SECTION 800:25-7-60. Dates and legal furbearers

  The following dates apply to the taking of legal furbearers:

(1)   Dates and legal furbearers. The dates for the taking of furbearers shall be the first day of December to the last day of February [Title 29 O.S., Section 5-405] and those legal furbearers are as follows: Badger, bobcat, gray fox, mink, muskrat, opossum, red fox, river otter and weasel.

(2)   Open year-round. The season for taking raccoon, beaver, striped skunk, nutria and coyote is open year-round. Taking of mountain lion is allowed when the mountain lion is committing or about to commit depredation on any domesticated animal, or when acting in a manner as to constitute an immediate safety hazard. In the event a mountain lion is taken, an ODWC employee must be notified immediately and the intact carcass including the hide must be presented to ODWC within 24 hours for collection of biological information.

[Source: Amended at 8 Ok Reg 2425, eff 6-13-91; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4289, eff 7-25-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3238, eff 7-25-97; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1446, eff 6-1-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1583, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2471, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2060, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 695, eff 6-1-11; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1077, eff 7-25-19]