Area Sports

Turner named New Athletic Director at Ponca City Pending approval from the Ponca City Board of Education, Joe Turner has been named as the new Athletic Director for PCPS. He currently serves as head football coach and Athletic Director of Okemah Public Schools. He has also served as head football coach, Athletic Director, Transportation Director,…

Turkey Researchers Report Evidence of Predation WILD TURKEY POPULATION DYNAMICS AND BROOD SURVIVAL PROJECT REPORT FOR MAY 2023   Provided by the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Oklahoma State University      Wild turkey genetics, nesting success, and brood survival are among the research topics in a 4.5-year, $2 million study launched in 2022 by…

CENTRAL   Arcadia: June 10. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 76°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Blue and channel catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, and punch bait around channels, creek channels, points, and riprap. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows, and PowerBait around brush structure, docks, and points. Report submitted by Dalton Buley, game…

Wildlife Commission Approves Migratory Birds, Antlerless Deer Season Dates; Passes Leaner Budget During a regular meeting June 5, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commissionapproved hunting season dates and bag limits for the antlerless deer gun seasons and migratory bird and waterfowl seasons for 2023.    Big Game Biologist Dallas Barber said last year’s increased opportunities for…

Oklahoma documents first CWD-infected wild deer State is the 30th to document always-fatal disease in wildlife By KELLY BOSTIAN Oklahoma is now the 30th state to document chronic wasting disease among its wild deer. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reported Tuesday that the deer, spotted by a Texas County rancher near Optima, was behaving…

CENTRAL   Arcadia: June 5. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, hot dogs, shad, shrimp, and stinkbait around channels, points, riprap, and rocks. Crappie slow on jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, docks, and standing timber. Report submitted by Dalton Buley,…

Wildlife Dept. ends once-lucrative caviar program After 15 years, Paddlefish Research Center will no longer process paddlefish for anglers By KELLY BOSTIAN The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is officially out of the caviar business. With the approval of the department’s 2023 budget on Monday, the eight-member Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission officially ended the once…