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Oregon Administrative Code
Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Division 73 - SPECIAL INTEREST SEASONS
Section 635-073-0001 - Bowhunting Seasons

Or. Admin. Code § 635-073-0001

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Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1, 2025
Section 635-073-0001 - Bowhunting Seasons
(1) Portions of the bowhunting areas are open for other hunting during specified periods listed under extended and controlled seasons.
(2) A bowhunter shall have on their person a hunting license and a valid tag while hunting in any of the bowhunting seasons listed in this section.
(3) A bowhunter possessing an elk bow tag is restricted to authorized elk bowhunting areas and seasons, and shall not hunt during the West Cascade, Coast, or Rocky Mountain elk Any Legal Weapon seasons.
(4) A bowhunter possessing a deer bow tag is restricted to authorized bowhunting areas and seasons and shall not hunt during any other general western Oregon deer or controlled buck seasons.
(5) The elk bow tag is the only tag valid in any bowhunting season open to elk hunting. The deer bow tag is the only tag valid in any bowhunting season open to deer hunting. Hunters with deer and/or elk tags may also possess tag(s) as provided in OAR 635-065-0015.
(6) White-tailed deer are protected in all units west of the eastern boundaries of the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Dixon, and Rogue units except for the controlled hunts listed in the Oregon Big Game Regulations.

Or. Admin. Code § 635-073-0001

FWC 123, f. & ef. 6-9-77; FWC 12-1979, f. & ef. 3-28-79; FWC 28-1979, f. & ef. 8-2-79; FWC 33-1980, f. & ef. 6-30-80; FWC 6-1981, f. & ef. 1-23-81; FWC 11-1981, f. & ef. 3-31-81; FWC 20-1981, f. & ef. 6-19-81; FWC 37-1982, f. & ef. 6-25-82; Renumbered from 635-065-0500; FWC 28-1983, f. & ef. 7-8-83; FWC 34-1984, f. & ef. 7-24-84; FWC 43-1985, f. & ef. 8-22-85; FWC 35-1986, f. & ef. 8-7-86; FWC 44-1988, f. & cert. ef. 6-13-88; FWC 71-1989, f. & cert. ef. 8-15-89; FWC 63-1990, f. & cert. ef. 6-21-90; FWC 26-1991, f. & cert. ef. 3-12-91; FWC 71-1997, f. & cert. ef. 12-29-97; DFW 49-1998, f. & cert. ef. 6-22-98; DFW 47-2001, f. & cert. ef. 6-13-01; DFW 2-2003, f. & cert. ef. 1-17-03; DFW 53-2005, f. & cert. ef. 6-14-05; DFW 25-2020, amend filed 03/09/2020, effective 03/09/2020; DFW 31-2021, amend filed 03/23/2021, effective 3/23/2021; DFW 162-2021, amend filed 10/12/2021, effective 10/12/2021

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162