Oregon Hunting News
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Big Game Raffles, Auctions Gross More than $523,202 in Oregon The 2012 ODFW auction and raffles for big game hunting tags grossed $523,202, of which $308,566 will go to the Access and Habitat Program and $179,937 to big game research and management. |
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: $1.2 Million for Habitat Work in Six States So far in 2012, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has allocated $1,258,888 for habitat stewardship and protection projects in six key elk states. The figure represents a significant increase from 2011. |
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Oregon Sports Pac Winners Announced: Last Drawing is for Hunters that Apply for Controlled Hunt by April 15 A lucky 28 Oregon hunters won a 2013 Sports Pacs (a $164.75 value) and two out-of-state hunters won a 2013 Non-Resident Hunting License ($140.40 value) because they applied early for their 2012 fall big game controlled hunts. The 30 names were drawn among hunters that applied for a controlled hunt by March 15, 2012. |
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Oregon Wenaha Wolf Collared Today ODFW collared a 96-pound male wolf from the Wenaha pack today in northwestern Wallowa County. The wolf was released in good condition. |
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Oregon's Draft Black Bear Management Plan Available for Public Review An updated plan to manage Oregon’s 25,000-30,000 estimated black bears is available for review online. |
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Google Fishing Map Points to NW Oregon Trout Locales The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today introduced a new Fishing Map to help anglers find trout stocking locations in the department’s Northwest Region. |
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Bald Eagle Soars Off Oregon’s Endangered Species List The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved removing the bald eagle from the Oregon Endangered Species List. Commissioners called recovery of bald eagles in Oregon a great success made possible through the cooperation of many agencies, landowners and other partners. Biologists estimated a minimum population of 570 nesting pairs of bald eagles in Oregon in 2010, compared to just 65 pairs in 1978. The bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species in 2007. Bald eagles are still protected under a number of state and federal laws. |
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Oregon Big Game Raffle Tickets on Sale Until May 7: 2011 Winner Bagged Trophy Elk for Under $50 in Tickets Elgin resident Chad Thompson bought just 15 2011 elk raffle tags, spending under $50—but won a three-month long hunting season, a privilege some pay thousands for at auction. Thompson ended up bagging a trophy animal on public land (Wenaha Wildlife Area), an elk that green scored over 400”. “It was the first time I had bought raffle tickets,” said Thompson. “I got the 15 ticket package, sent them off and forgot about them. I was pretty surprised when I won.” |
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Enter to Win Guided Youth Turkey Hunt in Jackson County, Oregon ODFW’S Access and Habitat program is offering youth hunters (age 17 and under) the opportunity to win a guided turkey hunt on a private ranch in Jackson County during the spring 2012 season. |
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Adult Salmon, Steelhead Will be Released Above Round Butte Dam, Oregon This fall adult salmon and steelhead could migrate and spawn in the upper Deschutes, Metolius, and Crooked river basins for the first time in more than 50 years under a one-year strategy recently developed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and others. |
