SECTION 800:25-29-2. Qualifications and procedures

  The following are the qualifications and procedures for participating in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP):

(1)   Minimum acreage. The minimum acreage is 1000 acres, although all reasonable requests will be evaluated. Applicants with less than 1000 acres will be allowed to form a cooperative with adjacent landowners to meet the minimum requirements.

(2)   Application procedure. Landowners wishing to enroll lands in DMAP will submit to the Department an application on forms provided by the Department by May 15 annually. The application will include a complete legal description of the property to be enrolled. Following review in Oklahoma City, applications will be forwarded to appropriate ODWC personnel for an on site inspection. Following inspection, if deer harvest objectives can be met with the current number of antlerless hunting days available, the request will be denied and the application fee refunded. If not, the recommended number of tags needed will be determined and the applicant will be notified of approval by September 1st.

(3)   Season length. Deer seasons on properties enrolled in DMAP shall be concurrent with the deer archery, primitive firearms season (with only equipment defined under legal means of take for such seasons), deer gun season and extending through the entire month of December and any special antlerless deer gun season regardless of zone.

[Source: Added at 9 Ok Reg 1291, eff 11-15-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 3075, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 15, eff 8-20-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1643, eff 5-31-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1801, eff 6-1-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2216, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2471, eff 7-1-07]