OKLAHOMA FALCONERS ASSOC.

WELCOME 

Welcome to the web site of the Oklahoma Falconers' Association.  Please feel free to browse and learn more about "The Sport of Kings" as it is practiced in the Sooner state.  There is a fine tradition of falconry in Oklahoma, and it is our pleasure to share a glimpse of that ongoing tradition.

OFA MISSION

• To facilitate and disseminate communication and information among and to members.

• To promote the conservation of raptors, hunting habitat, and game.

• To seek and promote laws and regulations that facilitate the proper practice of falconry, and the special hunting seasons required for falconry.

• To establish and promote traditions that will aid, perpetuate, and further the welfare of falconry and the raptors falconry employs.

  
   

2021 WELCOME LETTER

I recently reclaimed my tiercel peregrine from the chamber in preparation for the coming season. He is sitting behind me on his block as I write this. I hope......

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SQUIRREL BILL HB 1112

 Left to right, Rep. Talley’s assistant, Rep. Talley’s wife Carol, Rep. Talley, Robert Huber, the Gov, Corey Jager, Wildlife Leg. Liaison, J.D. Strong, Director Wildlife, Sen. Allen and his wife.

Exciting news happening for squirrel season in Oklahoma! Thanks to the combined efforts of Director Huber, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife, local legislature, and others, the first wildlife bill signed into law this year in Oklahoma was focused on Squirrel Season and biology. In years past, the season was not determined by the Dept of Wildlife but rather the legislature. Director Huber explains below,

“The squirrel season was set by statute in Oklahoma most likely back in the 1920s or 1930’s when squirrel was a primary food source for Oklahomans. In order for Oklahoma falconers to request an extended squirrel season we had to request a bill to remove the season dates from statutes. I volunteered to spearhead the process for the Oklahoma Falconers Association and drafted a bill to remove season dates and empower the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife to set season dates based on biology.“

The bill is a wonderful collaborative success for falconers and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife.