There is more reciprocity now. One of the links I posted earlier goes into that.

That’s not right, brother in Iowa Park got ticket for hunting dove on his own land last year without license lol

Good info! Cherokee nation needs to get with Osage nation with the same reciprocity!

Cherokee Nation provides any Oklahoma resident with a Cherokee role number a free state hunting/fishing license every year. They still send me one every year but I can't use it since i'm no longer an OK resident.

Same question could be applied to hunting in Texas. Why should a hunting license be required to hunt private property? Even with a fully enclosed high fence, you must be licensed and follow the tagging rules.

1. Texas land is 95% privately owned.
2. Most landowners have no interest in managing wildlife or any game species.
3. Many landowners who raise cattle still do not believe cattle and other 4 legged wildlife can coexist and be sustainable on the same property.
4. License is not required on private land with landowner consent for hogs and/or predators or non game nuisance animals.

New Texas Laws Affecting Feral Hog Hunting, License Validation Take Effect Sept. 1
Aug. 29, 2019
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AUSTIN – Feral hogs are so loathed by landowners in Texas for their habitat destroying behavior that beginning Sept. 1, you won’t even need a hunting license to pursue them on private property. That’s when a new law takes effect removing even more obstacles from controlling hog numbers.

The new law, SB 317 by Sen. Bryan Hughes (Mineola), passed during the 86th Texas Legislature and exempts any person (resident or nonresident), with landowner consent, from a hunting license requirement to hunt feral hogs. It is still a violation to hunt without a license if hunting without consent. The new law removes any reference to depredation and the exemption applies for the take of all feral hogs.

The new law only applies to private property, and is irrelevant of whether or not it is a paid hunt, although allowing hunting access in return for financial or other consideration still requires a hunting lease license from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. A hunting license is still required on public land. Hunter education requirements also still apply.

Hunters Can Use Digital Image of Licenses Afield
Also effective Sept. 1, in most cases hunters will not be required to carry their original paper hunting and fishing licenses with them to the field. HB 547 by State Rep. Terry Canales (Edinburg) allows licensees to use a photograph of their physical license to serve as verification of a valid license while hunting any game that doesn’t need a tag, like dove. You must carry your physical license with you for deer and turkey hunts, and if you want to retain an oversized red drum, since they require tags. Your license can now be viewed digitally on the Outdoor Annual mobile app or the My Texas Hunt Harvest app. Also accepted will be a legible digital photo, your emailed receipt, or your online purchase record. If your Outdoor Annual app was downloaded before Aug. 15, you’ll need to update it to version 6 in order to access your license and view the 2019-2020 regulations.

OK built a lot of those ponds for land owners so if you are a public fishing man you can't fish private water without a license.

One exception you may be able to take advantage of, if you are 65 y/o or older, a Texas resident, and possess a Texas fishing license, you do not need a fishing license to fish anywhere in Okalhoma, good rule for my wife and I because we fish Broken Bow lake every year for 1-2 weeks.

Cherokee Nation provides any Oklahoma resident with a Cherokee role number a free state hunting/fishing license every year. They still send me one every year but I can't use it since i'm no longer an OK resident.[/quote]

They don’t anymore. The compact with the state went away.

Not sure what is hard to understand. Texas doesn't make explanations of why they create any law.