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General hunting regulations for Big Game
Every different animal has its own laws and regulations and laws. The general laws and regulations for all animals are very simple and common. Shooting hours for all animals are ½ an hour before sunrise and ½ an hour after sunset. It is also unlawful to improperly use aircraft, drones, ATV’s and boats when hunting big game. It is unlawful to hunt or harass any game with a vehicle. Drones are not allowed to be used for trapping, angling or hunting to be used to get a competitive advantage. You cannot operate a motorized vehicle in restricted areas nor hunt in restricted areas either. You cannot operate a snowmobile or ATV with a loaded gun or weapon unless you have a license for carrying and conceal. Prohibited methods for hunting include hunting from or across a public road. Hunt or kill for another person is prohibited.(1) Hunt for any big game(2) using a dog except when hunting western gray squirrels. Hunting or locating any big game using any night vision equipment expect trail cameras is prohibited. Hunting big game with traps or snares is also prohibited. Using any poison, tranquilizing or immobilizing chemical to hunt is prohibited. Trespassing is unlawful unless you have permission to hunt from the landowner himself. Using a center fire rifle is also prohibited from hunting big game.(3) You must hunt with a unused tag.

General Hunting Regulations For Upland Bird Game
No hunter under the age of 18 shall not hunt any upland game with the use of wearing a orange vest that can be visible from all 360 degrees around him. When using decoys or calls or bird game hunting you can not use any live birds for decoys to aid drawing in birds. It is prohibited to use recorded or electrical calls for hunting game birds (except crows). Decoys that are self-powered with the use of a motor are illegal, however, wind and pull string decoys are allowed. Baiting birds is also a very(4) unlawful act. Baiting is attempting to lure in birds by laying down grain or food to force the birds to eat there and hunt them there. You cannot also hunt over a baited area. A baited area is considered baited for 10 days. Disguising the sex of a bird is also prohibited because only a certain number of females of a bird can be shot per day by one hunter. The head or feather of the bird must be fully attached when transporting the birds. Every bird has a specific possession limit for the number of birds you can hunt and take home per day, for example, waterfowl ducks can only be taken 7 a day; only 2 can be female and the rest are males.

Big Game Season Times

 * Black Bear

Eastern Oregon: Aug. 1 – Nov. 30

Tag Required: General Black Bear

Western Oregon: Aug. 1 – Dec. 31

Tag Required: General Black Bear

SW Additional: Aug. 1 – Dec. 31

Tag Required: SW Additional


 * Cougar

General Statewide: Jan. 1 – Dec. 31

Tag Required: General Cougar

Additional: Jan. 1 – Dec. 31

Tag Required: Additional


 * Deer, Western Oregon Center fire Firearm

Cascade Buck Area:

First Season: Sept. 28 – Oct. 11

Second Season: Oct. 19 - Nov. 1

Tag Required: Western Oregon Deer

Coast Buck Area: Sept. 28 – Nov. 1

Tag Required: Western Oregon Deer


 * Deer, Eastern Bow

Season: Aug. 24 – Sept. 22*

Tag Required: Deer Bow


 * Deer, Western Bow

Season: Aug. 24 – Sept. 22*

Tag Required: Deer Bow


 * Elk, Cascade Bull Center fire Firearm

Season: Oct. 12 - 18

Tag Required: Cascade Elk

Elk, Rocky Mountain Bull Center fire Firearm
First Season: Oct. 23 – Oct. 27

Tag Required: Rocky Mt. Elk 1st Season

First Season Columbia Basin Extended

Oct. 23 - Nov. 30

Second Season: Nov. 2 – Nov 10

Tag Required: Rocky Mt. Elk 2nd Season

Elk, Coast Bull Elk Center fire Firearm
First Season: Nov. 9 - Nov. 12

Tag Required: Coast 1st Season

Second Season: Nov. 16 – Nov. 22

Tag Required: Coast 2nd Season

Elk, Western/Eastern Bow
Season: Aug. 24 – Sept. 22

Tag Required: Elk Bow

Western Gray Squirrel
Open Season: Aug. 24 – Nov. 6

''Open Area: All units west of the eastern boundary of the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Sprague and Interstate units. Exceptions: No bag limit of closed season in that part of the Rogue Unit south of Rogue River and South Fork Rogue River and north of Hwy 140.''

Open Season: Sept. 7 – Oct. 13

Open Area: White River and Hood units

Upland Game Birds Species
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife allows hunting for a lot of different for Bird Species. The top four most popular species that are hunted for in Oregon are ducks, geese Pheasant, and wild turkey. Ducks offer a lot of different subspecies which include, Mallard, American Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon, Canvasbacks, Gadwall, Golden-eye, Harlequin, Long Tailed Duck, Mergansers, Northern Pin-tail, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-Necked Duck, Scaup, Scoters, Teal and the Wood duck. Oregon has only two hunt able geese which are Snow geese and Canadian geese. Snow geese are very rare and uncommonly seen in the state of Oregon. Other game birds that aren't commonly hunted in the state of Oregon include Pigeons, Coots, Greater Sage Grouse, Grouse, Mourning Dove, Partridge, Quail, Wilson's Snipe.

Big Game Species
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife offer eight different species to hunt for big game. The two most popular species are Deer and Elk. There are four different types of Deer which include, White, tailed Deer, Black Tailed Deer, Mule Deer, and Colombian White-Tailed Deer. Elk only has to subspecies to hunt for which include Roosevelt Elk, and Rocky Mountain Elk. Other Big game species that are allowed for hunting are also considered very dangerous to hunt for because of their aggressive nature. These species include Black bear, Cougar, Bighorn Sheep, Pronghorn Antelope, Rocky Mountain Goat, and Western Gray squirrel.