Berrien--
I've lived many places, but grew up in Oklahoma and went to OU as an undergraduate. I don't think you'll find friendlier people anywhere. I still miss it.
Unlike Texas, Oklahoma hasn't been entirely leased up by groups of hunters and it's still possible to find places to hunt by just asking.
You might check with the Sportsmen's Club at 39th Avenue and Portland in OKC (AKA, The CITY). It's primarily a dinner, tennis and swimming pool club (the summers are long and hot), but they lease 1000's of acres (or used to) for members to hunt. Initiation and dues are very reasonable.
When I was in college, we used to hunt ducks south of Norman, near Purcell, in the river bottom.
Nice double shotguns are scarce, but there are the Tulsa gun shows and Gene Sears in El Reno that other readers mentioned. Mashburn's in OKC would get a nice double every once in a while. I don't know of any good gun shops in Norman.
I won't touch on the culinary delights except to say OK is the chicken-fried steak and fried catfish capital of the world and the corporate headquarters of Sonic Drive-Ins (the frito chili pie).
Hope you enjoy your stay in the Sooner State.
John
