Jan 15 2013, yet any deer taken during that time still apply to the 2012 limit.

http://www.eregulations.com/oklahoma/hunting/deer/

You may have to buy the license again for 15 days of hunting but come October 1st of 2013 you don't have to buy another one. You would be a head of the game.

Ahead only if I am still given permisson to hunt this property again in 2013. So, there in lies the delima.