OAR 635-073-0001: Bowhunting Seasons

(1) Portions of the bowhunting areas are open for other hunting during specified periods listed under extended and controlled seasons. (2) A bowhunter shall have on their person a hunting license and a valid tag while hunting in any of the bowhunting seasons listed in this section. (3) A bowhunter possessing an elk bow tag is restricted to authorized elk bowhunting areas and seasons, and shall not hunt during the West Cascade, Coast, or Rocky Mountain elk Any Legal Weapon seasons. (4) A bowhunter possessing a deer bow tag is restricted to authorized bowhunting areas and seasons and shall not hunt during any other general western Oregon deer or controlled buck seasons. (5) The elk bow tag is the only tag valid in any bowhunting season open to elk hunting. The deer bow tag is the only tag valid in any bowhunting season open to deer hunting. Hunters with deer and/or elk tags may also possess tag(s) as provided in OAR 635-065-0015. (6) White-tailed deer are protected in all units west of the eastern boundaries of the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Dixon, and Rogue units except for the controlled hunts listed in the Oregon Big Game Regulations.