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ODFW wildlife biologists offer a look at the habitat conditions and hunting outlook for the upcoming season.
August 27, 2024
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Snipe fly fast and erratically. They aren’t hard to kill, just hard to hit. Here are a few tips to improve your odds.
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Oregon offers some of the best upland game bird hunting in the West. The state’s diverse habitats support nine species of upland game birds— pheasants, chukar, Hungarian partridge, valley (California) quail, mountain quail, ruffed grouse, blue grouse, sage-grouse and wild turkey. There are upland hunting opportunities in every corner of the state, and one upland bird season or another is open continuously from September 1 through January 31. Throw in a six-week spring turkey season and you can hunt upland game birds in Oregon for more than half of the year! Also, since many of the species share similar habitat
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Step-by-step directions for applying for a controlled hunt online and how to change your hunt choices. The deadline to apply for a big game controlled hunt is May 15. Apply for a controlled hunt Landowner preference guide
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See the latest and historic data on big game population surveys from 2012 to present.
July 22, 2024
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Small game species provide a variety of hunting experiences throughout the state and are an excellent way to introduce new hunters to hunting. Only the appropriate hunting license is necessary to hunt small game (no tags or permits). There are three major categories of small game in Oregon: western gray squirrel, unprotected mammals and furbearers.
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Oregon has everything it takes to be on any big game hunter's bucket list: Over 34 million acres of public land open to hunters. Diverse habitats from coastal rain forests to eastern deserts, with a couple of mountain ranges in between. Trophy opportunities include deer and elk.
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Rabbit hunting is the third most popular type of hunting activity in the U.S., behind wild turkey and deer hunting. Few people take advantage of it in Oregon, but they should—rabbits and hares are abundant and there is no closed season or bag limit. Plus, they taste good!
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Oregon supports diverse waterfowl populations, from sea ducks in coastal saltwater to puddle ducks in the alkali basins of southeast Oregon. You might think you need lots of gear (decoys, boats, a trained dog) to hunt ducks and geese, but you don’t. All of these things are nice but not necessary. All you really need is a hunting license/tag, shotgun, shells and some basic identification skills.
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It's easy to check your results, and purchase your tag, on the ODFW electronic licensing system. NOTE: Once the draw results begin loading into the system, they will load one series at a time. If you want to see all of your results at once, wait until the end of the day when all the series have been loaded. Controlled hunt draw results are announced by June 12 each year.
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Jan. 8, 2025 Currently open Eurasian collared dove Announcements, resources Game bird updates resume in August With most 2025-25 game bird seasons concluded, the game bird updates are currently on hiatus will resume in August. Coming up next Report your fall turkey hunt by April 15. If you bought a tag to hunt in 2024, you must report your hunt by Jan. 31, 2025 – even if you didn't hunt or harvest an animal. Here's information on who needs to report and how to do it. Look for the game bird hunting forecast. The forecast is published in early Apil
September 05, 2017
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Jan. 8, 2025 Currently open Eurasian collared dove Announcements, resources Game bird updates resume in August With most 2025-25 game bird seasons concluded, the game bird updates are currently on hiatus will resume in August. Coming up next Report your fall turkey hunt by April 15. If you bought a tag to hunt in 2024, you must report your hunt by Jan. 31, 2025 – even if you didn't hunt or harvest an animal. Here's information on who needs to report and how to do it. Look for the game bird hunting forecast. The forecast is published in early Apil
September 21, 2017
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Dove hunting seasons open earlier than many others and offer one of the first opportunities to go afield each year. The action can be fast, offering lots of opportunities to shoot and the chance to sharpen your skills for the opening of other bird seasons later in the fall.
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Hunters should be aware of potential changes coming for deer hunts in Eastern Oregon in 2026. Hunts will be structured based on Deer Herd Ranges, not WMUs, to reflect mule deer biology and allow for more accurate monitoring and management. Use this map to compare new Deer Herd Ranges vs Wildlife Management Units. Zoom in to see WMU boundaries which are in white. View the interactive map
April 2, 2025
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This step-by-step guide will show you how to purchase leftover tags from the controlled hunt drawing. Leftover tags are available online beginning July 1 at 10 a.m. Remaining tags will be available from license vendors beginning July 3. 2025 Leftover Tag list UPDATE: Due to technical difficulties that left some hunters unable to purchase a tag ODFW is suspending the sale of 2025 leftover tags until July 3. Our vendor is working on a fix and tags will go back on sale tomorrow, July 3 at 8 a.m. to customers who did not get a tag in the controlled hunt
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Find directions purchasing a tag online or from a license vendor, for redeeming your Sports Pac voucher, and purchasing a tag after the sale deadline. Buy a tag online
ODFW to host online meetings about 2026 Big Game Regulations proposals: New Eastern Oregon deer hunting structure discussed
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Michelle Dennehy, (503) 931-2748, Michelle.N.Dennehy@odfw.oregon.gov
SALEM, Ore.—ODFW will host a series of online public meetings in July with district wildlife biologists presenting proposed changes to next year's big game regulations and getting feedback.
Each meeting will include a presentation on 2026 proposed regulations, a Q&A and opportunity for public comment. Proposed 2026 tag numbers and regulation changes are available here:
- 2026 Antlerless DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Bighorn Sheep DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Buck Deer DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Elk DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Premium DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Pronghorn DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Rocky Mtn Goat DRAFT (pdf)
- 2026 Spring Bear DRAFT (pdf)
- 2025 July District Meeting Info (pdf)
The main topic of the meetings will be potential changes coming for deer hunts in Eastern Oregon in 2026, an outcome of the new Mule Deer Management Plan adopted in 2024. Deer hunts in the region will be structured based on Deer Herd Ranges, not WMUs, to reflect mule deer biology and allow for more accurate monitoring and management. This change will align hunting effort and associated harvest with Oregon's mule deer populations and management goals, improve monitoring of population trends, and allow for quicker management responses/accurate evaluation of management actions.
To learn more, visit the Eastern Oregon Deer Hunts page.
ODFW encourages people to use this form to submit questions and comments in advance of or after the meeting. Questions can also be asked during the Teams meeting by using the chat feature.
Final 2026 Big Game Hunting Regulations are scheduled to be adopted at the Sept. 12 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting in Ontario.
The meeting schedule follows:
- Northwest Region (Newport/Tillamook/Sauvie Island/Clackamas/Springfield/Corvallis)- July 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Join the meeting
- Southwest Region (Roseburg/Charleston/Central Point/Gold Beach)- July 10, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Join the meeting
- Northeast Region (Pendleton/La Grande/John Day/Baker/Enterprise/Heppner) - July 10, 6 p.m. - 730 p.m. Join the meeting
- Southeast Region (The Dalles/Prineville/Bend/Klamath Falls/Lakeview/Ontario/Hines) - July 16, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Join the meeting
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