OAR 635-075-0010: Hunting Area Allowed With Landowner Hunting Preference Tags

(1) A landowner preference tag authorizes the recipient to hunt only on those lands owned and registered in the Landowner Preference Program by the landowner, and meeting the minimum acreage requirements for that hunt, during the season dates for which the tag is valid, except as provided for in OAR 635-075-0010(4) and (5). (2) Except as provided in OAR 635-075-0010(7), landowner hunting preference tags are valid on the landowner's registered property in other controlled hunt areas provided the species, bag limits, and season dates are the same, and the landowner’s property in that area either: (a) Meets the minimum acreage requirements for that hunt; or (b) is contiguous to other property owned and registered by the landowner that, if added together, would meet the minimum acreage requirements for that hunt. (3) A landowner receiving a landowner preference controlled buck deer hunt or controlled elk hunt tag may not hunt in any other controlled or general buck deer or elk season, except as provided in OAR division 090 and 635-073-0100 (Premium Hunts). (4) When a landowner is qualified under landowner preference rules adopted by the Commission and the landowner or an immediate family member receives a deer or elk controlled hunt tag for that unit and has not harvested an animal, the landowner or immediate family member may use that tag to take an antlerless deer, except for white-tailed deer in Western Oregon, or elk before, during, or after the hunting season for which the tags are valid, when approved by the Department, to alleviate damage that is presently occurring to the landowner’s property. (5) Each unfilled landowner preference deer tag may be transferred and used to take two antlerless animals, except for white-tailed deer in Western Oregon, before, during or after the hunting season for which the tags are valid, when approved by the Department, to alleviate damage that is presently occurring to the landowner’s property in accordance with the following criteria: (a) Transfer must be done by an authorized representative of the Department for no charge; (b) Tag(s) is/are to be transferred to someone of the landowner’s choice; (c) No more than one tag may be transferred to any one person; (d) Each tag may only be transferred once; (e) Tags shall be issued for a period of no more than 30 days from the date of issuance, and end no later than March 31. A Department representative may reauthorize an unfilled tag to the same person for an additional 30 days if damage is presently occurring; (f) Persons who have been successful in harvesting a buck and/or antlerless deer in a general and/or controlled hunt season (excluding “leftover” tags) are also eligible to receive one damage landowner preference deer tag in a fiscal year of July through June; (g) Department personnel shall collect the appropriate fee for the second tag at time of transfer; (6) Landowner preference pronghorn antelope tags may only be used during the authorized hunt season. (7) Landowner hunting preference tags for other controlled hunt areas are not valid for use in the 254R1, 255R1, 256R1, 254Y1, 255Y1, 256Y1 hunt areas.