This bill establishes a new regulation concerning the hunting of whitetail deer in Oklahoma. It mandates that individuals licensed to hunt and harvest whitetail deer are limited to bagging or possessing no more than one antlered whitetail deer per year. However, this limitation does not apply to those hunting in designated commercial hunting areas, which are exempt from this regulation.
The new law will be codified as Section 5-401.1 of Title 29 in the Oklahoma Statutes and is set to take effect on November 1, 2025. This legislative change aims to manage and conserve the whitetail deer population in the state while allowing for certain exceptions in commercial hunting contexts.