Okla. Admin. Code § 800:30-1-5

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 800:30-1-5 - Vehicles

(a) Except as otherwise provided, all motorized vehicles are required to stay on roads designated as open for public or hunter use. There are no exceptions for motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles, snowmobiles or all terrain vehicles. Travel on roads which are gated and locked or designated as closed is prohibited, unless otherwise specified in annual regulations for nonambulatory persons holding valid permits.

(b) Vehicles registered as legal to operate on Oklahoma public roadways may be used on roads delineated as open to the public or parked on lands owned or managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, except on specified areas designated for off-road use; unless otherwise provided for nonambulatory persons holding valid permits. All vehicles used by nonambulatory permittees must conspicuously display a sticker designating the vehicle is being used by a nonambulatory permittee and motor vehicle permittees must conspicuously display a sticker designating the vehicle is being used by a motor vehicle hunt permittee.Except as otherwise provided, use of all terrain vehicles (ATV), Off-Highway vehicles (OHV), Off Road Vehicles (ORV), Utility Vehicles (UTV), and off-road motorcycles, is prohibited on all roads on lands owned or managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife except those roads maintained by county commissioners.

(c) Maximum speed limit shall be 25 mph unless otherwise posted.

(d) Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the Ouachita WMA shall be the same as U.S. Forest Service rules and regulations for the Ouachita National Forest.

(e) Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the Black Kettle and Rita Blanca WMAs shall be the same as U.S. Forest Service rules and regulations for the Cibola National Forest.

(f) It shall be unlawful to operate an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or off-road vehicle (ORV) on the Three Rivers WMA and Honobia Creek WMA except under the following restrictions:

(1) During any open deer season.

(2) Any deer hunter licensed in Oklahoma, unless otherwise exempt.

(3) Any hunter while operating an ATV/ORV shall comply with daylight fluorescent orange head and chest covering as required for hunting deer gun seasons. If a crash helmet is worn, only the fluorescent orange chest covering is required.

(4) ATV/ORV use is restricted to WMA roads that are delineated on the current Three Rivers WMA map and Honobia Creek WMA map unless otherwise closed.

(5) ATV/ORV use shall be restricted to a maximum speed of 25 mph.

(6) Operator and/or passenger under the age of 18 shall wear a crash helmet of a type which complies with standards established by C.F.R., Section 571.218.

(7) No operator of an ATV/ORV shall carry a passenger unless that ATV/ORV has been specifically designed by the manufacturer to carry passengers in addition to the operator.

(8) Leaving any ATV/ORV, treestand, or game camera unattended on the Three Rivers and Honobia Creek WMA's without the owner's name and address affixed thereto in a conspicuous manner is prohibited.

(9) Use of ATV/ORV off of delineated roads for retrieval of lawfully taken deer shall be permissible only with the following restrictions:

(A) ATV/ORV's shall not travel more than 1/2 mile from the nearest road.

(B) ATV/ORV's shall not cross rivers and streams unless on a road with constructed stream crossing structures.

(C) ATV/ORV's used for deer retrieval shall not be used in areas otherwise closed to the use of motor vehicles (walk-in only hunting areas, etc.)

(g) It is unlawful for any person to hunt, chase, capture, shoot, attempt to shoot, wound or kill any wildlife from a motor driven vehicle on any Department managed areas, except as provided for persons holding a nonambulatory motor vehicle hunting permit.

(h) It is unlawful for any person to transport a loaded firearm on any Department managed area. No crossbow may be transported in a motor vehicle unless uncocked or disassembled. No bow that is at full or partial draw may be transported in a motorized vehicle. In addition, no person may take, catch, capture, kill or pursue wildlife or otherwise attempt to use for any purpose a vehicle mounted spotlight or other powerful light at night for any purpose on Department managed lands, except as otherwise provided for hunting of furbearers and predators, taking of frogs, or for navigational purposes while in a water conveyance.

(i) Grassy Slough WMA, Hackberry Flat WMA, Mountain Park WDU, Red Slough WMA, Tishomingo WMU, Walker Creek WDU, Washita Arm WDU, Waurika WDU and Whitegrass Flats WMA are closed to all air driven water craft.

(j) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, transport, park, or unload any personal watercraft within the land and/or water boundaries of the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area.

(k) Air drive water craft use on the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge shall be the same as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules and regulations.

Okla. Admin. Code § 800:30-1-5

Amended at 8 Ok Reg 2427, eff 6-13-91 ; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 3351, eff 7-25-96 ; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3428, eff 6-12-97 (emergency) ; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1846, eff 5-15-98 ; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 4276, eff 8-20-98 (emergency) ; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1671, eff 5-31-99 ; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1805, eff 6-1-01 ; Revoked at 20 Ok Reg 2224, eff 7-1-03 ; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1479, eff 6-1-04 ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 662, eff 10-6-05 (emergency) ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1591, eff 7-1-06 ; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2624, eff 6-2-08 (emergency) ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2656, eff 7-11-09 ; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 710, eff 6-1-11 ; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1524, eff 7-1-12 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 744, eff 6-1-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 24, September 1, 2021, eff. 9/11/2021