Located in southeastern Oklahoma, the Wister Wildlife Management Area spans an incredible 35,500 acres throughout central Leflore and eastern Latimer Counties. This area has a total of eight entrances and is open to the public. Popular activities within the Wister Wildlife Management Area include hunting, fishing and camping.

Hunters will encounter deer, turkey, ducks, rabbits, squirrels, quail, doves and even bear. Furbearers including bobcats, coyotes, raccoon, beaver, skunk, opossum, river otter and fox are also available. Please note that all shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot on both Coal Creek (Joe Johnson) and Fourche Maline WDU portions.

As the Wister WMA spans along a sizeable portion of Wister Lake, there are also fishing opportunities, particularly for crappie and catfish. For boaters, two concrete boat ramps are available on the Poteau River portion of the WMA.

The Wister Wildlife Management Area also offers primitive camping opportunities to hunters and anglers. All camping must be within 50 yards of open roads.