Oklahoma?

[vmaxpro]

Hey I can live w tornados as long as theres ground hogs! I had no idea they were there. Growing up in Pa I miss ground hog hunting. I also hear theres wild hogs there too?

 

[SG4247]

Plenty of wild hog hunting..my 16” 6.5 Grendel puts them down. Archery too!

Ground hogs I hear are hit and miss..some years good others not.

Bear hunting and Elk draw too! You can pretty much hunt and fish year round.

 

[Tommie]

Damn sure will learn to shoot in the wind here in Oklahoma.

Windiest places in US.

No lie, look it up.

I spent a lot of time in Oklahoma and thought it was a windy area.

Then I moved to Wyoming and learned what wind really is!

 

[JB10]

My grandpa grew up in sparks in the 30's. I was there once about 30 years ago for his brothers funeral. From what i remember as a kid i liked it. He misses the slow life. Alot faster paced where we live now in az. He hates it and so do I

 

[okie]

Sounds just like Florida, plus mosquitoes and love bugs.

yeah--down here in the corner it is hot and wet. out west it gets a lot drier and windier

 

[okie]

VMAXPro -

Howdy !

Did not mean to over-emphasize the local tornado occurrences.
The average for OK per year is 45. Last year, we had 105.
You can have the smaller ones like EF0 - EF1 drop down from the leading edge of approaching storm fronts w/ no warning. Local Tv stations send out “ storm monitors “ on the order of 4 per severe weather event.
Helicopter coverage, and so forth. So, advance warning is usually quite adequate; when they are watching potentially violent super cells already.
The day Moore OK got hit it was dicey around here ( Moore is SW of Tulsa).
It was also touch-n-go around here the day El Reno took a hit, and also the day Joplin got hammered (El Reno is Just West of OK City, and Joplin is on the SW to NE typical storm track.... to the NE of us.

Oakley commented about humidity. It is not all that humid up in the Broken Arrow area, usually. I came from NE Indiana, and you had to cut a hole in the Summer air, in order to be able to shoot ! Oakley is from the
“ Squatchie “ part of OK..... hilly, forested, lakes; and known for getting more rain than we do up here. We have a time share in Scottsdale, and I have seen it get just as dry in Broken Arrow. IMHO - it is usually not what I would call “ humid “, here.

I DK whether you might be bringing along someone with you, but wanted to mention...... the lady that is featured in the “ Pioneer Woman “ show has her “ Merchantile “ and restraunt set up in Pawhuska, OK. 5 star food, and shopping for the ladies. Just outside of town is the “Tall Grass Prairee“
where the U.S. largest concentration of Buffalo can be seen.

Forgot to mention previous that the largest private collection of firearms in the world is the J. M. Davis museum up in Claremore....about 15mi North of Broken Arrow.

You mentioned fishing. They have an annual bass fishing competition that comes to NE Oklahoma early in the year. You can check out the map to see these.... like Grand Lake, Lake Skiatook, Ft. Gibson Lake; et al.


With regards,
357aMag

We actually just moved our feeder calves to Pawhuska to get them out of this humidity---they do not perform as well here, where it is so dang wet. My wife is from out west--she still finds it crazy that bread will mold in less than a week. People all over the south been dealing with it for years. We actually have cypress sloughs, nutria rats and gators in the bottoms

 

[SG4247]

My grandpa grew up in sparks in the 30's. I was there once about 30 years ago for his brothers funeral. From what i remember as a kid i liked it. He misses the slow life. Alot faster paced where we live now in az. He hates it and so do I

I've been to Sparks many times.

It looks the same today, as I imagine it did in the 30's.....

 

[vmaxpro]

Sparks nevada?

 

[okie]

Sparks nevada?

i think he means ok-up by stroud i think??

 

[vmaxpro]

Oh oh ok, I used to live in sparks nv which threw me off haha

 

[SG4247]

Sparks, Oklahoma

Lots of good hunting and fishing!

Also, an annual biker rally takes place here, it lasts a full week, or until you can get up off the ground.

 

[Gary in MD]

Don’t forget the Kiamichi Big Buck Classic! I’ll be there in November.
Gary

 

[JB10]

It was sparks Oklahoma. One of these days ill take my kids there. My dad goes back every couple of years to visit family

 

[357Mag]

VMAXPRO -

Howdy, again !

you asked about “ expansion “ around Broken Arrow ( BA ), OK.

Here’s the deal....... BA has been growing like Topsie, every since the got Bass Pro Shop to put a store, here. Locals tell me that lead to an associated continued increase in other shopping, dining; and home building.

Right now.... BA is OKlahoma’s 4th largest “ city “, behind Ok City, Tulsa; and Norman. Norman is 3rd largest,mostly due to the prescience of the University there. But, BA is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact, they cannot build new schools fast enough ! The old downtown area ( think small town vibe )has been re-vitalized, updated; and new attractions are being added constantly

My point...... IMHO.. It won’t be long before Broken Arrow becomes Ok’s 3rd largest population center. However, one drives out of town into rural Oklahoma to the North, South, and especially to the East; easily.
One mile North of my house is a wild Mustang preserve.

We have a lot of winters w/ no snow. Western part of OK is drought prone, but the area around Tulsa is called “ Green Country “


With regards,
357Mag

 

[vmaxpro]

I cant get over the value per dollar on homes there. Its a joke what these homes are going for in Az. Good for me tho, I bought low 357mag, thank you for all the info! I cant wait to check out the areas there now!

 

[Toddmack]

Tornadoes are just like any other weather pattern, you get used to it and deal with it. I would never move to New Orleans because of the hurricane threat. And the fact that they're below sea level.... I probably wouldn't get used to that part.

 

[Depart123]

I spent the first 23 years of my life in SW Oklahoma (I'm 50 now), my mom still lives in OKC.

Never missed it...never going back.

 

[Rustytigwire]

Great place to be or be from. In my few travels its the best spot to stay. One can always visit anyplace but i come back here.
Quiet.

 

[MrMajestic]

Mighty fine Duck hunting at the Hackberry Flats down by Altus. Heard plenty of yotes on the evening hunts at Lake Altus. Sand Hill Cranes, a.k.a. The Ribeye of the Sky, abound also. Like TX, big Whitetail hunters and like TX most of the time you have to pay to play...

 

[vmaxpro]

Im having trouble viewing OK hunting regs. Is most big game a draw or do they have anything over the counter?