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Woodpecker chicks banded this spring
Sports | Outdoors
Woodpecker chicks banded this spring
January 9, 2025
Managing Oklahoma’s small red-cockaded woodpecker population on the McCurtain County Wilderness Area is a yearlong endeavor but is especially busy in late spring and early summer. That’s when the fede...
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License Overhaul Simplifies Holiday Antlerless Season
Sports | Outdoors
License Overhaul Simplifies Holiday Antlerless Season
December 19, 2024
Holiday antlerless deer gun season is Dec. 18-31, during which hunters are allowed to harvest up to two antlerless white-tailed deer that do not count toward the hunter’s combined season limit of six ...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
December 19, 2024
Elevation is 1.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 70°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, inline spinnerbaits, jerk baits, lipless...
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Did you know: Deer hunters can harvest a bobcat this weekend
Sports | Outdoors
Did you know: Deer hunters can harvest a bobcat this weekend
December 12, 2024
Late deer gun season hunters have a unique opportunity to harvest a bobcat, as the end of the deer gun season overlaps with the Dec. 1 start of furbearer season. Not only that, but a hunting license i...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
November 28, 2024
Elevation is Normal and stable, water temperature 75°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, flukes, in-line spinnerbaits, and plastic baits around...
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Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
November 21, 2024
Elevation is 1.5 ft. below normal and rising, water temperature 70°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, buzz baits, crankbaits, and plastic ba...
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Upland Oklahoma: Dogs, Open Spaces, and Flushing Birds
Sports | Outdoors
Upland Oklahoma: Dogs, Open Spaces, and Flushing Birds
November 21, 2024
Oklahoma’s quail season runs Nov. 9 through Feb. 15, 2025, while pheasant season runs Dec. 1 - Jan. 31. Upland game experts with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation say upland bird hunter...
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Ultimate Bullfighting World Finals return to Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas with two-weekend championship event on Dec. 6-7 and 13-14
Sports | Outdoors
Ultimate Bullfighting World Finals return to Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas with two-weekend championship event on Dec. 6-7 and 13-14
November 14, 2024
Tickets for the year-end event set to crown the 2024 UBF World Champion and award more than $125,000 go on sale Tuesday, November 12 at 10 a.m. CT FORT WORTH, Texas (November 7, 2024) – This December,...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
November 14, 2024
Elevation is 5.5 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 73°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, plastic baits, and spinner...
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Sports | Outdoors
2024 Eufaula Fishing Tournament
November 7, 2024
Nov. 8-9 Lawter & Associates
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
November 7, 2024
Elevation is 5.50 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 73°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, lipless baits, and pla...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
Sports | Outdoors
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
October 31, 2024
Elevation is 5.0 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 72°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, jerk baits, and lipless...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
October 24, 2024
Elevation is 4.5 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 75°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, jerk baits, and plastic...
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What is Mule Deer Habitat?
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What is Mule Deer Habitat?
By BRETT COOPER 
October 24, 2024
In Oklahoma, mule deer habitat consists of open native mixedgrass or shortgrass prairie, with a good mix of shrub cover and forbs. Mule deer tend to avoid trees in the northwestern part of the state a...
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2024 Eufaula Fishing Tournaments
October 24, 2024
Oct. 26-27 XFL Nov. 2-3 *Crappie USA Nov. 8-9 Lawter & Associates
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Area angler Brian Young places 3rd in Tournament
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Area angler Brian Young places 3rd in Tournament
October 3, 2024
Well tournament fishing for Brian Young started at Crappie USA Tournament Trail 25 years ago on Eufaula. Young jumped in this tournament and pulled off 3rd place in the Pro division. Also caught the b...
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Tips for Identifying Two Oklahoma Look-Alikes
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Tips for Identifying Two Oklahoma Look-Alikes
October 3, 2024
Though most conspicuous during the spring breeding season, two Oklahoma look-alike grouse, the greater and lesser prairie- chickens, can be found in the state yearround. Despite their similar, cryptic...
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Lake Eufaula fishing report
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Lake Eufaula fishing report
October 3, 2024
Elevation is 3.0 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 80°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, lipless baits, and plasti...
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New Deer archery license delivers convenience, affordability, full archery limit
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New Deer archery license delivers convenience, affordability, full archery limit
September 26, 2024
The biggest news for bowhunters in 2024 is a new deer archery license that, when combined with an annual hunting license, covers the hunter for all deer hunted within the archery bag limit. Previously...
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Habitat, weather keys to 2024 Bobwhite boom
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Habitat, weather keys to 2024 Bobwhite boom
By TELL JUDKINS UPLAND GAME BIOLOGIST 
September 26, 2024
The August 2024 roadside quail survey shows the statewide quail index up substantially over 2023, climbing from 2.23 to 6.52 quail per route surveyed. This result is 28.8% above the 35-year statewide ...
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Mary Isham retires from USPS
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Mary Isham retires from USPS
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 8, 2025
Mary Isham retired last week after 20 years with the Checotah Post Office. She started her career with USPS Dec 25, 2004. “I was a stay-at-home mom of four kids until my youngest started school,” Isha...
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Community invited to Memorial Day Service at Greenlawn Cemetery
May 8, 2025
Honoring All Veterans Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. Veterans Park in Checotah Free Hotdog & Hamburgers Games and Fellowship Compliments of the McIntosh County DAV The DAV Chapter 3 Mc-Intosh County will ho...
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Checotah Schools Dates to Remember
May 8, 2025
May 9 – Kindergarten Graduation May 16 – CIS Track Meet on Football Field May 16 - 9th-12th Awards Assembly at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at PAC May 16 – Emerson Ramsey Talent Show (MS/HS) from 1:30 -2:30 p.m....
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Early voting May 8, 9
May 8, 2025
On May 13 there will be a general election for State Senate District 8 and for Green Country Tech Center Proposition. Early voting for those two elections will be at the Mc-Intosh County Courthouse fr...
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Pooches paraded at Art and Bark in the Park
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Pooches paraded at Art and Bark in the Park
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 8, 2025
The first annual Art and Bark in the Park presented by the Checotah Art Guild was a great success! Visitors had fun choosing outfits and accessories to put on their dogs from the large selection provi...
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