Or. Admin. Code § 635-075-0010 - Hunting Area Allowed With Landowner Hunting Preference Tags
(1) A landowner
preference tag authorizes the recipient to hunt only on those lands owned and
registered in the Landowner Preference Program by the landowner, and meeting
the minimum acreage requirements for that hunt, during the season dates for
which the tag is valid, except as provided for in OAR
635-075-0010(4) and
(5).
(2) Except as provided in OAR
635-075-0010(7),
landowner hunting preference tags are valid on the landowner's registered
property in other controlled hunt areas provided the species, bag limits, and
season dates are the same, and the landowner's property in that area either:
(a) Meets the minimum acreage requirements
for that hunt; or
(b) is contiguous
to other property owned and registered by the landowner that, if added
together, would meet the minimum acreage requirements for that hunt.
(3) A landowner receiving a
landowner preference controlled buck deer hunt or controlled elk hunt tag may
not hunt in any other controlled or general buck deer or elk season, except as
provided in OAR division 090 and
635-073-0100 (Premium
Hunts).
(4) When a landowner is
qualified under landowner preference rules adopted by the Commission and the
landowner or an immediate family member receives a deer or elk controlled hunt
tag for that unit and has not harvested an animal, the landowner or immediate
family member may use that tag to take an antlerless deer, except for
white-tailed deer in Western Oregon, or elk before, during, or after the
hunting season for which the tags are valid, when approved by the Department,
to alleviate damage that is presently occurring to the landowner's
property.
(5) Each unfilled
landowner preference deer tag may be transferred and used to take two
antlerless animals, except for white-tailed deer in Western Oregon, before,
during or after the hunting season for which the tags are valid, when approved
by the Department, to alleviate damage that is presently occurring to the
landowner's property in accordance with the following criteria:
(a) Transfer must be done by an authorized
representative of the Department for no charge;
(b) Tag(s) is/are to be transferred to
someone of the landowner's choice;
(c) No more than one tag may be transferred
to any one person;
(d) Each tag may
only be transferred once;
(e) Tags
shall be issued for a period of no more than 30 days from the date of issuance,
and end no later than March 31. A Department representative may reauthorize an
unfilled tag to the same person for an additional 30 days if damage is
presently occurring;
(f) Persons
who have been successful in harvesting a buck and/or antlerless deer in a
general and/or controlled hunt season (excluding "leftover" tags) are also
eligible to receive one damage landowner preference deer tag in a fiscal year
of July through June;
(g)
Department personnel shall collect the appropriate fee for the second tag at
time of transfer;
(6)
Landowner preference pronghorn antelope tags may only be used during the
authorized hunt season.
(7)
Landowner hunting preference tags for other controlled hunt areas are not valid
for use in the 254R1, 255R1, 256R1, 254Y1, 255Y1, 256Y1 hunt
areas.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162
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