[ODFW-News] ODFW Reminds Hunters to Apply for Big Game Hunts

[Odfw News]

For Immediate Release Friday, April 29, 2005
 
ODFW Reminds Hunters to Apply for Big Game Hunts
Deadline is Sunday, May 15
 
SALEM - State wildlife officials are urging big game hunters to apply
for this fall's controlled big game hunts as quickly as possible to
avoid the lines expected to occur near the May 15 deadline. 
 
Hunters should submit their applications through their local license
agent, mail order or Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife office.
However, because the deadline falls on a Sunday this year, ODFW offices
will not be open that day, and some license agents also may be closed. 
 
ODFW limits the number of hunters for particular hunts to improve game
management and enhance the hunting experience. Hunters must apply for
tags for these "controlled" hunts in the spring. A random computer
drawing occurs in June and hunters are notified by June 20 if they were
successful.  
 
Pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, eastern Oregon buck deer, many
eastern Oregon bull elk seasons, and most antlerless deer and elk
seasons are managed via the controlled hunt system. The cost to apply is
$4.50 per hunt type. Hunters must have a 2005 hunting license to apply.
 
Hunters will receive quicker service at a license agent if they have the
following materials readily available: hunting license or Hunter/Angler
Identification Number, a list of the hunts being applied for, and, if
applicable, the party leader's license number.
 
ODFW asks hunters not to wait until the final days before the May 15
deadline to apply for controlled hunt tags. Applying early helps avoid
overloading ODFW's aging Point-of-Sale computerized system and prevents
other associated application problems.
 
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