Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 75 - LANDOWNER HUNTING PREFERENCE AND OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES TAG ALLOCATION › Section 635-075-0005 - Registration, Application and Tag Issuance Procedures and Limits for All Controlled Hunts

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A landowner
			 shall submit a landowner preference registration form to be eligible for a
			 landowner preference tag. A one-time fee of $35.00 is required at the time of
			 registration for new program participants. A landowner can have only one
			 registration on file with the Department. However, an individual who owns
			 (through business entities, in the individual's own name or a combination
			 thereof) more than one property eligible for the landowner preference program
			 may register each such property. The registration form is an affidavit
			 certifying ownership, number of acres owned, the county and Wildlife Management
			 Unit where the property is located. This registration form registers the
			 individual and remains valid until the individual registered no longer
			 qualifies as a landowner as defined under OAR
			 635-045-0002, notifies the
			 Department requesting the registration form be deleted, or the Department
			 notifies the landowner that a renewal is required (generally every three
			 years). After six years of inactivity, a new registration and fees are
			 required.
(2) In addition to
			 having a landowner preference registration form on file with the Department, a
			 landowner or an authorized designee identified by the landowner in writing to
			 the Department shall provide the Department with the names of the landowner,
			 stockholder(s), partner(s), and their immediate family members to receive tags
			 for pronghorn antelope, and the names of the landowner, stockholder(s),
			 partner(s), their immediate family members, and those persons of the
			 landowners' choosing to receive landowner preference tags for deer and elk.
			 Named persons provided to the Department will remain listed for receiving
			 landowner preference tags until the landowner or their authorized designee
			 removes them from their list or requests the Department remove them.
(3) Registered landowners or their authorized
			 designee shall provide names of tag recipients prior to the close of business
			 the day before the hunt begins except registration forms and distribution forms
			 must be submitted by close of business on May 15 for special seasons and mule
			 deer hunts as described in ORS 635-075-0020 through 635-075-0022.
(4) Landowners or their designee shall use
			 the Department's electronic licensing system to maintain their list of named
			 persons eligible to receive tags for hunting on the landowner's registered
			 property. Landowners or their designee may submit a written request that the
			 Department make changes to the list with a fee of $2.00 charged per request
			 form.
(5) The landowner preference
			 registration shall be submitted by the landowner and approved by the Department
			 prior to issuance of any landowner preference tag, except as provided for in
			 OAR 635-075-0007. Landowners are not
			 required to submit proof of ownership with their registration form. Landowners
			 shall be required to submit proof of ownership at the request of the Department
			 or the Oregon State Police acting on behalf of the Department.
(6) A landowner, stockholder(s), partner(s),
			 and immediate family and those persons of the landowners' choosing wishing to
			 also apply for controlled hunt tags shall apply by the May 15 controlled hunt
			 deadline. Listing a hunt choice other than a landowner preference choice is not
			 required.
(7) Everyone shall follow
			 controlled hunt application procedures and regulations as described in OAR
			 Division 060.
(8) The number of
			 landowner preference tags issued is based upon a landowner's acreage. Landowner
			 Preference tags shall be allocated by the following minimum acreage
			 requirements: (see attached table)
(9) Landowner preference tags for the hunting
			 of deer or elk may be issued to any person of the landowner's choosing, and
			 shall be used for the taking of antlerless animals except as described in OAR
			 635-075-0005(10).
			 Season dates of the transferred landowner preference tags shall be the same
			 dates as the original tag.
(10)
			 Landowner preference tags for the hunting of antlered deer or elk may be issued
			 to a person of the landowner's choosing who is not a member of the landowner's,
			 partner's, or stockholder's immediate family as follows:
(a) A landowner who is issued only one tag
			 may not transfer that tag.
(b) A
			 landowner who is issued two or more tags may transfer not more than 50 percent
			 of the tags to a person who is not an immediate family member as defined in ORS
			 496.146(4). If
			 calculation of the number of tags eligible for transfer under the provisions of
			 this paragraph results in a fraction, the Commission shall round up the number
			 of tags to the next whole number.