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State wildlife biologists ask successful hunters to donate a wing and tail for research. The season for both forest grouse is Sept. 1, 2018 through Jan. 31, 2019 statewide. Mountain quail season is open Sept. 1-Jan. 31 in western Oregon, Hood River and Wasco Counties and Oct. 6-Jan. 31 in eastern Oregon counties with a season (Crook, Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Klamath, Umatilla, Morrow...
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Oregon’s recreational summer all-depth halibut season in the Central Coast subarea has ended for the year, as not enough halibut quota or yelloweye rockfish bycatch allowance remains for any additional all-depth openings. The remaining all-depth quota will be transferred to the nearshore fishery (inside of the 40-fathom line) for the Central Coast subarea which remains open seven days per week. Anglers may...
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The Fish and Wildlife Commission meets Friday, Sept. 14 in Bandon at the Bandon Community Center, 1200 W 11th Street SW. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. and follows this agenda. The Commission will be adopting big game hunting and sport fishing regulations for 2019. The major changes being proposed for big game hunting are related to an effort to simplify regulations first announced in late May...
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The combination of cooling water temperatures in the Columbia River and additional protections in the form of a river-wide steelhead retention closure have allowed managers to re-open the closed area adjacent to the mouth of the Deschutes River effective Thursday Sept. 6. The Columbia River section outside the Deschutes mouth had been closed to angling since Aug. 9 based on direction...
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Beginning Thursday, September 6, the North Umpqua River fly area reopens to afternoon angling. Fishing hours return to one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. An emergency regulation began August 6 to close afternoon fly angling from the fly area boundary at Deadline Falls to the marker below Soda Springs Dam to protect wild summer steelhead. The closure, due...
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