Stores and outfitters that sell Oklahoma hunting and fishing licenses do so as license dealers on consignment for the Department of Wildlife Conservation — and the Department conditions that on a surety bond. We issue whatever amount the Department sets from $100, and the application collects no credit information.
















No underwriting queue for the standard license-dealer bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Department set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
The application collects no credit information, and most applicants get the executed bond as soon as they pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that won't affect your score.
Submit the executed bond with your license-dealer application to start selling hunting and fishing licenses on consignment. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
Oklahoma sells hunting and fishing licenses through a network of license dealers — sporting-goods stores, bait shops, marinas, and outfitters. The Department of Wildlife Conservation issues those licenses to dealers on consignment: title to the licenses, and to the proceeds when they sell, stays with the Department until you remit.
Because a dealer is holding the state's money and the state's license stock, the Department's rules (OAC Title 800, Ch. 1, Subch. 13, under the authority of 29 O.S. §4-203) condition the dealership on a surety bond. The bond stands behind your duty to keep license proceeds separate and remit them to the Department.
If a dealer fails to account for or remit proceeds, the Department can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. The Department sets the amount based on the volume you handle; we issue that figure from a $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
Submit the application with the amount the Department set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file. No credit section in the application.
Start the application →From $100. Enter the amount the Department set and file the same day.