Requirements
- No person shall hunt or harvest bobcat, fox, or river otter without first having procured a free permit from the Choctaw Nation Wildlife Conservation.
- Furbearer Permits may be obtained online through the Chahta Achvffa Member Portal.
Shooting Hours
One-half hour before official sunrise to official sunset.
Legal Means of Taking
Shotgun (conventional or muzzleloading), rifle (conventional or muzzleloading), handgun, archery equipment, legal raptors, hand-propelled missile, air-propelled missile and slingshot.
Hunter Orange
For hunter orange requirements, see Title 110.
Furbearers
Beaver, Nutria, Raccoon, and Striped Skunk | Year-round
- No daily, season or possession limit
- Except during deer gun seasons, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or their designated agent with written permission from the landowner or agricultural lessee may control nuisance or damage by coyotes or feral swine without a permit during the day or night, and without limitation by season regulations or bag limits, and with the use of any legal means of take, to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock or processed feed, seed, or other materials used in the production of an agricultural commodity.
Coyote | Year-round
- No daily, season or possession limit
- Except during deer gun seasons, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or their designated agent with written permission from the landowner or agricultural lessee may control nuisance or damage by coyotes or feral swine without a permit during the day or night, and without limitation by season regulations or bag limits, and with the use of any legal means of take, to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock or processed feed, seed, or other materials used in the production of an agricultural commodity.
Bobcat, Badger, Gray Fox, Red Fox, Mink, Muskrat, Opossum, River Otter and Weasel | Dec. 1 – Feb. 28
- Bobcat: No daily limit, season limit 20, possession limit 20 per license.
- Gray Fox / Red Fox: Daily combined limit 6, with no more than 2 red foxes. Season combined limit six, with no more than two red foxes.
- River Otter: No daily limit, season limit 4.
- Badger, Mink, Muskrat, Opossum, Weasel: No limit.
Mountain Lion and Swift Fox
- Mountain lion, and swift fox may not be harvested at any time, by any means, and if taken in a trap, they must be released immediately with the following exception:
- 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, a Choctaw Nation Wildlife Conservation employee must be notified immediately and the intact carcass including the hide must be presented to Choctaw Nation Wildlife Conservation within 24 hours for collection of biological information.
Red Fox
- On lands known as Indian lands within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Choctaw Nation, the Red Fox shall not be considered a chase animal, may only be pursued or harvested from the day after Thanksgiving to January 31, inclusively, and is classified as a furbearer by special permit only.
- Red Fox pelts cannot be sold commercially.
- Red Fox pelts are intended to be used for display or personal use only.
- The special permit limit is two Red Fox per permit per year.
- Violation of this provision shall be deemed a violation of furbearer regulations.
- Foot hold traps only shall be used during this special season.