Oregon Administrative Code

635-075-0015 Exchanging Landowner Preference Tags That Do Not Fall Under the Category of a Damage Situation (1) The landowner hunting preference tag may be exchanged for another landowner hunting preference controlled hunt of the same hunt type provided the controlled hunt area i…

635-075-0020 Landowner Hunting Preference Tags in Special Seasons (1)(a) Landowner hunting preference tags are not available for Premium Hunts (series L, M, and N) or the long duration youth elk hunts (August 1–December 31) or the Melrose 223T (August 1–March 31) youth elk hunt. …

635-075-0022 Landowner Hunting Preference Tags for Mule Deer (1) This rule further implements HB 2027A whereby the 2013 Legislative Assembly directed the Department through the commission to specify a formula that bases the number of landowner preference tags available for mule d…

635-075-0024 Issuing Leftover Limited Landowner Hunting Preference Tags (1) If landowner preference tags remain from the controlled hunts described in 635-075-0020(1)(b) and 635-075-0022(3)(a) after the game mammal controlled hunt drawing, the Department will issue remaining tags…

635-075-0025 Outfitters and Guides Nonresident Tag Allocation (1) Eligibility: Outfitters and Guides must be registered pursuant to ORS 704 prior to making application for big game tags described herein. (2) The Outfitters and Guides nonresident tags allocated shall be based on o…

635-075-0026 Application Requirements (1) A valid controlled hunt Outfitter and Guide application shall be purchased from the Department. The purchase price of the application is $30.00 (plus a $2.00 agent fee) per specific hunt number applied for regardless of the number of tags…

635-075-0029 Tag Purchasing Requirements (1) The department will notify outfitters and guides of the drawing results by December 31 of each year. (2) On or before March 31 of each year Outfitters and Guides who are successful in the drawing must: (a) Submit to the department the …

635-075-0030 Tag Limitations (1) Tags issued in the above described allocation process are for nonresident hunters only. Outfitter and Guides and their immediate families (as described in OAR 635-045-0002) or their employees are not eligible to receive or use tags described in th…

635-075-0035 Remaining Tags (1) Any remaining Outfitter and Guide tags not sold on or before March 31st will become available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Department will publish a list of available tags two business days after March 31st. (2) First-come, first-serve t…

635-075-0040 Participation in Guided Hunts (1) No person(s) shall compensate any individual(s) for outfitting and guiding services as defined in ORS 704.010(5) unless the individual receiving compensation is registered by the Oregon State Marine Board as an Outfitter and Guide as…

635-078-0001 Emergency Hunt List (Commission Approval) After first determining that acute game mammal or wild turkey damage to agricultural or other resources is occurring and that an emergency exists requiring more than 50 hunters, temporary rules shall be adopted in accordance …

635-078-0005 Emergency Hunt List (Director's Approval) (1) After determining that acute game mammal or wild turkey damage to agriculture or other resources is occurring, or that a positive wildlife disease detection requires additional sampling or population reductions, and that …

635-078-0008 District Emergency Hunts (1) Upon determination that acute game mammal or wild turkey damage to agriculture or other resources is occurring, or a positive wildlife disease detection requires additional sampling or population reductions, and that an emergency exists r…

635-078-0011 Determining Eligibility (1) The method of determining who shall be eligible to participate in the emergency hunts set forth in section (1) of this rule shall be as follows: (a) Hunters who wish to be eligible for emergency hunts shall have their names placed on the e…

635-079-0000 Purpose These rules implement HB 2971, enacted by the 2007 Legislative Assembly, which authorized appointment of agents, subject to the Department’s direction and control, to assist the Department in its official duties by pursuing black bear and/or cougar with dogs.…

635-079-0005 Selection (1) Any person applying for appointment as a black bear and/or cougar agent for the Department must submit a completed volunteer application form providing at least the following: (a) The person’s name, contact information and employment history; (b) A deta…

635-079-0010 Appointment (1) To appoint a person as an agent under these rules, the Department and the person must enter into a signed agreement which (at minimum): (a) Obligates the person to act on the Department’s behalf and subject to the Department’s direction and control; (…

635-080-0000 Wildlife Units For the purpose of managing Oregon's wildlife, the State has been divided into separate described areas. These areas are called wildlife units. Whenever reference is made to a unit by name or designated number in any rule of the department, the area de…

635-080-0010 Saddle Mountain Unit The Saddle Mountain Unit, Number 10, is that area beginning at the mouth of Columbia River, east along state line to mouth of Clatskanie River; south along Clatskanie River to town of Clatskanie; south on State Highway 47 to Timber-Vernonia Highw…

635-080-0011 Scappoose Unit The Scappoose Unit, number 11, is that area beginning at Vernonia; northeast on State Highway 47 to Clatskanie; north along Clatskanie River to state line in Columbia River; southeast along state line to Willamette River; southwest along Willamette Riv…

635-080-0012 Wilson Unit The Wilson Unit, number 12, is that area beginning on the north shore line at the mouth of Tillamook Bay; north along Pacific Ocean coastline to north shoreline of Nehalem Bay; northeast along north shoreline of Nehalem Bay and North Fork Nehalem River to…

635-080-0014 Trask Unit The Trask Unit, number 14, is that area beginning at McMinnville; southwest on State Highway 18 to Salmon River; west along Salmon River to Pacific Ocean; north along Pacific Ocean coastline to north shoreline at mouth of Tillamook Bay; east along north sh…

635-080-0015 Willamette Unit The Willamette Unit, number 15, is that area beginning at Sandy; southwest on State Highway 211 to State Highway 213; southwest on State High way 213 to Cascade Highway at Silverton; south on the Cascade Highway to State Highway 22; east on State High…

635-080-0016 Santiam Unit The Santiam Unit, number 16, is that area beginning at Lebanon; north on Brewster Road to Lacomb Road; east on Lacomb Road to Kowitz Road; north on Kowitz Road to Baptist Church Drive; west on Baptist Church Drive to Richardson Gap Road; north on Richard…

635-080-0017 Stott Mountain Unit The Stott Mountain Unit, number 17, is that area beginning at Dallas; south on State Highway 223 to Gardner Road (No. 865); northwest on Gardner Road and Bridgeport Road (No. 864) to Falls City; west on Valsetz Road to South Fork of Siletz River; …

635-080-0018 Alsea Unit The Alsea Unit, number 18, is that area beginning at Corvallis; southwest on State Highway 34 to Decker Road; southeast on Decker Road to Bell fountain Road; south on Bellfountain Road to Bellfountain; east on Dawson Road (County Road 45200) to State Highw…

635-080-0019 McKenzie Unit The McKenzie Unit, Number 19, is that area beginning at Lebanon, east on U.S. Highway 20 to Pacific Crest Trail; south along Pacific Crest Trail to State Highway 58; northwest on State Highway 58 to Interstate Highway 5; north on Interstate Highway 5 to…

635-080-0020 Siuslaw Unit The Siuslaw Unit, number 20, is that area beginning at Interstate 5-Belt Line Road junction north of Eugene; south on Interstate 5 to Drain junction and State Highway 99; southwest on State Highway 99 to Drain; west on State Highway 38 to Umpqua River at…

635-080-0021 Indigo Unit The Indigo Unit, number 21, is that area beginning at Oakridge; southeast on State Highway 58 to Pacific Crest Trail; south along Pacific Crest Trail to State Highway 138; north and west on State Highway 138 to Toketee junction; north on Toketee Road to N…

635-080-0022 Dixon Unit The Dixon Unit, number 22, is that area beginning at Shady Cove; northwest on State Highway 227 to Dixonville-Hanna Nickel main power transmission line at a point approximately two miles west of Days Creek; north along main power transmission line to North…

635-080-0023 Melrose Unit The Melrose Unit, number 23, is that area beginning at Dixonville power substation; south along Dixonville-Nickel Mountain main power transmission line to Douglas County Rd 1 at a point approximately two miles west of Days Creek; southwest on Douglas Cou…

635-080-0024 Tioga Unit The Tioga Unit, number 24, is that area beginning at Coquille; north on State Highway 42 and U.S. Highway l0l to south shoreline of Coos Bay; southwest along south shoreline of Coos Bay to Pacific Ocean; north along Pacific Ocean coastline to south shoreli…

635-080-0025 Sixes Unit The Sixes Unit, Number 25, is that area beginning at Gold Beach, north along Pacific Ocean coastline to south shoreline of Coos Bay; easterly along south shore of Coos Bay to U.S. Highway 101; south on U.S. Highway 101 to State Highway 42; southeast on Sta…

635-080-0026 Powers Unit The Powers Unit, number 26, is that area beginning at Grave Creek Bridge on Rogue River; west on Rogue River to Illahee; north on posted forest road to Powers; northwest on Powers Highway to State Highway 42; east on State Highway 42 to Tenmile; south on …

635-080-0027 Chetco Unit The Chetco Unit, Number 27, is that area beginning at Gold Beach, east along Rogue River to Grants Pass, southwest on U.S. Highway 199 to Oregon-California state line; west along state line to Pacific Ocean; northwest along Pacific Ocean coastline to Gold…

635-080-0028 Applegate Unit The Applegate Unit, Number 28, is that area beginning at Grants Pass, east and southeast on Interstate Highway 5 to Oregon-California state line; west along state line to U.S. Highway 199; northeast on U.S. Highway 199 to Grants Pass, point of beginnin…

635-080-0029 Evans Creek Unit The Evans Creek Unit, number 29, is that area beginning at Grants Pass; northwest along the Rogue River to Grave Creek Bridge; northeast on Grave Creek-Wolf Creek Road to Interstate Highway 5 at Wolf Creek; north on Interstate Highway 5 to Canyonvill…

635-080-0030 Rogue Unit The Rogue Unit, number 30, is that area beginning at Medford; north on State Highway 62 to State Highway 230; northeast on State Highway 230 to Diamond Lake State Highway 138; south and east on State Highway 138 to Pacific Crest Trail; south along Pacific …

635-080-0031 Keno Unit The Keno Unit, number 31, is that area beginning at Klamath Falls; south on U.S. Highway 97 to Oregon-California state line; west along Oregon-California state line to Copco Road; north on Copco Road to State Highway 66; east on State Highway 66 to Jackson-…

635-080-0032 Klamath Falls Unit The Klamath Falls Unit, number 32, is that area beginning at Klamath Falls; north on U.S. Highway 97 to Williamson River; north along Williamson River to confluence of Sprague River; east along Sprague River to Godowa Springs Road north of Beatty; …

635-080-0033 Sprague Unit The Sprague Unit, number 33, is that area beginning at Chiloquin; south along Williamson River to U.S. Highway 97; north on U.S. Highway 97 to State Highway 62; northwest on State Highway 62 to Crater Lake National Park boundary; east and north along Cra…

635-080-0034 Upper Deschutes Unit The Upper Deschutes Unit, number 34, is that area beginning at Bend; southwest on U.S. Highway 97 to Crescent; west on Klamath County Road 61to Crescent Creek; southwest on Crescent Creek to State Highway 58; northwest on State Highway 58 to Paci…

635-080-0035 Paulina Unit The Paulina Unit, number 35, is that area beginning at Redmond; east on State Highway 126 to Prineville; southeast on State Highway 27 to U.S. Highway 20; northwest on U.S. Highway 20 to Millican-Lake Road 2-1/2 miles east of Millican; southeast and sout…

635-080-0036 Maury Unit The Maury Unit, number 36, is that area beginning at Brothers on U.S. Highway 20; northwest on U.S. Highway 20 to State Highway 27; north on State Highway 27 to Prineville Dam; east along Prineville Reservoir, Crooked River and Beaver Creek to Paulina; eas…

635-080-0037 Ochoco Unit The Ochoco Unit, number 37, is that area beginning at Prineville; northeast on U.S. Highway 26 to Dayville; south along South Fork John Day River to Pine Creek Road; west on Pine Creek Road to Suplee; west on county road to Paulina; west along Beaver Cree…

635-080-0038 Grizzly Unit The Grizzly Unit, number 38, is that area beginning at Redmond; north on U.S. Highway 97 to Crooked River; north along Crooked River and Deschutes River to South Junction; northeast on South Junction county road to junction with U.S. Highway 97 and U.S. …

635-080-0039 Metolius Unit The Metolius Unit, Number 39, is that area beginning at Sisters, west on State Highway 242 to Pacific Crest Trail; north along Pacific Crest Trail to south boundary of Warm Springs Indian Reservation; east along Warm Springs Indian Reservation boundary …

635-080-0040 Maupin Unit The Maupin Unit, number 40, is that area beginning at Maupin; north on U.S. Highway 197 to Tygh Valley; northeast on State Highway 216 to Grass Valley; south on U.S. Highway 97 to Shaniko; southeast on State Highway 218 to Antelope; southwest on Antelope …

635-080-0041 White River Unit The White River Unit, Number 41, is that area beginning at The Dalles, east along Columbia River to U.S. Highway 197; south on U.S. Highway 197 to Deschutes River at Maupin; south along Deschutes River to north boundary of Warm Springs Indian Reserva…

635-080-0042 Hood Unit The Hood Unit, number 42, is that area beginning at Hood River; southwest on State Highway 35 to Barlow Pass (Pacific Crest Trail); northwest along Pacific Crest Trail to Lolo Pass; northwest along Hood River-Multnomah county line to Columbia River near Bon…