OAR 635-050-0180: Bobcat and River Otter Record Cards

(1) Each person desiring to hunt or trap bobcat or river otter shall purchase a bobcat or river otter record card prior to hunting or trapping bobcat or river otter , except that a bobcat record card is not required to participate in pursuit seasons if no bobcat are taken. (2) Bobcat record cards will be available for a fee of $37.50 per card. (3) River otter record cards will be available for a fee of $37.50 per card. (4) Record cards will be available at the Salem headquarters and regional offices of the Department. (5) River otter cards will have spaces for recording 15 river otters. There is no limit on the purchase of river otter record cards. (6) A western Oregon bobcat record card allows a person to hunt or trap bobcats in the counties east of the summit of the Cascade Range. Each western Oregon bobcat record card will have spaces for recording 15 bobcats. There is no limit on purchase of western Oregon bobcat record cards. (7) An Oregon statewide bobcat record card allows a person to hunt or trap bobcats statewide. No more than one Oregon statewide record card for bobcats will be issued to any furtaker or hunter. A duplicate card may be issued, but no more than the bag limit described for eastern Oregon bobcats in OAR 635-050-0080 may be taken in a season. (8) No person may obtain or possess both statewide and western Oregon bobcat record cards. (9) Bobcat and river otter record cards shall not be sold after the end of their respective seasons. (10) Each furtaker shall have the appropriate record card on their person while trapping or hunting bobcat or river otter. A bobcat record card is not required to participate in pursuit seasons. (11) Furtakers shall not have record cards other than their own on their person or in their possession while in the field or in transit. A transfer record should accompany any transfer of a record card and pelts to another furtaker for the purposes of temporary storage or tagging. (12) Upon coming into possession of any bobcat or river otter, the furtaker who killed the animal shall immediately write on their record card, the species, sex, date of possession and county of harvest. (13) Each furtaker shall retain the record card until they dispose of the raw pelts. (14) Fees paid for unused record cards shall not be refunded. (15) It is unlawful to alter or be in possession of an altered bobcat or river otter record card. (16) Each licensee shall register a brand number to obtain a bobcat or river otter record card.