4 chapters · 275 sections in this title.
ORS 498.002 Wildlife as state property; taking, angling, hunting or trapping in violation of wildlife law or rules prohibited
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(1) Wildlife is the property of the state. No person shall angle for, take, hunt, trap or possess, or assist another in angling for, taking, hunting, trapping or possessing any wildlife in violation of the wildlife laws or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto. (2) No person s…
ORS 498.006 Chasing or harassing wildlife prohibited
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Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall chase, harass, molest, worry or disturb any wildlife except while engaged in lawfully angling for, taking, hunting or trapping such wildlife. [1973 c.723 §74; 2003 c.656 §11]
ORS 498.012 Taking wildlife causing damage, posing public health risk or that is public nuisance; rules
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(1) Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prevent any person from taking any wildlife that is causing damage, is a public nuisance or poses a public health risk on land that the person owns or lawfully occupies. However, no person shall take, pursuant to this subsection, at…
ORS 498.014 Taking of wolves by State Department of Fish and Wildlife to address chronic depredation; taking by landowners; rules
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Chronic depredation”: (A) Means at least four confirmed qualifying incidents of depredation by wolves upon livestock or working dogs within a consecutive six-month period during phase 1 of the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan adopted …