Oregon Code § 497.112·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Hunting tags; restrictions; violation reporting; rules.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife
Commission may issue to applicants desiring to hunt wildlife the following tags
and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061:
(a) Resident
annual elk tag to hunt elk.
(b) Nonresident
annual elk tag to hunt elk.
(c) Special
annual elk tag for holders of pioneer combination licenses or disabled veteran
hunting licenses to hunt elk.
(d) Resident
annual deer tag to hunt deer.
(e) Nonresident
annual deer tag to hunt deer.
(f) Resident
annual black bear tag to hunt black bear.
(g) Nonresident
annual black bear tag to hunt black bear.
(h) Resident
annual mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain sheep.
(i) Nonresident
annual mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain sheep.
(j) Resident
annual mountain goat tag to hunt mountain goat.
(k) Nonresident
annual mountain goat tag to hunt mountain goat.
(L) Resident
annual cougar tag to hunt cougar.
(m) Nonresident
annual cougar tag to hunt cougar.
(n) Resident
annual antelope tag to hunt antelope.
(o) Nonresident
annual antelope tag to hunt antelope.
(p) Resident
annual turkey tag to hunt turkey.
(q) Resident
annual youth turkey tag to hunt turkey.
(r) Nonresident
annual youth turkey tag to hunt turkey.
(s) Nonresident
annual turkey tag to hunt turkey.
(t) Outfitter and
guide annual deer tag for a nonresident to hunt deer.
(u) Outfitter and
guide annual elk tag for a nonresident to hunt elk.
(2)(a)
Notwithstanding ORS 496.146 (10), the commission may issue each year one
special tag that is auctioned to the highest bidder in a manner prescribed by
the commission for each of the following:
(A) Mountain
sheep;
(B) Antelope; and
(C) Mountain
goat.
(b) In addition
to the tags referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commission may
issue each year one special tag that is raffled in a manner prescribed by the
commission for each of the following:
(A) Mountain
sheep;
(B) Antelope; and
(C) Mountain
goat.
(c) Moneys
received under this subsection for:
(A) Mountain
sheep tags shall be placed in the Mountain Sheep Subaccount established in ORS
496.303;
(B) Antelope tags
shall be placed in the Antelope Subaccount established in ORS 496.303; and
(C) Mountain goat
tags shall be placed in the Mountain Goat Subaccount established in ORS
496.303.
(d)
Notwithstanding ORS 496.146 (10), the commission, upon the recommendation of
the Access and Habitat Board to fulfill the boards charge of providing
incentives to increase public access and habitat improvements to private land,
may issue each year up to 10 elk and 10 deer tags to hunt deer or elk. The tags
shall be auctioned or raffled to the highest bidder in a manner prescribed by
the commission. The Access and Habitat Board, in recommending any tags, shall
include a proposal as to the land on which each tag can be used and a
percentage of funds received from the tags that may revert to the landowner if
the tag is limited to private land. However, the percentage may not be more
than 50 percent and the programs must, by written agreement, provide for public
access and habitat improvements.
(3) The tags
referred to in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to and not in
lieu of the hunting licenses required by law.
(4) The
commission may, at the time of issue only, indorse upon the tags referred to in
subsection (1) of this section an appropriate designation indicating whether it
is for a game animal to be taken with bow and arrow or with firearms, at the
choice of the applicant. The commission may prescribe by rule that the holder
of such a tag may not take the game animal by any other means than the tag so
indorsed.
(5) Except as
provided in subsection (6) of this section, a person is not eligible to obtain,
in a lifetime, more than one controlled hunt tag issued by the commission to
hunt mountain sheep and one controlled hunt tag issued by the commission to
hunt mountain goat.
(6)(a) A person
is eligible to obtain mountain sheep tags, antelope tags or mountain goat tags
described in subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section, regardless of whether
the person has previously taken a mountain sheep, antelope or mountain goat or
previously obtained a mountain sheep tag, antelope tag or mountain goat tag
issued pursuant to subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) of this section.
(b) A person is
eligible to obtain a tag described in subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) of this
section for a female mountain sheep regardless of whether the person has
previously taken a mountain sheep or previously obtained a tag for a mountain
sheep issued pursuant to subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) of this section.
(7) The number of
nonresident mountain goat tags and nonresident mountain sheep tags shall be
decided by the commission, but:
(a) The number of
nonresident mountain goat tags may not be less than five percent nor more than
10 percent of all mountain goat tags issued.