[ODFW-News] Leftover Spring Bear Tags to be sold March 15

[ODFW News]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife =09
Contact: 	Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356=09
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us  Fax: (503) 872-5700
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For Immediate Release	Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Bear controlled hunt tags to be sold first come, first served starting =
March 15

PORTLAND - More than 500 tags leftover from the limited entry lottery for =
spring bear hunts will be sold on first-come, first-served starting at 10 =
a.m., Saturday, March 15, at license agents state wide, the Oregon =
Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.

The following tags will be sold:
=B7	712A - Wilson/Trask - 126 total tags with no more than 13 =
non-resident tags.
=B7	722A - SW Oregon - 323 total tags with no more than 17 non-resident=
 tags.
=B7	756T - Wenaha Unit Youth - 20 total resident tags.
=B7	757T - Sled  Springs/Chesnimnus Youth - 23 total tags with no more =
than three non-resident tags.
=B7	760T - Minam/Imnaha Youth - 18 total tags with no more than two =
non-resident tags.

ODFW offices that normally sell licenses and tags will be open Saturday, =
March 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for the leftover =
tag sale.
These tags were left over in five of the 16 spring bear hunts after the =
annual February drawing for "controlled" bear tags. Leftover tags are =
those that hunters did not apply for. The hunts are often less desirable =
because they require landowner permission, access is difficult or supply =
exceeded the demand.
Leftover tags may be purchased in addition to any general season or =
controlled hunt bear tags already in possession. Non-residents may =
purchase the tags, but sales are limited to a maximum of 3 percent of the =
total tags allocated for the hunt. The three youth hunts with leftover =
tags are limited to hunters aged 12 to 17 years old who are accompanied by =
a non-hunting adult. No mail order or fax orders are taken for left over =
tags.=20
Oregon has both general season and controlled bear hunts. There are a =
limited number of controlled hunt tags, and hunters must apply for them by =
Feb. 10. There is no limit on the number of general season tags sold to =
residents for the fall hunts.=20
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