What are the laws for hunting fox in Oklahoma? This article covers many of the fundamental laws you will need to know to get started. It also provides information such as seasons, harvest limits, and required permits for bobcat hunting in Oklahoma. It is not a legal document and is not intended to cover all hunting laws and regulations.
The red and gray fox hunting season runs annually from December 1st to February 28th in Oklahoma. Residents must possess a Resident Hunting License and a Resident Fur License. Daily combined limit two, with no more than one red fox. Season combined limit six, with no more than two red foxes.
Nonresidents must have a Nonresident Hunting License and a Nonresident Fur License.
Purchase an Oklahoma hunting license here.
Check out all the Oklahoma Hunting Seasons.
First time hunting fox? Check out these articles:
Read: How to call in a fox.
Read: How to use tracks and scat to hunt a fox.
Related: Read the laws for hunting coyotes in Oklahoma.
Related: Read the laws for hunting bobcats in Oklahoma.
General rules for hunting fox in Oklahoma.
Can you use decoys and electronic callers while fox hunting in Oklahoma?
Electronic calls or electronically activated calls may be used.
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Amazon sells a variety of predator hunting decoys here.
If you are unfamiliar with mouth and hand calls, here’s two articles with instructional videos that will help you learn to use them.
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Need more land to hunt? Read here to discover 8 ways to get permission to hunt private property.
Is hunting fox in Oklahoma legal with a suppressor?
Silencers are legal in Oklahoma. Hunting? Silencers are legal for hunting both game and non-game animals in Oklahoma.
Can you hunt fox at night in Oklahoma?
No, night hunting is not permitted for fox. Coyote hunters can get a night hunting permit.
Fox hunting in Oklahoma: Taking of wildlife.
No person, including but not limited to persons licensed for commercial hunting or wildlife breeders, may hunt, chase, capture, shoot, shoot at, wound, attempt to take or take, attempt to kill or kill, slaughter, or use any trap, net, snare, cage, pitfall, baited hook or similar device, drug, poison, narcotic, explosive or similar substance, swivel or punt gun of greater caliber than ten (10) gauge, or any device which generates electricity on an antelope, moose, whitetail or mule deer, bear, elk, mountain lion, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, wild turkey, or any subspecies except as otherwise provided by statute or commission rule.
Weapons transportation when hunting fox in Oklahoma.
Transportation of Firearms, Bows & Crossbows
Except as otherwise provided, no person may transport a loaded firearm in a land or water motor vehicle. No bow may be transported at full or partial draw in a motorized vehicle.
Muzzleloaders may be transported with a loaded powder charge and bullet as long as the gun is uncapped or battery is disconnected.
Crossbows may not be transported in a motorized vehicle unless uncocked or disassembled.
Use of Fire
No person shall concentrate, drive, molest, hunt, take, capture, kill, or attempt to take any wildlife by aid of any fire or smoke whether man-made or natural.
Wanton Waste
No person may capture, kill or destroy any wildlife protected by law and remove the head, claws, teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such parts from the carcass with the intent to abandon the carcass. No person may kill any wildlife protected by law and abandon the carcass without disposing of the carcass in the most appropriate manner. No person may dump the carcass of any dead animal in any well, spring, pond, or stream of water or leave it within 1/4 mile of any occupied dwelling or public highway without burying the carcass in an appropriate manner where it will not become exposed through erosion of the soil or where such land is subject to overflow. Penalties and fines have been increased for anyone convicted of improperly disposing of wildlife.
Public Lands
Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult public hunting lands special regulations.
Hunter Orange
For hunter orange requirements, see Big Game Regulations.
Fox hunting in Oklahoma: Sale of carcasses.
Skinned carcasses or parts of legally acquired furbearing animals and coyotes (excluding the hide/pelt/fur) may be purchased, bartered, traded, sold or offered for sale.
Fox hunting in Oklahoma: Buying or selling furs.
Buying/Selling of Furs
Persons buying fur in Oklahoma must possess a current Fur Dealers License. Rules and regulations for purchasing fur in Oklahoma can be given upon request from the Furbearer Biologist. Persons taking pelts during the season shall have 10 working days after the close of the season to sell or dispose of the pelts or notify the Department in writing of intent to hold pelts after the 10-day deadline. All pelts held after the 10-day deadline must be inventoried on a form provided by an authorized Department employee. All bobcats and river otters must have a permanent tag affixed for the current year, prior to being held for later sale.
Possession of Carcasses or Hides
It shall be illegal to possess live animals, carcasses or raw furs of ringtail, spotted skunk or swift fox unless it can be proven that each carcass or hide was taken legally outside of Oklahoma. Proof of legality or origin for carcasses or green hides shall be a tag or other marking or device attached to or imprinted on each and every hide in such a way that it cannot be removed intact. The tag or marking must be the official method used by the issuing agency. If an identification is not required by the issuing agency, a hunting or trapping license appropriate to the species taken is required as proof.
Tagging Hints
All bobcats and otters are usually tagged with a plastic tag looped under the skin from the eye to the mouth. If you choose to freeze your bobcat or otter whole prior to tagging, it is best to open a 1/2-inch wide slot under the skin from the eye to the gum line with a knife or sharp screwdriver and install some sort of spacer that can be removed later to allow tagging once the bobcat or otter is frozen. Taking these few simple steps will allow the spacer to be removed and the tag attached in the proper location without having to thaw the bobcat or otter. Otherwise, partially thaw the carcass before taking it to be tagged.
Handling of property destroying fox in Oklahoma.
Exemptions from Regulations:
Nothing in this regulation prevents the killing of furbearers actually found destroying livestock or poultry. In addition, nothing in this regulation prevents the running or chasing of coyote, bobcat, fox or raccoon with dogs for sport only, except on those public lands where such activity is prohibited. Bobcats and foxes taken with this exemption cannot be removed from the property. Only furbearers taken within season and with a fur license may be sold or removed from property.