OAR 635-067-0004: Cougar Hunting Regulations

(1) Tag Requirement: Any person hunting cougar shall have on their person a general season cougar tag or an additional cougar tag. General season cougar tags may be purchased online or through any authorized license agent; (2) Hunt Area: Hunt zones, and harvest quotas for each hunt zone, are established in OAR 635-067-0015; (a) Hunters may hunt within all hunt zones; (b) Hunt zones will be closed to hunting when individual zone harvest quotas are reached. (3) Any person who takes a cougar is responsible to present for check-in the hide, with skull and proof of sex attached, to the Department within ten days of the date the cougar was taken. (a) Check-in must occur during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at an ODFW office or designated collection site. Hide and skull must be unfrozen when presented for check-in. (b) Hunters are also required to submit the reproductive tract of any female cougar taken. (c) When the required parts in (3) and (3)(b) are presented at check-in information that must be provided includes: 1) date of harvest and location of harvest including Wildlife Management Unit, and 2) complete hunter information including the issued date and time of a paper tag or the confirmation number of an electronic tag. A completed “Wildlife Transfer Record Form” as found in the current year’s Oregon Big Game Regulations is an alternative for providing the required information. (4) No person shall hunt or assist another to hunt a cougar during an authorized cougar season unless in possession of an unused cougar tag or accompanied by the holder of a cougar tag which is valid for that area and time period. (5) No person shall use dogs to hunt or pursue cougar.