SB2171

Oklahoma SB2171 updates hunting and fishing license fees, introduces a velvet buck controlled hunt, and sets related rules.

Oklahoma SB2171 amends hunting and fishing license fees, introducing a new senior citizen lifetime fishing license and updating the term of residency required for certain licenses. It also authorizes a controlled hunt for velvet bucks, defined as deer with velvet antlers, to be conducted by archery only. The hunt is limited to nine days and can be canceled by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission for reasons such as disease, weather, deer population, and herd health. The Commission sets velvet buck tags, rewarding 90% to resident hunters.