Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Orientation
This online module serves as the required training for Bighorn Ewe and Rocky Mountain Goat tag holders. It is recommended that Bighorn Ram hunters complete training also but it is not required. See more information below from the Big Game Hunting Regulations.
Insert videos here:
VIDEO #1 - Physical & Mental Ready, Hunting in Sheep and Goat Country
(Jeremey Thompson to record this combined content? Combine- Physical, Mental Ready+Hunting Goat Country+Hunting Sheep Country)
VIDEO #2 - Mountain Goat Orientation
(Brian Ratliff to record this combined content?)
VIDEO #3 - Ewe Orientation
(Andrew Meyers to record this content?)
VIDEO #4 – Care and Preservation
VIDEO #5 – Field Judging Mountain Goats
VIDEO #6 - Field Judging and Scoring Bighorns
VIDEO #7, etc – Hunt Descriptions
Information about Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat orientation rules and regulations
The winner of the bighorn sheep tag may be required to complete a bighorn sheep hunting orientation course prior to their hunt. (https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_635-067-0034)
Online orientation is required for ewe hunts. Oregon Big Game Hunting Regulations, pg. 62
Online orientation is required for Rocky Mountain goat hunts. Oregon Big Game Hunting Regulations, pg. 64
Required: sheep head pinned
All successful hunters are required to have their sheep head pinned by ODFW. Hunters must check out through the local ODFW office in the district where the hunt occurs within 72 hours after completing their hunt.
Checkout must occur during normal business hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Mon-Fri) unless prior arrangements have been made. Please call ahead to the local ODFW field office where the hunt occurs, to make arrangements for checkout.
ODFW Field Office | Phone Number |
Baker City Field Office | 541-523-5832 |
Enterprise Field Office | 541-426-3279 |
Heppner Field Office | 541-676-5230 |
Klamath Dist. Office | 541-883-5732 |
Lakeview Field Office | 541-947-2950 |
Ontario Field Office | 541-889-6975 |
Bend Dist. Office | 541-388-6365 |
John Day Field Office | 541-575-1167 |
La Grande Field Office | 541-963-2138 |
Burns/Hines Dist. Office | 541-573-6582 |
Prineville Field Office | 541-447-5111 |
The Dalles Field Office | 541-296-4628 |
After completing training please fill out this form.
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Additional information from regulations
Bighorn sheep hunting in Oregon requires a controlled tag, and hunters may draw only one bighorn sheep ram tag in a lifetime, excluding ewe hunts. The open seasons for bighorn sheep hunts vary by hunt name and area, with specific dates and tag limits for residents and nonresidents. Hunters must also complete a checkout process through the local ODFW office within three business days after their hunt.
Wild Sheep Foundation and partner videos (not part of required training):
Beyond Borders: The TriState Partnership:
https://youtu.be/AMdXFZWJ070?si=PneH1xD894n7uX97
Hart Mountain Bighorn Sheep Herd Recovery with ODFW, USFWS:
https://youtu.be/volpsUi116Q
I.O.N. (Idaho, Oregon & Nevada) Partnership Update:
https://youtu.be/pBoZKakGDh4?si=HML2_dYOWbnoBVFX
Leslie Gulch, Test and Remove:
https://youtu.be/Ao7McXin4Hs
John Day (I-84) Herd Translocation:
https://youtu.be/SthD4s8RTms
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