Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 65 - GAME MAMMAL GENERAL SEASONS AND REGULATIONS › Section 635-065-0760 - Other Restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
It is unlawful:
(1) To
			 take or hold in captivity the young of any game mammal.
(2) To hold in captivity any wildlife of this
			 state for which a permit is required without first securing a permit.
(3) To release without a permit any wildlife
			 brought from another state or country, or raised in captivity in this
			 state.
(4) To resist game law
			 enforcement officers.
(5) To refuse
			 inspection of any license, tag or permit, and any wildlife taken, by an
			 employee of the Department; any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws;
			 or a landowner or agent of the landowner on his or her land while on that
			 property.
(6) To refuse inspection,
			 by an employee of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, or any person
			 authorized to enforce wildlife laws, of any gear used for the purpose of taking
			 wildlife
.
(7) To
			 take or attempt to take any game mammals, game birds, migratory waterfowl or
			 any protected wildlife species of any size or sex or amount, by any method or
			 weapon, during any time or in any area not prescribed in these rules.
(8) To disturb, damage, remove, alter or
			 possess any official Department signs.
(9) To sell, lend, or borrow any big game
			 tag.
(10) It is unlawful to operate
			 or to be transported in a motor-propelled vehicle in violation of Cooperative
			 Travel Management Areas. "Motor-propelled vehicle" includes aircraft not
			 landing on designated airstrips. Through cooperative agreement, motor vehicle
			 use is limited to specific roads during the dates for the areas listed below.
			 There are two methods of posting road access information; negative marking in
			 which closed roads are marked by signs, gates, berms, or other similar
			 indicators, or positive marking in which open roads are marked by round green
			 reflectors, orange carsonite posts, or similar indicators. Unit descriptions
			 may be found in OAR 635-080-0000 through
			 635-080-0077. The following
			 closures shall be effective during the specified periods each year:
(a) North Coast Access Area: Three days prior
			 to opening of general archery season through the close of all bull elk any
			 legal weapon seasons. Applies to all gated, posted, and/or barrier closed roads
			 within the Saddle Mountain, Scappoose, Trask and Wilson wildlife management
			 units. Cooperators require: day use only on private lands, no ATV use on
			 private and designated state lands, no vehicle may block any road or
			 gate.
(b) Upper Tualatin-Trask:
			 Three days prior to the opening of buck deer any legal weapon season through
			 the close of all bull elk any legal weapon seasons. That part of the Trask Unit
			 as follows: 60 square miles in Townships 1 and 2 North and 1 South, and Ranges
			 5 and 6 West;
(c) Mid-Coast:
			 Permanent Closure. That part of the Alsea Unit as follows: Open roads in the
			 Siuslaw NF lands south of US Hwy 20 and north of State Hwy 126 are designated
			 on the Siuslaw NF Motor Vehicle Use Map. However; additional roads may be
			 posted as closed as part of the Cooperative TMA or for administrative
			 purposes.
(d) Smith Ridge:
			 Permanent Closure. That part of the McKenzie Unit as follows: 8 square miles in
			 Townships 13 and 14 South, Ranges 6 and 7 East;
(e) Chucksney Mountain: September 1 through
			 November 30 annually. That part of the McKenzie Unit as follows: 6 square miles
			 in Township 19 South, Range 5 1/2 East;
(f) Skookum Flat: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the McKenzie Unit as follows: 8 square miles in Townships 19 and 20
			 South, Range 6 East;
(g) Scott
			 Creek: Permanent Closure. That part of the McKenzie Unit as follows: 51 square
			 miles in Townships 14, 15, and 16 South, Ranges 6 and 7 East;
(h) Coos Bay BLM: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the Tioga Unit as follows: Individual posted roads on lands
			 administered by BLM, Coos Bay District.
(i) Upper Rogue: Three days prior to the
			 general West Cascade any legal weapon elk season through the close of the
			 general West Cascade elk any legal weapon season. That part of the Rogue Unit
			 as follows: High Cascades Ranger District, Rogue River National
			 Forest;
(j) Jackson: October 15
			 through April 30 annually. That part of the Rogue, Dixon, and Evans Creek units
			 as follows: 116 square miles in Townships 32, 33, 34, and 35 South, Ranges 1
			 and 2 West and 1 and 2 East; off-road motor vehicle travel is prohibited at all
			 times;
(k) Pokegama: November 20
			 through March 31 annually. That part of the Keno Unit as follows: 97 square
			 miles in Townships 40 and 41 South, Ranges 4, 5, and 6 East;
(l) Lower Klamath Hills: Permanent Closure.
			 That part of the Klamath Unit as follows: 3 square miles in Township 40 South,
			 Range 9 East;
(m) Goodlow Mountain
			 Area Closure: December 1 through March 31 annually. That part of the Klamath
			 Unit as follows: 17 square miles in Townships 38 and 39 South, Ranges 12 and 13
			 East;
(n) Sun Creek: November 1
			 through June 30 annually. That part of the Sprague Unit as follows: 14 square
			 miles in Township 32 South, Ranges 6 and 7 1/2 East;
(o) Fox Butte: Three days prior to the
			 opening of controlled buck deer any legal weapon season through the close of
			 the controlled buck deer any legal weapon season. That part of the Paulina Unit
			 as follows: 230 square miles in Townships 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 South, Ranges
			 14, 15, and 16 East;
(p) Timbers:
			 Permanent Closure. That part of the Paulina Unit as follows: 25 square miles in
			 Townships 23 and 24 South, Ranges 9 and 10 East;
(q) Rager: August 20 through November 20.
			 That part of the Ochoco Unit as follows: 352 square miles south of U.S. Highway
			 26 and west of the South Fork John Day River.
(r) White River Wildlife Area: December 1
			 through March 31 annually. That part of the White River Unit as follows: 59
			 square miles along the eastern edge of the Mt. Hood National Forest in the
			 southern half of the White River Unit;
(s) Lower Deschutes: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the Biggs Unit as follows: 12 square miles along lower 17 miles of
			 Deschutes River except the county access road to Kloan;
(t) Murderers Creek-Flagtail: Three days
			 prior to the opening of the controlled archery deer and elk seasons through the
			 close of controlled buck deer any legal weapon season and from three days prior
			 to the first controlled Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season through
			 the close of the second Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season. That
			 part of the Murderers Creek Unit as follows: 185 square miles in Townships 13,
			 14, 15, 16, and 17 South, Ranges 26, 27, 28, and 29 East;
(u) Camp Creek: Three days prior to opening
			 of controlled archery deer and elk season through the close of controlled buck
			 deer any legal weapon season and from three days prior to the first controlled
			 Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season through the close of the second
			 Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season. That part of the Northside
			 Unit as follows: 54 square miles in Townships 10, 11, and 12 South, Ranges 31,
			 32, and 33 East;
(v) Bridge Creek
			 Wildlife Area: December 1 through April 14 annually except by permit. That part
			 of the Ukiah Unit as follows: 20 square miles in Townships 5 and 6 south,
			 Ranges 31 and 32 East in the Southwest corner of Ukiah Unit;
(w) Meacham: Permanent Closure. Approximately
			 41 square miles in Units 49, 52 and 54 in townships 1 and 2 south, township 1
			 north, ranges 34, 35, and 36 east;
(x) Dark Canyon: Three days prior to the
			 opening of controlled buck deer season through the close of the last elk
			 season. That part of the Sumpter Unit as follows: 20 square miles in Townships
			 11 and 12 South, Ranges 40 and 41 East;
(y) Patrick Creek: Three days prior to the
			 opening of controlled buck deer season through the close of the last elk season
			 and May 1 through June 30. That part of the Sumpter Unit as follows: 8 square
			 miles in Townships 10 and 11 South, Ranges 35 1/2 and 36 East;
(z) Dry Beaver/Ladd Canyon: Permanent
			 Closure. That part of the Starkey Unit as follows: 125 square miles in
			 Townships 4, 5 and 6 South, Ranges 35, 36, 37 and 38 East;
(aa) Clear Creek: Three days prior to the
			 opening of deer and elk archery season through the close of Rocky Mtn bull elk
			 second season. That part of the Starkey Unit as follows: 21 square miles in
			 Township 5 South, Ranges 37 and 38 East;
(bb) Trail Creek: Three days prior to the
			 opening of Rocky Mtn bull elk first season through the close of Rocky Mtn bull
			 elk second season. That part of the Starkey Unit as follows: 29 square miles in
			 Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 35 1/2 and 36 East;
(cc) Indian Creek-Gorham Butte: Three days
			 prior to the opening of deer and elk archery season through the close of Rocky
			 Mtn bull elk second season. That part of the Starkey Unit as follows: 24 square
			 miles in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 36 and 37 East;
(dd) Elkhorn Wildlife Area: Permanent
			 Closure. Those parts of the Starkey and Sumpter units as follows: 7 square
			 miles in Township 6 South, Range 38 East;
(ee) Starkey Experimental Forest Enclosure:
			 Permanent Closure. That part of the Starkey Unit as follows: 40 square miles in
			 Townships 3 and 4 South, Range 34 East;
(ff) Little Catherine Creek: Permanent
			 Closure. That part of the Catherine Creek Unit as follows: 22 square miles in
			 Townships 3, 4 and 5 South, Ranges 40 and 41 East;
(gg) Wenaha Wildlife Area: Permanent Closure.
			 That part of the Wenaha Unit as follows: 17 square miles in Townships 5 and 6
			 North, Ranges 42 and 43 East along eastern edge of Umatilla Forest in northeast
			 corner of Wenaha Unit;
(hh)
			 Noregaard: Permanent Closure. However, roads will be open to permit removal of
			 camping equipment during a time period extending through two Sundays following
			 the end of the last antlerless elk any legal weapon season. That part of the
			 Sled Springs Unit as follows: 175 square miles in west one-third of Sled
			 Springs Wildlife Unit;
(ii)
			 Shamrock: Permanent Closure. However, roads will be open to permit removal of
			 camping equipment during a time period extending through two Sundays following
			 the end of the last antlerless elk any legal weapon season. That part of the
			 Sled Springs Unit as follows: 20 square miles in Township 4 North, Range 44
			 East;
(jj) Chesnimnus: Three days
			 prior to 1st Chesnimnus any legal weapon bull elk season through the end of the
			 2nd Chesnimnus any legal weapon bull elk season. That portion of the Chesnimnus
			 Wildlife Unit within the boundaries of the Wallowa-Whitman National
			 Forest;
(kk) Cemetery Ridge Road:
			 Permanent Closure. That part of the Chesnimnus Unit as follows: Cemetery Ridge
			 Road north of the south boundary of Section 4, Township 3 North, and Range 48
			 East;
(ll) Lord Flat Trail (#1774):
			 Three days prior to controlled archery deer and elk season through the close of
			 all elk any legal weapon seasons. 15 miles of road in Townships 1 South and 1
			 and 2 North, Ranges 49 and 50 East;
(mm) Grouse-Lick Creeks: Three days prior to
			 the opening of Rocky Mtn bull elk 1st season through close of Rocky Mtn bull
			 elk 2nd season. That part of the Imnaha Unit as follows: 100 square miles in
			 Townships 2, 3, 4, and 5 South, Ranges 46, 47 and 48 East;
(nn) Clear Lake Ridge: Three days prior to
			 opening of controlled archery deer and elk season through December 1 annually.
			 That part of the Imnaha Unit as follows: Five square miles in Township 2 South,
			 Range 47 East, Sections 3 and 4 and Township 1 South, Range 47 East, Sections
			 28, 15, 33, 34 and 22;
(oo)
			 Mehlhorn: Permanent Closure: That part of the Pine Creek and Keating Units as
			 follows: 26 square miles in Township 6 South, Ranges 45 and 46 East;
(pp) Lake Fork-Dutchman: Three days prior to
			 the opening of archery season to end of all ALW seasons and from May 1 to July
			 1. That part of the Pine Creek Unit as follows: 42 square miles in Townships 6
			 and 7 South, Ranges 46 and 47 East;
(qq) Okanogan-Fish: Three days prior to the
			 opening of buck deer any legal weapon season to end of all elk any legal weapon
			 seasons and from May 1 to July 1. That part of the Pine Creek Unit as follows:
			 20 square miles in Township 6 and 7 South, Ranges 46 and 47 East;
(rr) Summit Point: Permanent Closure: That
			 part of the Keating Unit as follows: 14 square miles in Townships 6 and 7
			 South, Ranges 44 and 45 East;
(ss)
			 Eagle Creek: December 1 to April 15: That part of the Keating Unit as follows:
			 17 square miles in Townships 7 and 8 South, Range 44 and 45 East;
(tt) Conroy Cliff: Three days prior to the
			 opening of controlled buck dee rany legal weapon season through the close of
			 controlled buck deer any legal weapon season and from three days prior to the
			 controlled Rocky Mountain bull elk first season through the Rocky Mountain bull
			 elk second season. That part of the Malheur River Unit as follows: 46 square
			 miles in Townships 16, 17, and 18 South, Ranges 32 1/2, 34, and 35
			 East;
(uu) Devine
			 Ridge-Rattlesnake: Three days prior to the opening of controlled buck deer any
			 legal weapon season through the close of controlled buck deer any legal weapon
			 season and from three days prior to the first controlled Rocky Mountain bull
			 elk any legal weapon season through the close of the second Rocky Mountain bull
			 elk any legal weapon season. That part of the Malheur River Unit as follows: 59
			 square miles in Townships 20 and 21 South, Ranges 31, 32, 32 1/2
			 East;
(vv) Dairy Creek: Three days
			 prior to the opening of controlled buck deer any legal weapon season through
			 the close of controlled buck deer any legal weapon season and from three days
			 prior to the first controlled Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season
			 through the close of the second Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon
			 season. That part of the Silvies Unit as follows: 98 square miles in Townships
			 19, 20, 21, and 22 South, Ranges 24, 25, and 26 East;
(ww) Burnt Cabin: Three days prior to the
			 opening of controlled buck deer any legal weapon season through the close of
			 controlled buck deer any legal weapon season and from three days prior to the
			 first controlled Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season through the
			 close of the second Rocky Mountain bull elk any legal weapon season. That part
			 of the Silvies Unit as follows: 22 square miles in Townships 18 and 19 South,
			 Ranges 26 and 27 East;
(xx) Walker
			 Rim; Three days prior to the opening of controlled buck deer any legal weapon
			 season through the close of the controlled buck deer any legal weapon season.
			 That part of the Fort Rock Unit as follows: 113 square miles in Townships 24,
			 25, and 26 South, Ranges 8, 9, and 10 East;
(yy) North Paulina: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the Fort Rock Unit as follows: 12 square miles in Townships 25 and 26
			 South; Range 8 East;
(zz) Sugarpine
			 Mountain: Permanent Closure. That part of the Fort Rock Unit as follows: 40
			 square miles in Township 28, Ranges 9 and 10 East;
(aaa) Spring Butte: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the Paulina Unit as follows: 30 square miles in Township 23 South,
			 Range 11 East;
(bbb) Wildhorse
			 Ridge/Teepee Butte: Three days prior to the opening of controlled archery deer
			 and elk season through the close of all elk any legal weapon seasons. Posted
			 and gated roads north of 46 roads in Chesnimnus Unit are closed;
(ccc) Hells Canyon National Recreation Area:
			 Permanent Closure. Those parts of the Chesnimnus, Imnaha, Snake River, and Pine
			 Creek Units in Eastern Wallowa County that are closed by the National
			 Recreation Area;
(ddd) PO Saddle
			 Road: Three days prior to opening of controlled archery deer and elk season
			 through June 15th, annually. Three miles of road in Townships 3 and 4 South,
			 Range 48 East;
(eee) Whiskey Creek:
			 Permanent Closure. However, roads will be open to permit removal of camping
			 equipment during a time period extending through two Sundays following the last
			 antlerless elk season. That part of the Sled Springs unit as follows. 45 square
			 miles in Townships 2 and 3 North, Ranges 43, 44, and 45 East;
(fff) South Boundary: Permanent Closure. That
			 part of the Ochoco Unit as follows: 47 square miles in Townships 15 and 16
			 South, Ranges 20, 21, and 22 East;
(ggg) Green Diamond Travel Management Area:
			 Permanent Closure. Applies to all gated, posted, or barrier-closed roads within
			 the Rogue, Keno, Klamath Falls, Sprague, Interstate, Silver Lake, and Fort Rock
			 Units within the land holdings of Green Diamond Resource Company;
(hhh) Prineville Reservoir Wildlife Area:
			 From November 15 or December 1 (as posted at each gate) through April 15
			 annually. That part of the Ochoco and Maury Units as follows: 5 square miles in
			 Township 16 South, Range 17 East;
(iii) Mid Coast Access Area: Year round. All
			 gated, posted and/or barrier closed roads within Alsea, Stott Mtn. and Trask
			 Units. Access limited to walk in only at fire level 3. No public access at fire
			 level 4 and during active operations. Cooperators require day use only on
			 private lands, no ATV use, no e-bikes, no vehicles may block any road or gate,
			 no fires, no camping. Private lands closed to the public 1 hour after sunset to
			 1 hour before sunrise.
(jjj) East
			 Lane TMA: Opening day of General Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer season until the
			 close of General Any Legal Weapon Elk season. Approximately 62 square miles in
			 the McKenzie and Indigo Units comprised of properties owned by Giustina Land
			 and Timber and Giustina Resources. Motorized vehicle access allowed on roads
			 posted with orange carsonite posts, except closed to all access during certain
			 Industrial Fire Protection Levels and active operations. Day use only, open one
			 hour before sunset to one hour after sunset. No Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) use,
			 no camping, no vehicle may block any road or gate and no fires
			 allowed.
(kkk) Umatilla NF:
			 Permanent Closure: That part of the Fossil, Heppner, Ukiah, Desolation, Mt.
			 Emily, Walla Walla, and Wenaha Units within the Umatilla National Forest.
			 Motorized travel allowed only on open roads as designated by the Umatilla
			 National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map.