(1) A valid controlled hunt Outfitter and Guide application shall be purchased from the Department. The purchase price of the application is $30.00 (plus a $2.00 agent fee) per specific hunt number applied for regardless of the number of tags applied for.
- (a) No more than 50% of the available tags for a specific hunt number and species may be applied for, except in cases where only one person applies for tags and/or an odd number of tags exists in particular hunt.
- (b) Tags will only be issued for specific hunt units in which the Outfitter and Guide is certified and in which the Outfitter and Guide is eligible to obtain a federally issued Special Recreation Permit or provides proof of a private land lease.
- (c) When physically accompanying a client on an Outfitter and Guide Hunt on federal lands, Outfitter and Guides must be in possession of a valid federally issued Special Recreation/Use Permit and comply with the conditions and requirements of the permit. For purposes of this rule, “Outfitter and Guide Hunt” has the meaning provided in OAR 635-045-0002(51).
- (d) Applications must be complete and include such information as required which will include the six-digit State Marine Board Registration number required under ORS 704.020 or they may be disqualified from the tag allocation drawing.
- (e) Applications, along with the proper fees, must be received by midnight December 1, of each year, at the Department headquarters office. Applications received after the specified deadline dates shall be disqualified.
- (2) No outfitter or guide may receive more than 25 tags per year for any single species of big game from the December Outfitter and Guide tag drawing. Tags received in the first-come, first-serve remaining tag process are in addition to tags drawn by an outfitter and guide in the December Outfitter and Guide tag drawing.
Statutory/Other Authority
SB 247 (2015), ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 497.112 & ORS 496.151
Statutes/Other Implemented
SB 247 (2015), ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 497.112 & ORS 496.151
History
DFW 105-2025, amend filed 10/31/2025, effective 10/31/2025
DFW 114-2023, temporary amend filed 11/21/2023, effective 11/21/2023 through 01/15/2024
DFW 138-2022, amend filed 09/30/2022, effective 09/30/2022
DFW 165-2019, amend filed 10/29/2019, effective 12/01/2019
DFW 16-2019, amend filed 02/04/2019, effective 02/04/2019
DFW 147-2017, amend filed 11/29/2017, effective 12/01/2017
DFW 122-2017, amend filed 09/21/2017, effective 09/21/2017
DFW 18-2016, f. & cert. ef. 3-21-16
DFW 139-2015, f. 10-14-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16
DFW 142-2009, f. 11-12-09, cert. ef. 1-1-10
DFW 6-2006, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-06
DFW 128-2005, f. 12-1-05, cert. ef. 1-1-06
Reverted to DFW 82-2000, f. 12-21-00, cert. ef. 1-1-01
DFW 114-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-23-04 thru 5-20-05
DFW 82-2000, f. 12-21-00, cert. ef. 1-1-01
DFW 47-1999, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-99
DFW 49-1998, f. & cert. ef. 6-22-98
FWC 73-1997, f. & cert. ef. 12-29-97