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State guide
When to catch Oklahomathrough the year
We follow 3 places in Oklahoma for winter wildlife and wildlife by season: winter at Salt Plains Refuge and Sequoyah Refuge and spring at Sequoyah Refuge. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Fall in Oklahoma
Good in fall
- Salt Plains RefugeSandhill cranes, October through April
- Salt Plains RefugeWhooping cranes, October through early November
- Salt Plains RefugeSelenite crystal digging and fishing trails open, April 1 to October 15
- Sequoyah RefugeWaterfowl at their highest numbers, November through January
- Sequoyah RefugeSnow goose flocks of up to 20,000, the largest in Oklahoma
- Sequoyah RefugeBald eagles
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Winter in Oklahoma
- PHASE · WINTER WILDLIFEOctober through April, then 2 moreSalt Plains Refuge · Oklahoma
- SEASON · WINTER WILDLIFENovember through JanuarySequoyah Refuge · Oklahoma
- SEASON · WINTER WILDLIFENovember to early MarchTishomingo Refuge · Oklahoma
Good in winter
- Salt Plains RefugeGolden and bald eagles, January through February
- Salt Plains RefugeSandhill cranes, October through April
- Sequoyah RefugeWaterfowl at their highest numbers, November through January
- Sequoyah RefugeSnow goose flocks of up to 20,000, the largest in Oklahoma
- Sequoyah RefugeBald eagles
- Sequoyah RefugeYear-round: white-tailed deer, armadillos, raccoons, coyotes and rabbits
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Spring in Oklahoma
Good in spring
- Salt Plains RefugeSandhill cranes, October through April
- Salt Plains RefugeWhooping cranes again in late March
- Salt Plains RefugeSelenite crystal digging and fishing trails open, April 1 to October 15
- Sequoyah RefugeSongbirds
- Sequoyah RefugeTurtles and frogs, March through September
- Sequoyah RefugeYear-round: white-tailed deer, armadillos, raccoons, coyotes and rabbits
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Summer in Oklahoma
Good in summer
- Salt Plains RefugeSelenite crystal digging and fishing trails open, April 1 to October 15
- Sequoyah RefugeSongbirds
- Sequoyah RefugeTurtles and frogs, March through September
- Sequoyah RefugeYear-round: white-tailed deer, armadillos, raccoons, coyotes and rabbits
- Tishomingo RefugeRefuge fields: grasses and wildflowers cover them by March; butterflies and birds feed and breed there through July
- Tishomingo RefugeCraven Nature Trail (accessible, 0.5-mile loop): open year round
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Places in Oklahoma
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Spring
- Winter
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a Oklahoma trip
Towns to stay in
Sources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · checked Sep 29 · How we know