OAR 635-049-0025: Import, Export, Transport Other than to Licensed Facilities

(1) It is unlawful to import live cervids. However, live fallow deer and/or reindeer that leave Oregon temporarily for educational or display purposes may return to Oregon upon obtaining any necessary Department of Agriculture permits, provided: (a) The fallow deer and/or reindeer have had no contact with other cervids while outside Oregon; and (b) The Department of Fish and Wildlife is notified each time before the fallow deer and/or reindeer re-enter Oregon. (c) The Department of Fish and Wildlife is provided a schedule of off facility locations and dates before the fallow deer and/or reindeer are transported outside the facility. (2) Cervid gametes or embryos may be imported into Oregon only under the following conditions: (a) The person proposing to import provides the Department with documentation of the pedigree of the parents; (b) The gametes or embryos are of the species or subspecies for which the recipient is licensed to hold; and (c) The Department approves the import proposal in advance as posing no threat to native wildlife. (3) Live cervids, gametes and embryos may be exported from Oregon, and cervid gametes and embryos may be imported into Oregon, only by a holder of an Oregon license valid for that species or subspecies, and provided that the licensee complies with all requirements of the Oregon Department of Agriculture governing transport, import and export in addition to provisions of OAR chapter 635 division 049. (4) To the extent import or export of cervids, gametes or embryos is allowed by the above, any person proposing such import or export must obtain a permit from the Department of Fish and Wildlife in advance. (5) Note the requirements of OAR 635-049-0265 governing transport of cervids. (6) Effective January 1, 2009, it is unlawful for any person to export any bull elk that the person knows or should know will be used in a shooter bull operation. A “shooter bull operation” means a privately owned entity offering the hunting of bull elk for a fee or other remuneration within a fenced enclosure designed to prevent the elk’s escape into the wild.