Or. Admin. Code § 635-075-0022 - Landowner Hunting Preference Tags for Mule Deer
(1) This rule further implements HB 2027A
whereby the 2013 Legislative Assembly directed the Department through the
commission to specify a formula that bases the number of landowner preference
tags available for mule deer on the management, research, and habitat needs set
forth in the wildlife management plan for mule deer.
(2) For purposes of this rule, the population
management objectives (MOs) for each wildlife management unit that were adopted
by the commission in August 2016 are considered representative of the
management, research, and habitat needs for mule deer.
(3) The formula to determine the number of
landowner hunting preference tags available for buck deer in a unit is as
follows:
(a) In those wildlife management
units where the estimated mule deer population is less than 60% of the
established population management objective, the number of landowner hunting
preference tags available for buck deer in that unit may be limited to five
tags or 10 percent of the total controlled buck tags authorized for the public
for each hunt in that unit by the commission, whichever is greater.
(b) In those wildlife management units where
the estimated mule deer population is equal to or more than 60% of the
established population management objective, but less than 80% of the
established population management objective, the number of landowner hunting
preference tags available for buck deer in that unit may be limited to five
tags or 15 percent of the total controlled buck tags authorized for the public
for each hunt in that unit by the commission, whichever is greater.
(c) In the Biggs, Columbia Basin, and Mount
Emily wildlife management units, and in the NE Owyhee 167A hunt area, and in
those wildlife management units where the estimated mule deer population is
equal to or more than 80% of the established population management objective,
the number of landowner hunting preference tags available for buck deer in that
unit may be issued based upon a landowner's acreage as set forth in
635-075-0005(8).
(d) If conditions such as but not limited to
disease or harsh winter weather occur, resulting in adoption of a Temporary OAR
to reduce 100 Series mule deer tags by equal to or more than 25% from the
number authorized by the Commission in areas listed or described in
635-075-0022(3)(c),
Limited Landowner Preference mule deer tags in those areas may be limited as
described in 635-075-0022(3)(b).
(4) If landowner preference tags
remain from the controlled hunts described in
635-075-0022(3)(a) or
(b) after the game mammal controlled hunt
drawing, the Department will issue remaining tags to qualified landowners as
described in 635-075-0024.
(5) Due to the transition period to implement
hunt area and population management objective changes pursuant to the Mule Deer
Management Plan (2024), Landowner Hunting Preference Tag numbers for mule deer
in 2025 will be set by the Department prior to the June 2025 controlled hunt
draw with the formula prescribed in subsection 3 of this rule utilizing the
population management objectives and estimated mule deer populations that were
used to set Landowner Hunting Preference Tag numbers in
2024.
Notes
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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.138, 496.012, 496.146 & 496.162
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.138, 496.012, 496.146 & 496.162
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