OK Controlled Hunts

[OkieJoe]

Just applied for Elk and Antelope this evening. First time to apply. Gotta start sometime I guess

Good luck, but I’m going to be pissed if you get drawn the first time applying.

 

[rockchalk06]

Good luck, but I’m going to be pissed if you get drawn the first time applying.

One of my hunting buddies convinced me last night to do it and said the same thing but with more violence

 

[AER244]

@rockchalk06 did you apply for doe/cow tags too, or just either sex? The drawing odds are way better for doe/cow but I’ve always only applied for either sex tags.

 

[Kwaynem]

Good luck, but I’m going to be pissed if you get drawn the first time applying.

The year I drew a cow tag there were five first time applicants that drew bull tags

 

[rockchalk06]

@rockchalk06 did you apply for doe/cow tags too, or just either sex? The drawing odds are way better for doe/cow but I’ve always only applied for either sex tags.

1 either sex and 2 cow tags. While I'd love to take a Bull, I could fill a shit ton of freezer space with a cow.

 

[rockchalk06]

Should know on the 10th

 

[BobbyV]

Does the city of Lawton still do their own elk draw?

 

[JEVapa]

Does the city of Lawton still do their own elk draw?

As far as I know, it’s done through the wildlife department. I don’t think Lawton has any authority to conduct a draw hunt, but I might be mistaken. I do know you have to get a permit to fish/hunt on Lawton property like Ellsworth or Lawtonka.

 

[BobbyV]

As far as I know, it’s done through the wildlife department. I don’t think Lawton has any authority to conduct a draw hunt, but I might be mistaken. I do know you have to get a permit to fish/hunt on Lawton property like Ellsworth or Lawtonka.

Here is what I was referring to.

https://www.lawtonok.gov/Home/Components/News/News/703/15

 

[JEVapa]

I never saw anything like that before. Sounds like a lawton city gov scam. I didn't know they had authority to sell hunts. Guarantee that's for that little stretch between Lake Lawtonka and the Refuge where elk escape.

 

[BobbyV]

I never saw anything like that before. Sounds like a lawton city gov scam. I didn't know they had authority to sell hunts. Guarantee that's for that little stretch between Lake Lawtonka and the Refuge where elk escape.

I have no idea . . . it's been happening for years from what I've heard.

1400 acres is what the application says.

 

[AER244]

It’s a fairly well kept secret I think. Stephens and Comanche county folks with a beer or two in them are the only ones I’ve ever heard talk about it. More attention = more apps = less chance of being drawn.

 

[BobbyV]

It’s a fairly well kept secret I think. Stephens and Comanche county folks with a beer or two in them are the only ones I’ve ever heard talk about it. More attention = more apps = less chance of being drawn.

Yep. I've applied once or twice. They only pick a total of 10 hunters split between two different hunts with 5 hunters each.

 

[AER244]

If any of you fellas want to apply for controlled hunts as a family, that application period is open now

 

[AER244]

Preference points have been updated. It won’t show you what hunt you got, but will show if you’ve been successful. It looks like I got a deer hunt!

 

[rockchalk06]

Negative on both for me.

 

[OkieJoe]

I have no idea . . . it's been happening for years from what I've heard.

1400 acres is what the application says.

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It’s a legit thing, but I don’t when you can submit an application. The city of Lawton has made a ton of changes within the last year on all kinds of recreational permits and licenses, and most of the employees don’t know what’s going on. Trying to get an annual boat permit has become a major PITA.

The hunting area has a good elk population, and it would be worth it to apply.

 

[BobbyV]

Didn't get drawn on any of the elk hunts I applied for . . .