Combined Season Limit
- Six–no more than two may be antlered.
- This includes deer archery, youth deer gun, deer muzzleloader, and deer gun seasons.
- Deer taken during Jan. 1-15, 2024, count toward the 2023 combined season limit.
Antlered Deer Definition
Any deer, regardless of sex, with at least three inches of antler length above the natural hairline on either side.
Archery | Oct. 1 – Jan. 15
Deer, limit six (6), no more than two (2) per person may be antlered, may be harvested nationwide with a legal bow and legal arrow, in the fall between October 1 and January 15, inclusively, one half hour before official sunrise to one half hour after official sunset. All deer taken during the deer archery season count toward the hunter’s combined season limit of six (6) deer.
Youth Gun | Oct. 20-22
- All Choctaw youth under 18 years of age with a valid Choctaw Nation membership card are eligible to participate in a youth hunt in accordance with this subsection (17.F). All participants, while hunting, are required to be accompanied by an adult (18 years or older). The adult shall not hunt, except that the adult may archery hunt in accordance with this code while accompanying the youth hunter. The adult hunter accompanying the youth hunter shall not possess any rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
- Bag Limit. Two (2) deer, which may include no more than one (1) antlered deer. The deer harvested by the youth during the youth hunt count towards the combined season limit of six (6) deer.
Muzzleloader | Oct. 28 – Nov. 5
Deer, limit two (2), no more than one (1) may be antlered per person, may be harvested nationwide with a muzzleloader, in the fall between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5, inclusively, one half hour before official sunrise to one half hour after official sunset. Harvest of antlerless mule deer is prohibited. All deer taken during the deer muzzleloader season count toward the hunter’s combined season limit of six (6) deer.
Gun | Nov. 18 – Dec. 3
Deer, limit two (2), no more than one (1) may be antlered per person, may be harvested nationwide with a muzzleloader, in the fall between Nov. 18 and Dec. 3, inclusively, one half hour before official sunrise to one half hour after official sunset. Harvest of antlerless mule deer is prohibited. All deer taken during the deer rifle season count toward the hunter’s combined season limit of six (6) deer.
Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun | Dec. 18-31
- Bag Limit. The bag limit shall be two (2) antlerless deer.
- Legal Means of Taking. All rifles (conventional or muzzleloader), handguns, shotguns, or bows legal during the deer gun season shall also be legal during the holiday deer antlerless season.
- Deer taken during the holiday deer antlerless season shall not count towards the season limit of six (6).