How to apply in Oregon

Before hunting, youth 17 years of age or younger must: • Complete a Hunter Safety Education Course (Any U.S. state, Canada or Mexico).

Resident and nonresident youth may participate in the Mentored Youth Hunter Program, without first passing an approved Hunter Education Program

To apply, you must first purchase an annual hunting license. You can purchase the hunting license at the same time you apply for a controlled hunt.

A Combination License or Youth Sports Pac is required for a youth to participate in the controlled hunt drawing.

Preference points are not considered in selection of application choices two through five.

If you draw your first choice hunt, your preference points are reset to zero whether or not you actually purchase the tag.

For deer, elk, pronghorn and spring bear hunts (Premium Hunts excluded), most tags (75%) are awarded to those first choice applicants with the most preference points. The remaining 25% are awarded randomly amongst all first choice applicants, so everyone that applies always has a chance to draw their first choice hunt.

Every year you do not draw your first choice hunt you get a preference point, which increases your odds in future years.

For bighorn sheep, Rocky Mtn goat, and premium hunts, there are no preference points, all tags are awarded based on a random draw.

apply for a point saver to gain a prefer­ence point and increase your odds in future years.

If you do not go through the draw, you can also apply for a point saver for each hunt series July 1 through November 30.

75% of tags to first-choice applicants with the most preference points; remaining 25% random among all first-choice applicants; leftover tags random to second through fifth choices

Maximum 5% of tags in controlled deer, elk and bear hunts to nonresidents

Maximum 3% of tags to nonresidents

No less than 5% and no more than 10% of tags to nonresidents

Parties composed solely or partially of nonresidents will not be eligible to receive tags in a hunt after the nonresident maximum is reached.

Parties will not be split if the nonresident maximum is reached for any hunt or if not enough tags remain in the hunt for all party members to draw.

individual preference points are combined and then averaged for the group (averages of .51 and above will be rounded up, and averages of .50 and below will be rounded down).

individual preference points are combined and then averaged for the group

(averages of .51 and above will be rounded up, and averages of .50 and below will be rounded down)

No party applications are allowed for Rocky Mtn goat.

There are no party applications for bighorn sheep, Rocky Mtn goat or premium hunts.

A person may draw only one controlled bighorn sheep ram tag in a lifetime, excluding ewe hunts.

A person may draw only one controlled Rocky Mtn goat tag in a lifetime.

online lookup in Oregon account, or at a license agent

No second draw; leftover controlled tags sold online from March 15 at 10:00 am (spring bear) and July 1 at 10:00 am (other big game); not available as an additional tag

CONTROLLED HUNT APPLICATION $8.00 $10.00 $11.00 $12.00