State Regulatory and legislative Info
In order to provide bow hunters information on our sport of bowhunting we feel it is important to keep bowhunters abreast of regulatory and legislative issues that affect our sport. This information is provided without comment, to provide that info.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us
Fax: (503) 872-5700
For Immediate Release June 18, 2002
"Leftover" Big Game Tags to Go on Sale July 1
Controlled Hunt Results Due Thursday
PORTLAND - More than 2,100 tags for limited entry deer and elk hunts will be
sold first-come, first served starting at 10 a.m. Monday, July 1 at license
agents around the state, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced
Tuesday. These tags were left over in 12 hunts after the annual June drawing for
"controlled" tags.
Leftover tags are those that hunters did not apply for. The hunts are
often less desirable because they require landowner permission, access is
difficult or supply exceeded the demand.
Unlike last year, hunters will be limited to buying one leftover tag per hunt
series. However, a buyer may choose to purchase that tag for him- or herself or
another person. Leftover tags may be purchased in addition to a regular
controlled or general season tag in the same hunt series. Buck deer and bull elk
are two of the most popular hunt series.
The following hunts and tags will be offered:
Hunt - Hunt Name -Total Tags Available - Max. Non-Resident Tags:
Buck Deer Hunts:
123M - Melrose-N. Sixes Muzzleloader - 110 tags - 13 maximum non resident tags;
135R - S. Paulina Bow - 95 tags - 7 maximum non resident tags;
142 - Hood Unit - 625 tags - 40 maximum non resident tags;
143A - E. Biggs - 107 tags - 0 non resident tags;
Elk Hunts:
224R - Lake Creek Bow - 40 tags - 20 maximum non resident tags;
226A1 - Powers Unit #1 - 82 tags - 8 maximum non resident tags;
2543X - Mt. Emily Unit No. 1 - 700 tags - 47 maximum non resident tags;
255X - Walla Walla No. 1 - 198 tags - 6 maximum non resident tags;
265D - Bully Creek - 14 tags - 1 maximum non resident tag;
Doe Hunts:
615R - Willamette Unit Bow - 200 tags - 54 maximum non resident tags;
623T1 - N. Bank Habitat Bow Youth - 19 tags - 2 maximum non resident tags;
651T - Malheur/Baker Youth - 1 tag - 1 maximum non resident tag.
Non-residents may purchase the tags, but sales are limited to a maximum of 5
percent of the total tags allocated for the hunt. Non-resident deer and
elk tags are not set aside only for hunters from out of state. The two
youth hunts with leftover tags are limited to hunters aged 12 to 17 years old.
No mail order or fax orders are taken for left over tags.
Oregon has both general season and controlled big game hunts. There are a
limited number of controlled hunt tags, and hunters must apply for them by May
15. There is no limit on the number of general season hunt tags sold.
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Hunters Await Controlled Hunt Results
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife offices have received many calls in the
past two days with one question: When will the controlled hunt results be
available?
The answer: June 20.
ODFW put together the follow list of commonly asked questions and answers to aid
hunters:
Questions and Answers about the 2002 Controlled Hunt Draw
Q: What is the status of this year's controlled hunt drawings?
A: About 182,000 applicants submitted more than 415,000 applications for
controlled hunts. In all, about 163,000 controlled hunt tags were issued.
Q: When will hunters receive the results of their applications?
A: Postcards notifying applicants of the drawing results were mailed Tuesday,
June 18. The results also will be posted to the ODFW Web site Thursday, June 20.
Q: What should hunters do if they didn't receive a tag and think they should
have received one?
A: Anyone with a question about the controlled hunt process should call ODFW's
Controlled Hunts line at 1-800-708-1782. Staff members will check on the status
of licenses and controlled hunt applications, and will correct any problems.
People also can go to the ODFW Controlled Hunt Web site at https://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/ControlledHunts/DrawQuery/main.html
to obtain additional information.
Q: What kind of problem could affect applications for controlled hunt tags?
A: The most common problem with controlled hunt applications occurs when a
person has multiple I.D. numbers within the ODFW tracking system. In this
situation, a person's preference points may be spread among several I.D.
numbers. This means that the I.D. number a person used when applying for a
controlled hunt may not reflect the total number of preference points that
should have been linked with that person's name. For this reason, it is very
important that hunters know and use their current Hunter/Angler I.D. number when
applying for controlled hunts. If a person's I.D. number changed during the last
few years and that person may have more than one I.D. number in the ODFW
tracking system, they should call 1-800-708-1782. Staff members will consolidate
records into one current Hunter/Angler I.D. number.
Q: How many tags were issued for each type of controlled hunt?
A: The numbers of tags authorized and issued for controlled hunts were:
· Buck deer: tags authorized = 79,629; tags issued = 78,692
· Elk: tags authorized = 60,922; tags issued = 58,512
· Antlerless deer: tags authorized = 21,069; tags issued = 20,807
· Additional deer: tags authorized = 2,631; tags issued = 2,631
· Pronghorn antelope: tags authorized = 2,599; tags issued = 2,599
· Bighorn sheep: tags authorized and issued = 60
· Mountain goat: tags authorized and issued = 4
Q: When will leftover tags be available?
A: Leftover controlled hunt tags will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis at any Point-of-Sale agent location beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, July 1.
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