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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.318 - Revocation of scientific taking or wildlife holding and habitat removal permits.

In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may revoke a permit issued pursuant to ORS 497.298 or 497.308 if the commission determines that the holder of the permit has violated any of the terms or conditions thereof. Revocation of a permit is in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty provided by law for violation of the terms or conditions of the permit. [1973 c.723 §67]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.325 - Sturgeon hatchery operation permits; conditions; permit restrictions; rules.

(1) A person may not operate a fish hatchery for those members of the family Acipenseridae, commonly known as green sturgeon or white sturgeon, without holding a permit therefor from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
(2) Any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the commission considers appropriate to protect, perpetuate and enhance the sturgeon population of the Columbia River and other waters of this state.
(3) The commission by rule shall specify:
(a) The number of permits under this section that may be issued each calendar year;
(b) The method for allocating the permits; and
(c) The standards and criteria under which a permit must be exercised.
(4) When issuing a permit under this section, the commission may impose any additional conditions that the commission deems necessary to ensure compliance with this section.
(5)(a) A permit issued under this section for a fish hatchery operated for commercial purposes may not authorize the use of green sturgeon or white sturgeon broodstock taken from the wild.
(b) The commission shall annually collect the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061 for any permit issued under this section that allows the artificial propagation of green sturgeon or white sturgeon for commercial purposes. Payment of a fee under this subsection satisfies the payment of the fee required for a fish propagation license under ORS 497.252. [1989 c.1038 §2; 2007 c.342 §1; 2015 c.779 §30]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.327 - Priority for certain applications for permit for sturgeon hatchery operation.

When considering an application for a permit under ORS 497.325, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall, to the greatest extent practicable, give priority to any person who holds a permit on December 31, 2007, unless the commission finds good cause not to give such priority. [2007 c.342 §2]
Note:
497.327 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.350 - Hunting restriction; generally.

(1) No person younger than 12 years of age shall hunt antelope, black bear, cougar, deer, elk, mountain goat, mountain sheep or moose.
(2) No person younger than 14 years of age shall hunt with a firearm or bow and arrow unless the person is accompanied by an adult, or is hunting on land owned by the parent or legal guardian of the person. [1973 c.723 §68]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.360 - Hunter safety certificate; training program; youth hunter mentoring program; rules.

(1) No person younger than 18 years of age shall hunt wildlife, except on the person’s own land or land owned by the parent or legal guardian of the person, unless the person:
(a) Has in possession a certificate, issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission or by an agency of another state, stating that the person has satisfactorily completed a course prescribed or approved by the commission in the safe handling of lawful hunting weapons; or
(b) Is participating in a supervised hunt as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) The commission, by rule, shall prescribe and administer a hunter safety training program to provide instruction in the safe handling of lawful hunting weapons. The program may also include instruction on wildlife and natural resource conservation, first aid and survival and such other subjects as the commission considers desirable to promote good outdoor conduct and respect for the rights and property of others. The commission may cooperate and enter into agreements with other public or private agencies and individuals in carrying out the provisions of this subsection. The Department of State Police and the Department of Education are directed to cooperate with the commission in carrying out the provisions of this section.
(3)(a) The commission, by rule, shall prescribe and administer a youth hunter mentoring program that allows a person who is between nine and 16 years of age to hunt while in the presence of a supervisory hunter who is 21 years of age or older and who holds the appropriate licenses, tags and permits issued pursuant to the wildlife laws. Only one lawful hunting weapon may be carried during a supervised hunt under this subsection. A person participating in a supervised hunt under this subsection may hunt wildlife under the same conditions applicable to the supervisory hunter’s licenses, tags and permits.
(b) The commission, by rule, may prescribe any relevant safety and ethical standards for participation in a supervised hunt under this subsection. [1973 c.723 §69; 2007 c.352 §1; 2017 c.77 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.400 - Prohibited conduct.

No person shall:
(1) Apply for, obtain or possess for personal use or for the use of any other person more licenses, tags or permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission than are authorized for personal use during the current year by the wildlife laws and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
(2) Alter, borrow, loan or transfer to another person any license, tag or permit issued by the commission.
(3) In applying for a license, tag or permit issued by the commission, knowingly make any false statement of any information required by the application regarding the person in whose name the license, tag or permit is to be issued.
(4) Possess any license, tag or permit that has been altered, borrowed, loaned or transferred or for which any false statements were knowingly made in applying therefor.
(5) Apply for or obtain any license, tag or permit issued by the commission when civil damages due pursuant to ORS 496.705, moneys due the State Department of Fish and Wildlife from court-ordered restitutions for violations of the wildlife laws or moneys due the commission under ORS 496.992 (14) have not been paid. [1973 c.723 §70; 1981 c.108 §2; 1987 c.213 §3; 2018 c.14 §2; 2019 c.274 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.423 - Outfitter or guide unlawfully taking or killing wildlife.

(1) In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a court may order the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to revoke all licenses, tags and permits issued to a person in the manner provided for in ORS 497.415 if the person:
(a) Is, as provided for in ORS 496.992, convicted of a violation of the wildlife laws, or any rule adopted pursuant to the wildlife laws, that involves the taking or killing of wildlife with a culpable mental state; and
(b) Was, at the time the violation occurred, acting or offering to act as an outfitter and guide subject to registration with the State Marine Board pursuant to ORS 704.020.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 497.415 (5), upon having a license, tag or permit revoked under subsection (1) of this section, a person is prohibited from applying for or obtaining another such license, tag or permit. [2017 c.293 §2]
Note:
497.423 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 497 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.441 - Prohibited activities by those whose license, tag or permit has been revoked.

No person who has had a license, tag or permit revoked pursuant to ORS 497.415 shall engage in the activity for which the license, tag or permit is required:
(1) During the remainder of the period for which the license, tag or permit was issued; or
(2) During the period for which the person is prohibited by law from applying for or obtaining another such license, tag or permit. [1981 c.86 §2; 2009 c.778 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.655 - Voluntary contributions; county predatory animal control program; State Department of Fish and Wildlife duties.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Fur-bearing mammal," "hunt" and "wildlife" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 496.004.
(b) "Predatory animals" means those animals listed in ORS 610.002, black bears, cougars, fur-bearing mammals and gray wolves.
(2)(a) Each application for the purchase and issuance of a license, tag or permit to hunt wildlife pursuant to ORS 497.102 or 497.112 must include a separate section under which the applicant may make a voluntary contribution to be used for predatory animal control, to the extent allowable under federal and state law, in the county or counties in which the license, tag or permit allows the person to hunt.
(b) A voluntary contribution made under this section does not convey a privilege to hunt wildlife, and is considered separate from any moneys paid by the applicant for the issuance of a license, tag or permit.
(c) Before developing a predatory animal control program, a county shall consult with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife or the State Department of Agriculture, depending on the predatory animals that are part of the program.
(d) Voluntary contributions received under this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund established under ORS 497.660.
(3)(a) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall keep track of voluntary contributions made under this section. Each quarter the department shall pay to each county in which hunting took place under a license, tag or permit issued under the wildlife laws an amount equal to the total of the voluntary contributions made in association with applications for licenses, tags or permits allowing persons to hunt in the county.
(b) If a license, tag or permit allows the holder to hunt in an area that includes land within more than one county, the department shall designate a proportionate share of any voluntary contribution under this section to each county based on the percentage of the area that is in each county. [2011 c.728 §1]
Note:
497.655 and 497.660 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.660 - Wildlife Conservation Fund; sources; uses.

(1) The Wildlife Conservation Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Wildlife Conservation Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to be paid to counties as provided in ORS 497.655.
(2) The Wildlife Conservation Fund shall consist of voluntary contributions received by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife pursuant to ORS 497.655. [2011 c.728 §2]
Note:
See note under 497.655.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.990

[Subsection (7) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.295 §2; 1959 c.352 §2; subsection (8) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.335 §5; 1967 c.523 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.002 - Wildlife as state property; taking, angling, hunting or trapping in violation of wildlife law or rules prohibited.

(1) Wildlife is the property of the state. No person shall angle for, take, hunt, trap or possess, or assist another in angling for, taking, hunting, trapping or possessing any wildlife in violation of the wildlife laws or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto.
(2) No person shall angle for, take, hunt or trap, or assist another in angling for, taking, hunting or trapping any wildlife while intentionally violating ORS 164.245 to 164.270 or 498.120. [1973 c.723 §73; 1993 c.440 §1; 2003 c.656 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.006 - Chasing or harassing wildlife prohibited.

Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall chase, harass, molest, worry or disturb any wildlife except while engaged in lawfully angling for, taking, hunting or trapping such wildlife. [1973 c.723 §74; 2003 c.656 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.016 - Taking crippled or helpless wildlife.

Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prohibit any person from killing any crippled or helpless wildlife when the killing is done for a humane purpose. Any person so killing any wildlife shall immediately report such killing to a person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws, and shall dispose of the wildlife in such manner as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission directs. [1973 c.723 §76]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.018 - Commercial cervid attractants.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Chronic wasting disease" means a type of spongiform encephalopathy that is transmissible among cervids and typified by chronic and fatal weight loss.
(b) "Commercial cervid attractant" means a marketed product that contains or is derived from cervid urine and is designed for use in luring, attracting or enticing a cervid.
(2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(a) Commercial cervid attractants sometimes contain the source of chronic wasting disease;
(b) There is no reliable test for determining the presence or absence of chronic wasting disease in commercial cervid attractants; and
(c) Banning the possession and use of commercial cervid attractants will reduce the threat to the cervid population of this state from chronic wasting disease.
(3) A person may not possess or use commercial cervid attractants. [2019 c.396 §2]
Note:
498.018 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 498 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.019 - Purchase, sale or exchange of hides, antlers and other parts of deer, elk and antelope; records required.

(1) If the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, pursuant to its authority under ORS 498.022, establishes a license for the purchase of deer, elk and antelope hides and antlers, any person holding such license shall also be authorized to purchase, sell or exchange, or offer to purchase, sell or exchange, the hooves, dewclaws and sinews of deer, elk and antelope.
(2) A licensee under subsection (1) of this section shall maintain a record of transactions involving specimens of deer, elk or antelope. The record shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission, by rule, prescribes to accurately indicate the date, type and number of specimens received and the name and address of the person with whom such transaction was made. [1995 c.711 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.021 - Short title.

This section and the amendments to ORS 498.022 by section 2, chapter 3, Oregon Laws 2017, shall be known and cited as the "Wildlife Trafficking Prevention Act." [2017 c.3 §1]
Note:
498.021 was enacted into law but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 498 or any series therein by law. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.026 - Transaction in threatened or endangered wildlife species prohibited.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall take, import, export, transport, purchase or sell, or attempt to take, import, export, transport, purchase or sell, any threatened species or endangered species, or the skin, hides or other parts thereof, or any article made in whole or in part from the skin, hide or other parts of any threatened species or endangered species.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section is intended to prevent the taking, importation, transportation or sale of any threatened species or endangered species in such manner as may be authorized in ORS 496.172, 497.218 to 497.238, 497.298 or 497.308.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to the resale of used skins, hides or other parts of a threatened species or endangered species or an article made in whole or part thereof if the seller acquired the item sold prior to October 5, 1973. [1973 c.425 §2; 1977 c.242 §1; 1987 c.686 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.029 - Purchase, sale or exchange of fox, skunk or raccoon prohibited; exceptions.

(1) No person shall offer for sale, trade, barter or exchange as a household pet any fox, skunk or raccoon.
(2) An animal specified in subsection (1) of this section may be offered for sale, trade, barter or exchange to a public park, zoo, museum or educational institution for educational, medical, scientific or exhibition purposes if the organization possesses a permit from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission. The commission may refuse to issue a permit if the commission finds that the organization requesting the permit does not have physical facilities adequate to maintain the animal in health and safety and to prevent the escape of the animal from confinement. [1979 c.560 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.032 - Angling or hunting for compensation in violation of wildlife laws or rules prohibited.

No person shall angle for or hunt, or offer to angle for or hunt, for compensation, any wildlife in violation of any provision of the wildlife laws or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto. [1973 c.723 §78]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.036 - Possession in field of skinned or plucked wildlife prohibited.

Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall possess in the field or forest, or in transit from the field or forest, the carcass of any wildlife that has been skinned, plucked or mutilated in any manner so that the sex, size or species of the wildlife cannot be determined. [1973 c.723 §79]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.038 - Sale of wildlife for human consumption prohibited.

(1) In this state, a person may not sell, offer for sale or otherwise participate in the sale or offer for sale of wildlife that is sold alive for the purpose of human consumption.
(2) This section does not apply to the otherwise lawful sale, offer for sale or other participation in the sale or offer for sale of an animal:
(a) Utilized in farm use, as defined in ORS 308A.056.
(b) Described in ORS 506.011 that is lawfully raised or harvested. [2023 c.9 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.042 - Removal of parts of wildlife and waste of wildlife prohibited.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person may not remove the following parts from the carcass of any wildlife and utilize only those parts so removed:
(a) From the carcass of any game mammal or game bird, the head, antlers, horns, hide or plumage.
(b) From the carcass of a black bear or cougar, the paws, gallbladder, sex organs or bones.
(c) From the carcass of a sturgeon, salmon or steelhead, the eggs.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the removal of wildlife parts by a person:
(a) When engaged in lawful trapping activities.
(b) When utilizing those game mammals or game birds that the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule declares to be inedible.
(3) No person shall waste any edible portion of any game mammal, game bird or game fish or the pelt of any fur-bearing mammal. [1973 c.723 §80; 2016 c.37 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.046 - Making toxic substances accessible to wildlife prohibited.

No person shall place any toxic substance where it is accessible to wildlife unless the substance used and the method of application is approved by the state governmental agencies having authority to prescribe or implement environmental control programs. [1973 c.723 §81]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.048 - Devices propelling cyanide.

A person may not use an M44 cyanide device, cyanide trap, cyanide gun or similar device designed to propel a dose of sodium cyanide into an animal for the purpose of taking the animal. [2019 c.81 §2]
Note:
498.048 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 498 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.052 - Releasing domestically raised or imported wildlife without permit prohibited.

No person shall release within this state any domestically raised wildlife or wildlife brought to this state from any place outside this state unless the person first obtains a permit therefor from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission. [1973 c.723 §82]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.056 - Aiming rifle from moving motor vehicle prohibited.

No person who is the occupant of a motor vehicle that is moving on a road open to the public shall aim a rifle or other firearm from the motor vehicle at a time when the hunting of wildlife is lawful. [1993 c.440 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.062 - Takings of beaver by owners of forestland; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Beaver" means a member of the species Castor canadensis.
(b) "Forest practices" has the meaning given that term in ORS 527.620.
(c) "Forestland" has the meaning given that term in ORS 527.620.
(d) "Small forestland" means forestland whose owner owns or holds common ownership interest in less than 5,000 acres of forestland in this state.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 498.012 (1), an owner of forestland, other than small forestland, or a designee of the owner, may take a beaver on the owner’s forestland only if:
(a) The beaver apparently poses a threat to infrastructure.
(b) The owner or a designee of the owner first requests that the State Department of Fish and Wildlife address the threat to infrastructure apparently posed by the beaver.
(c) The owner or a designee of the owner waits 30 days after making the request described in paragraph (b) of this subsection before taking the beaver.
(3) If the department receives a request under subsection (2)(b) of this section, the department shall make a reasonable attempt to nonlethally relocate the beaver, as department resources allow, or otherwise address the threat to infrastructure apparently posed by the beaver, in consultation with the owner or a designee of the owner.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section and ORS 498.012 (1), if a beaver on privately owned forestland damages or imminently threatens infrastructure, an owner of forestland, other than small forestland, or a designee of the owner, may take the beaver without submitting a request to the department under subsection (2) of this section.
(5) An owner, or a designee of an owner, that takes a beaver under subsection (2) or (4) of this section must report the taking as described in ORS 498.061.
(6) In consultation with persons engaged in forest practices and other interested stakeholders, the department shall:
(a) Make reasonable attempts to nonlethally relocate beavers, as department resources allow.
(b) Develop a program for voluntarily relocating beavers.
(7) Notwithstanding ORS 496.162 (3), the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules to implement this section. [2022 c.33 §23]
Note:
498.062 is repealed only if certain conditions are met. See sections 54 and 60 to 64, chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022 (second note following 498.061).
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.063 - Restrictions related to trapping of beavers.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Forestland" has the meaning given that term in ORS 527.620.
(b) "Small forestland" has the meaning given that term in ORS 498.062.
(2) A person may not solicit or accept a fee for trapping a beaver on privately owned forestland other than small forestland, unless the trapping occurs pursuant to ORS 498.062 (2) or (4).
(3) A person that traps a beaver on privately owned forestland other than small forestland may not sell or exchange the pelt of the beaver, unless the trapping occurs pursuant to ORS 498.062 (2) or (4). [2022 c.33 §25]
Note:
498.063 is repealed only if certain conditions are met. See sections 54 and 60 to 64, chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022 (second note following 498.061).
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.072 - Updating list of prohibited species; risk from zoonotic disease.

(1) As used in this section, "prohibited species" means a species that may not be imported, possessed, sold, purchased, exchanged or transported in this state, as established by rule by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
(2) The commission shall review and update the list of prohibited species as the commission deems necessary to protect against significant risks to public health from zoonotic disease.
(3) If the Oregon Health Authority identifies a wildlife species as posing a significant risk to public health from zoonotic disease:
(a) The authority shall notify the commission of the risk as soon as practicable.
(b) After the notification, the commission shall review and update relevant rules related to wildlife as necessary to protect the public from the risk, including by adding the species to the list of prohibited species.
(4) In making decisions under this section, the commission:
(a) Shall use the best available science.
(b) Shall consult with the authority and the State Department of Agriculture.
(c) May consult with bona fide scientific or educational institutions, as defined in ORS 498.022, and any other experts with relevant expertise.
(5) In addition to actions described in this section, the commission may take any lawful action the commission deems necessary to protect the public from a potential for transmission of zoonotic disease.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, this section does not authorize commission action related to a species utilized in farm use, as defined in ORS 308A.056. [2022 c.9 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.073 - Suit for violation related to list of prohibited species.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may institute suit for recovery of damages in the amount of $2,500 for a violation of a rule related to the list of prohibited species, as defined in ORS 498.072.
(2) Each action in violation of a rule related to the list of prohibited species that pertains to an individual animal constitutes a separate violation for purposes of this section.
(3) The amount recoverable under this section shall be reduced by any amount paid to the commission under ORS 496.992 (15).
(4) In a suit brought under this section, the court shall award to the prevailing party, in addition to costs and disbursements, reasonable attorney fees.
(5) Civil damages awarded pursuant to this section are in addition to other penalties prescribed by the wildlife laws.
(6) Any circuit or justice court has jurisdiction to try a case for recovery of damages for violation of a rule related to the list of prohibited species as defined in ORS 498.072. [2022 c.9 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.102 - Use of dogs to hunt or track game mammals or birds.

(1) Any dog that is not wearing a collar with a license number thereon in compliance with ORS 609.100 that is found unlawfully hunting, running or tracking any game mammal or game bird may be killed at such time by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws.
(2) If a dog that is found unlawfully hunting, running or tracking any game mammal or game bird is wearing a collar with a license number thereon in compliance with ORS 609.100, the owner of the dog shall be notified by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws. If the owner or reputed owner of the dog disclaims ownership of the dog, the dog may be killed at such time by a person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws.
(3) If the owner of a dog has been notified that the dog has been found unlawfully hunting, running or tracking game mammals or game birds and thereafter fails to prevent the dog from unlawfully hunting, running or tracking game mammals or game birds, such dog may be killed by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws.
(4) No person shall permit any dog the person owns to unlawfully hunt, run or track any game mammal or game bird. [1973 c.723 §84]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.106 - Competitive field trials for hunting dogs.

Competitive field trials for hunting dogs may be held at such times and places and under such conditions as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may prescribe by rule. [1973 c.723 §85]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.112 - Use of live birds for competitive shooting prohibited.

No person shall use any live bird as a target for the purpose of competitive shooting. [1973 c.723 §86]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.120 - Hunting on another’s cultivated or enclosed land.

(1) No person shall hunt upon the cultivated or enclosed land of another without first obtaining permission from the owner or lawful occupant thereof, or the agent of such owner or occupant. No prosecution shall be commenced under this section except upon written complaint filed with a magistrate. The complaint shall be verified by the oath of the owner or lawful occupant of the cultivated or enclosed land, or the agent of such owner or occupant.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the boundaries of "enclosed" land may be indicated by wire, ditch, hedge, fence, water or by any visible or distinctive lines that indicate a separation from the surrounding or contiguous territory, and includes the established and posted boundaries of Indian reservations established by treaties of the United States and the various Indian tribes. [Amended by 1959 c.318 §1; 1971 c.580 §1; 1973 c.723 §83]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.126 - Hunting or assisting others to hunt or locate game animals or birds by aircraft prohibited; exemption; rules.

(1) A person may not:
(a) Hunt game mammals or game birds from or with the aid of an aircraft.
(b) Transmit from an aircraft to a person not in the aircraft information regarding the location of any game mammals or game birds.
(c) Otherwise use an aircraft to assist another person in hunting or locating game mammals or game birds for the purpose of hunting.
(2) A person may not hunt any game mammal within eight hours after having been transported by aircraft to or from any place other than a recognized airport that the Oregon Department of Aviation has licensed as a public use airport, registered as a personal use airport or specifically exempted from licensing or registration.
(3) Every pilot shall maintain a log book that shows the names and addresses of record of the persons transported, point of departure, point of destination, time and date of each flight that the pilot makes in an aircraft within this state to transport a person to or from any place to hunt. The log book is subject to inspection by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, and except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, or its agents, may conduct wildlife management activities necessary for scientific research or, in emergency situations, to protect human safety, wildlife species or property by:
(A) Hunting game mammals or game birds from or with the aid of an aircraft; or
(B) Transmitting from an aircraft information regarding the location of any game mammal or game bird.
(b) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall define by rule the terms "emergency situations" and "necessary" for purposes of implementation of this section.
(5) If the definition of "game mammal" in ORS 496.004 is modified to include wolves, then the department may conduct wolf management activities under this section only under a statewide wolf management plan adopted by the commission. [1973 c.723 §87; 1987 c.277 §1; 1989 c.448 §1; 1999 c.935 §30; 2003 c.566 §1; 2003 c.762 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.128 - Use of drones for pursuit of wildlife prohibited; rules.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules prohibiting the use of drones for the following purposes related to the pursuit of wildlife:
(a) Angling;
(b) Hunting;
(c) Trapping;
(d) Aiding angling, hunting or trapping through the use of drones to harass, track, locate or scout wildlife; and
(e) Interfering in the acts of a person who is lawfully angling, hunting or trapping.
(2) Rules adopted to carry out the prohibitions provided for in this section may include exemptions for:
(a) Subject to ORS 837.360, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the department’s agents and contractors for the use of drones in carrying out the duties of the department; or
(b) The use of drones in a manner otherwise prohibited under this section if the purpose of the use is to benefit wildlife management or habitat or for the protection of property.
(3) Nothing in this section is meant to limit the use of drones by a person who is lawfully engaging in activities authorized under the commercial fishing laws.
(4) As used in this section, "drone" means:
(a) An unmanned flying machine;
(b) An unmanned water-based vehicle; or
(c) Any other vehicle that is able to operate in the air, in or under the water or on land, either remotely or autonomously, and without a human occupant. [2015 c.61 §1; 2016 c.72 §14]
Note:
498.128 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 498 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.136 - Hunting from motor-propelled vehicle restricted; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person may not hunt wildlife from a motor-propelled vehicle.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, may authorize hunting from a motor-propelled vehicle by a person with a disability or for the purpose of alleviating damage by wildlife to other resources.
(3)(a) Nothing in the wildlife laws, or rules adopted pursuant thereto, is intended to prohibit the companion of a person with a disability who is lawfully hunting from a motor-propelled vehicle from killing an animal wounded by the person and applying to the animal the tag issued to the person for the taking of the animal, even if the companion has already validated any tag required for the taking of such an animal.
(b) For purposes of this subsection, "companion" means a person who does not have a disability. [1973 c.723 §88; 1987 c.292 §1; 1999 c.25 §8; 2007 c.70 §278]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.142 - Hunting with artificial light restricted; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall hunt wildlife with the aid of any artificial light.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, may authorize hunting with the aid of an artificial light for the purpose of taking raccoon, opossum or bobcat or to alleviate damage by wildlife to other resources. [1973 c.723 §88a; 1977 c.136 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.146 - Shining artificial light on game mammal, predatory animal or livestock while in or near motor vehicle and while in possession of weapon restricted.

(1) No person shall cast from a motor vehicle or from within 500 feet of a motor vehicle an artificial light upon any game mammal, predatory animal or livestock while there is in the possession or in the immediate physical presence of the person a weapon with which the game mammal, predatory animal or livestock could be killed.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person who casts artificial light upon a game mammal, predatory animal or livestock:
(a) From the headlights of a motor vehicle that is being operated on a road in the usual manner, if that person makes no attempt to kill the game mammal or livestock; or
(b) When the weapon that person has in the possession or immediate physical presence of the person is disassembled or stored, or in the trunk or storage compartment of a motor vehicle; or
(c) On land owned or lawfully occupied by that person; or
(d) On publicly owned land when that person has an agreement with the public body to use that property.
(3) As used in this section, "predatory animal" has the meaning for that term provided in ORS 610.002. [1973 c.542 §2; 1975 c.791 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.152 - Agreements restricting parking or use of motor vehicles on certain lands.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may enter into agreements with the owners or lawful possessors of land to restrict the operation or parking of motor-propelled vehicles on the land when the commission determines that such operation or parking is damaging wildlife or wildlife habitat.
(2) An agreement shall restrict the types and uses of motor-propelled vehicles on the land and shall specify the times and places that such restrictions apply.
(3) The commission shall cause notice of the restrictions, including the effective date thereof, to be posted on the main traveled roads entering the area to which the restrictions apply.
(4) Nothing in this section authorizes the establishment of any restrictions that impede normal forest or range management operations. [1973 c.723 §89; 1987 c.798 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.153 - Parking vehicle in violation of restrictions; vehicle owner subject to penalty.

A person who operates or parks a motor-propelled vehicle in violation of restrictions established and posted under ORS 498.152, and any owner of the vehicle who authorizes the operation or parking of the vehicle, commits a Class A violation. [1987 c.798 §3; 1999 c.1051 §194; 2011 c.597 §65]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.154 - Notice adequate to charge defendant; delivery or posting.

(1) In all prosecutions against the owner of a motor-propelled vehicle under ORS 498.153, it shall be sufficient for a police officer to charge the defendant by an unsworn written notice if the notice clearly states:
(a) The date, place and nature of the charge.
(b) The time and place for defendant’s appearance in court.
(c) The name of the issuing officer.
(d) The license number of the vehicle.
(2) The notice provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall either be delivered to the defendant or placed in a conspicuous place upon the vehicle involved in the violation. A duplicate original of the notice shall serve as the complaint in the case when it is filed with the court. The issuing officer need not have observed the act of parking, but need only have observed that the vehicle appeared to be parked in violation of restrictions established and posted under ORS 498.152. [1987 c.798 §4; 1995 c.658 §108; 2011 c.597 §65a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.155 - Failure to appear; issuance of warrant.

If a vehicle owner cited under ORS 498.154 to appear in a circuit or justice court upon an alleged parking offense fails to appear on or before the date and time stated on the citation, the court and the Department of Transportation may take such actions as are otherwise authorized by law under the Oregon Vehicle Code in the case of a failure to appear, except that in no case may a warrant of arrest be issued nor a criminal prosecution for failure to appear be commenced unless the citing or prosecuting authority, more than 10 days prior thereto, has sent a letter to the registered owner at the address shown upon the vehicle registration records of the department advising such owner of the charge pending and informing the owner that the owner may be subject to arrest if the owner does not appear in the court within 10 days to answer the charge. The letter must be sent by certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested. A warrant of arrest may not be issued, nor a criminal prosecution for failure to appear be commenced if such a letter has not been sent or if the owner appears in court to answer the charge within 10 days after receiving the letter. [1987 c.798 §5; 1993 c.741 §69; 1995 c.658 §109; 1999 c.1051 §274]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.158 - Hunting or trapping wildlife in certain governmental districts restricted.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 448.305 and in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall hunt or trap any wildlife within the boundaries of any city, public park, cemetery or on any school lands.
(2) No hunting or trapping shall be allowed on any lands within the boundaries of any city, public park or on any school lands unless:
(a) The governing body or other agency that administers the affairs of the city, public park or school, after notice and hearing, authorizes such hunting or trapping by ordinance or resolution; and
(b) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, after notice and hearing, determines that such hunting or trapping would not adversely affect public safety or unreasonably interfere with other authorized uses of such lands. [1973 c.723 §90]