Oklahoma

Distributed statewide with thriving populations in the Ouachita Mountains, Cross Timbers, and western river drainages. Mature bucks grow massive typical and non-typical racks feeding on acorns, agricultural crops, and native forbs.

Primarily found in the northwest counties and the high mesas of the Oklahoma Panhandle (Cimarron and Texas counties). They browse on sagebrush, yucca, and wheat fields around deep canyon draws.

Concentrated in the vast shortgrass prairie pastures and rolling agricultural fields of the western Panhandle, especially around Black Mesa. Known for exceptional vision and blistering speed.

Oklahoma features both Eastern wild turkeys in the dense oak-hickory forests of the southeast and abundant Rio Grande turkeys throughout the central and western riparian corridors.

Iconic native upland game bird celebrated for its explosive covey rises. Best populations occur in western Oklahoma's mixed-grass prairie, shinnery oak, and plum thicket habitats.

Thriving wild herds inhabit the rocky granite peaks of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Cookson Hills, and Pushmataha WMA. Managed under strict draw permits, mature bulls weigh up to 800 lbs.

Widespread, highly vocal predator found throughout every county in Oklahoma. Living singly or in small family packs, coyotes forage on rodents, rabbits, and carrion across rangelands and timber.

Found in brush piles, briar thickets, and field edges statewide. Providing a critical prey base for raptors and fur-bearing predators, cottontails are a popular small game species.