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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Fox Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Juntura Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Fox Hunt Area FX-02. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Keno Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 15, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Elkhorn Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Aldrich Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 13, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Deschutes Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 13, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the new Elkhorn Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
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Find maps, boundary descriptions and hunts available in the Juntura Hunt Area. Download printable PDF map
November 14, 2025
Species and Subspecies
Pheasants, grouse, quail and turkey are all upland game birds that are chicken-like and ground-dwelling. Wild turkeys are the largest upland game bird in Oregon.
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Check out the latest point summary reports for all big game, and use the information to strategize while deciding which controlled hunts to apply for next season. Mark your calendar and apply early, starting December 1st: Apply now for a controlled hunt
September 30, 2025
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Located near the Elkhorn Mountain Range, Elkhorn Wildlife Area is best known for Rocky Mountain elk and mule deer herds that use the area during the winter. To keep deer and elk from feeding on agriculture lands when they come down from snow-covered higher elevations, ODFW operates 10 feeding sites on the area to feed 1,400 elk and 800 deer during the winter months.
March 05, 2018
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The Minam River Wildlife Area harbors a wide variety of fish, wildlife and their habitats. Anglers can enjoy trout and mountain whitefish fishing, hunters can target deer and elk, and hikers can follow the Minam River Trail to the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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Features: Overall, medium-gray with a white underside. Gray, bushy tail has a white "halo." Habitat: It is commonly associated with mixed forest communities in central Wasco, Jefferson, Deschutes, and Klamath counties west, except for unforested portions of the Willamette Valley, to central Washington, Benton, Lane, Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties. It is active at all seasons and exhibits diurnal activity almost exclusively. Techniques: Most hunters use a small caliber rifle, and aim for the head to avoid ruining the meat.
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Features: Oregon is home to an estimated 25,000-30,000 black bears, which is North America’s most common bear species. They are the only type of bear found in Oregon. Despite their name, black bears are often brown in color. Habitat: Black bears are found statewide, with concentrations in the Coast and Cascade ranges and the Blue Mountains. Techniques: Oregon offers a controlled spring season (apply by Feb. 10) and a general fall season. Glassing open areas where bears are feeding on grass and shrubs works early spring season. Later in the season, some hunters turn to predator calls. Most fall bears…
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The transition from forested foothills of Mt. Hood to the beginnings of the Columbia Basin offers big game hunters an array of opportunities. The challenge can be finding public land or getting permission to hunt on private land.
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This vast area covers the Columbia Basin through the Blue, Wallowa and Elkhorn mountains to Hells Canyon. Some of Oregon's most prized big game hunts are managed in this area.
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Southeast Oregon, with its ponderosa pine forests, sage steppe expanses and aspen pocked mountains, is a very popular area to hunt mule deer, elk and pronghorn antelope.
