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Buying a license or permit
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife owns or manages nearly 200,000 acres of land set aside for wildlife use...
Buying a license or permit
Or redeem your Sports Pac voucher
Directions for purchasing a license or tag online or from a license vendor, for redeeming your Sports Pac voucher, and...
Buying a license or permit
In 2025, the Oregon Legislature established the Ocean Endorsement through House Bill 2342 to generate dedicated funding for marine fish...
Major improvements are now complete at Yellowjacket Lake, about 30 miles northwest of Burns. The upgrades include a new...
You caught it, now it's time to cook it—and what better time than during a holiday meal with your family...
Regulating harvest, health, and enhancement of wildlife populations.
The white sturgeon is one of Oregon's most iconic and distinctive fish species with a lineage dating back to the...
The white sturgeon is one of Oregon's most iconic and distinctive fish species with a lineage dating back to the...
Oregon offers some great opportunities for the first-time hunter -- from deer and elk, to geese and ducks, to chukar...
Education
Oregon has more than 75 ranges where you can improve your shooting and archery skills. Shooting range map.
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Find all the information you need to trap or hunt furbearers in Oregon, including licensing requirements and seasons.
How to fish
Bass are an increasingly popular game fish even in a state noted for its native salmon, steelhead and trout. Bass...
Oregon is home to two rare, at-risk desert bats, the pallid and spotted bats, both recognized as State Wildlife Action...
This newsletter provides a summary of Oregon’s 2024 sport bottomfish fishery.
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Education
Oregon's Bowhunter Safety Education Program teaches bowhunters the fundamentals of safe, responsible archery hunting with an appreciation and respect for
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Something unique is happening in the most populated part of Oregon - the emergence of a new salmon fishery.
Hunting regulations level the playing field for all hunters and maintain fair chase standards. New technology threatens both.
by ODFW Water Program
Salmon, trout, and steelhead need abundant clean, cold water to thrive, and ODFW works year-round in streams across the state...
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