Need to figure out controlled hunts, find a place to clam, learn how to fish or get directions to a wildlife area? We've got information on all that and more, straight from ODFW biologists and other accomplished hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers.
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Includes lakes in the Umpqua National Forest and the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness.
Take the Western Native Trout Challenge and you’ll learn about native trout and where to find them, earn bragging rights...
Archery is experiencing a surge in popularity, and rightly so. It provides both a physical and mental challenge; can be...
Wipers, a cross between striped and white bass, reach prodigious proportions in the productive waters of Ana Reservoir. Their size...
Bighorn sheep and Rocky Mountain goat the rarest game mammals in Oregon today, with less than 100 bighorn sheep tags...
Pronghorn antelope are the fastest ungulates in North America and can reach speeds of up to 40 miles an hour...
Hunting and fishing licenses are generally valid for the calendar year. The exceptions are game bird hunting permits and validations...
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Columbian white-tailed and black-tailed deer share the same habitat in some parts of western Oregon. This video and related graphic illustrate several key...
Oregon offers some great opportunities for the first-time hunter -- from deer and elk, to geese and ducks, to chukar...
Oregon’s Bowhunter Education Program teaches bowhunters the fundamentals of safe, responsible archery hunting and an appreciation and respect for the environment...
Can't find a place to see Oregon’s iconic spring chinook salmon spawning? Want to cross the ferruginous hawk off your birdwatching...
Due to customer demand for a more modern, easier-to-navigate website, ODFW is introducing MyODFW.com. This new mobile-friendly website was designed with...
The time shared between a youngster and a mentor is invaluable. There simply is no better way to introduce a...
The north coast area includes the Lower Columbia River downstream of St. Helens to the Pacific Ocean, and the Oregon...
Regulated Hunt Areas (RHAs) are cooperative programs between Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and private landowners that offer regulated...
Harvest and effort data can help you identify promising places to hunt. This page includes maps showing harvest, hunter days...
A growing number of people take to the woods in winter, looking for antlers that have been shed by Oregon’s deer...
An emergency hunt is an unanticipated hunt held on short notice to address acute agricultural damage. Many damage situations are...
Buy licenses/tags online and print them immediately from any printer—or choose electronic tagging to carry your documents and tag fish...
We asked some of the fisher folk at ODFW for their favorite gift-giving ideas. Here's what they said.
Oregon offers some of the best upland game bird hunting in the West. The state’s diverse habitats support nine species...
Longleader gear is used to target midwater species like yellowtail rockfish, canary rockfish and widow rockfish, while avoiding bottom-dwelling species like...
