Hunting Articles

Chance to win firearm for filling out permit when hunting Access Areas or Open Fields properties
by ODFW, OCTOBER 12, 2018

Fall hunting seasons are underway, and hunters are reminded that Access Areas and Open Fields properties provide great opportunities on private land – just don’t forget to fill out a free permit when required! Some Access Areas and Open Fields properties require hunters to fill out a free permit to go hunting on the property, information that ODFW uses to track...
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SHARE Program to Offer Wild Pig, Bear, Turkey, Quail and Dove Hunts this Fall
by CDFW, OCTOBER 7, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program will provide public access for wild pig, bear, turkey, quail and dove hunts on a property in Tulare County this fall and spring. This is the first year that SHARE has offered opportunities at Hart Ranch, which includes 975 acres of rolling oak woodland 15...
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Coquille Valley Wildlife Area reopens to public use
by ODFW, OCTOBER 6, 2018

The Coquille Valley Wildlife Area reopens in stages to public use in time for waterfowl season. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will reopen the Beaver Slough tract October 13 and the Winter Lake tract October 20. Both tracts make up the 660-acre wildlife area and have been closed since June 1 for habitat restoration activities including tidal channel construction. “Waterfowl season begins...
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Commission to adopt roadkill salvage rules Oct. 12 in Klamath Falls
by ODFW, OCTOBER 6, 2018

The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Friday, Oct. 12 in Klamath Falls at the Running Y Ranch Ponderosa Room, 500 Running Y Road. The meeting starts at 8 a.m. and follows this agenda. The Commission will be asked to adopt administrative rules to allow the salvage of roadkilled deer and elk beginning Jan. 1, 2019. The new rules are due to...
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ODFW to host second facilitated meeting with Wolf Plan stakeholders Oct. 9
by ODFW, OCTOBER 5, 2018

ODFW will host the second facilitated meeting with Wolf Plan stakeholders Tuesday Oct. 9 in Salem at the Oregon Department of Forestry Headquarters, Tillamook Room, Bldg C 1st Floor, 2600 State Street. Stakeholders deeply involved with the Wolf Plan update have been invited to attend. The meeting starts at 9 a.m., see the meeting agenda at https://bit.ly/2xYQvsz Professional facilitator Deb Nudelman with Kearns...
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ODFW Recreation Report Highlights - Hunting
by ODFW, OCTOBER 4, 2018

Give us a wing and a tail - Map of collection barrels for grouse and quail now available If you bag a bird, don’t forget to give us a wing and a tail for any forest grouse or mountain quail you harvest! Use paper bags in the bright blue collection barrels placed at major road junctions or highways in hunting areas and...
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