November 19, 2019 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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Page 10 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Deer gun season begins Saturday By The Oklahoma De- ber said. Rifle season begins the 2018-19 harvest, well cense System com or click “Licensing” receive the Rut Report, have partment of Wildlife Con- Saturday. short of the 40-45 percent Everyone planning to go at wildlifedepartment.com. them sign up for Outdoor servation “We've been blessed with target range. hunting this year is remind- and make sure their account News at www.wildlifede- Deer gun season remains timely rains this year, as we Doe harvest helps keep ed to make sure that proper is correct. Any new users partment.com. the state’s most popular, have the past several years. populations in balance with licenses or permits have should log on and create a Deer Season Regulations with more than 150,000 tak- And as habitat continues to available habitat, helps been obtained and their on- new account. Safe and legal hunting ing part last year. improve, deer populations maintain healthy buck-to- line account is ready to E- Annual Deer Rut Report is critical to conserving It is also the deer gun sea- also continue to grow.” doe ratios, and helps syn- Check their harvest. This is The deer breeding season, wildlife and preserving the son that boasts the greatest Barber is hopeful that deer chronize fawning when con- the first year for the Wildlife known as the rut, is in prog- heritage of hunting. This success rate in terms of har- gun hunters will harvest ditions are most favorable Department’s new mobile ress. Deer are more active comes from knowing and vest each year, as shown in more does this season com- for fawn growth. app and online license sales during daylight hours. On understanding the rules and the annual Big Game Report. pared to the numbers taken “Doe harvest is critical and harvest check-in system Wednesday prior to opening regulations. For complete The gun season accounted the past few years, Antler- to keeping a herd healthy,” with improved customer ser- day, the Wildlife Department information and license for 60.5 percent of all deer less deer harvest becomes Barber said. “It’s again time vice features. This system is plans to release the annual requirements, see the cur- harvested in the 2018-19 even more important in the for hunters to meet the chal- called Go Outdoors Okla- Deer Rut Report, offering rent Oklahoma Hunting and seasons. That amounted to state’s deer management lenge to let young bucks homa. hunters valuable insights on just over 66,000 deer, the plan when populations grow. grow and take a doe.” All hunters and anglers deer movement and hunting Fishing Regulations Guide found online at wildlifede- highest total for gun harvest According to the 2018-19 “It’s important to remind who have bought licenses in prospects using the most up- since 2011. Big Game Report published hunters not only to be deer the past should already have to-date information avail- partment.com on the Go With habitat in good con- in the September/October managers, but to share their a profile in Go Outdoors able from all regions of the Outdoors Oklahoma free dition over most of Okla- issue of Outdoor Oklaho- heritage with others as well, Oklahoma. Regardless, ev- state. Anyone who received mobile app for Apple or homa this year, hunters can ma magazine, hunters took so that this tradition of suc- eryone — especially lifetime this message can expect to Android devices or in print expect to have some oppor- 39,409 does compared to cess is passed down and con- license holders — should receive the Rut Report next across the state wherever tunities for a harvest, Big 69,851 bucks. Doe harvest tinued.” take a moment to go online week. If you know of some- hunting and fishing licenses Game Biologist Dallas Bar- amounted to 36 percent of New One E-Check, Li- to GoOutdoorsOklahom. one who would also like to are sold. Middle school The continuing education of OU’s Jalen Hurts, in what became a memorable night in Waco girls teams split By Tyler Palmateer, he seven games because Hurts complete trust in a whole completed 22 of 28 throws roundball games Norman Transcript, Okla. and his teammates made entire new group, something for 217 yards. WACO, Texas - How does it look that way. But after you're not used to. But man, Hurts’ third turnover of a 21-year-old senior quarter- coming within a whisker of when we have that trust, the game, a fumble at the Elk City seventh and Brown led all Elk Clty scor- back with an old soul, nearly losing twice, then falling when we have that belief in Baylor 2-yard yard line in eighth grade girls took home ers with 22 points. She was 40 career starts and a college behind Baylor by 25 points one another, when we’re go- the third quarter, just be- wins over Elgin last week, the only player in double degree grow up any more with a little more than five ing out there and executing fore he scored what would but those same teams also figures. In the eighth-grade than he already has? without any doubt, we’re have been the tying touch- minutes left in the first half, dropped games to Sayre. Jalen Hurts showed a lot it became clear plugging a pretty good.” down, threatened to shatter victory, Maelee Hunter led The seventh-grade team of people how, Oklahoma’s quarterback in for one col- And Hurts is still pretty OU’s momentum. But Hurts all Elk City players with quarterback came clean legiate season -- even for good even after his first half picked himself back up, with beat Elgin 39-17, while the eighth-grade team won 33- nine points. Ella Sottile led about a few things after two Lincoln Riley -- is no simple against the Bears drew wide- help. The Sooners didn’t al- 13. Seventh-graders lost to all seventh-graders with 14 polar-opposite halves in process. spread criticism. low any second-half points, Sayre 42-27, while eighth- points against Sayre. Emily the Sooners’ historic 34-31 “Coming in here, I always He was 8-of-14 passing Baylor totaled just 69 Lowrance led all scorers in comeback victory against say, it’s a challenge,” Hurts for 80 yards and an inter- yards in that span and turned graders lost to Sayre 41-21. the eighth-grade game with Baylor on Saturday. said afterward. “A challenge ception before two resilient the ball over twice to OU’s In the — seventh-grade It looked simple through having to put your full and final quarters, in which he defense. game against Elgin, Abby six points. Need a new car before the holidays? Holiday Auto Loan Promotion! 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