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Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-135: Permits to control nuisance or damage by wildlife

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 29

A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is authorized to

issue permits to landowners, agricultural lessees, or their

designated agents with written permission of the landowner or

agricultural lessee and to any entity of state, county, or local

government to control nuisance or damage by any species of wildlife

including, but not limited to, beaver, coyote, deer, bobcat, raccoon

and crow under rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Commission. The permits may be issued without

limitation by statewide season regulations, bag limits or methods of

taking. A permitted landowner, agricultural lessee or a designated

agent with written permission of the landowner or agricultural

lessee may, with a valid permit issued pursuant to this section,

control the wildlife specified in this subsection and feral swine at

night to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock or

processed feed, seed or other materials used in the production of an

agricultural commodity.

B. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, the permit

to hunt at night shall be valid for a period of up to one (1) year

from the date the permit was issued.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-203.1 of this

title, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent with

written permission of the landowner and with a valid permit may use

a headlight carried on the person while hunting at night. Nothing

in this section shall authorize the use of a headlight mounted on a

vehicle or the use of a headlight from a public roadway.

D. Any person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a

violation of Section 5-203.1 or Section 5-411 of this title within

the previous three (3) years shall not be eligible to receive a

permit pursuant to this section. The permit can be issued by the

local game warden in the county for which the permit is to be used

or by the Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Wildlife

Conservation.

E. It shall be lawful for any private landowner or designated

employee of the landowner or lessee to have a chamber-loaded firearm

on property owned by the landowner, and to use the firearm for the

purpose of controlling nuisance or damage by any wildlife or feral

swine. Nothing in this section shall authorize any convicted felon

to carry a firearm.

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