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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2017
Start planning for 2018 fishing, hunting seasons
SALEM — The new 2018
Oregon Sport Fishing and
2018 Oregon Big Game
Hunting Regulations are now
available at outdoor stores
and ODFW offices, or at
www.eregulations .com or
through its new recreation
website at MyODFW. com.
Licenses and tags for 2018
are also on sale at license
sales agents most ODFW
offices and online.
Fishing and hunting licens-
es can make great gifts, espe-
cially for kids. Youth age 12
to 17 can fish (including
C o l u m b i a R i v e r
Endorsement), hunt, crab and
clam all year for $10 with the
Youth License, or gift the
Sports Pac ($55) and add all
major hunting and fishing
tags/validations including
deer, elk, turkey, bear, cougar
and combined angling tag.
ODFW’s special big game
hunt raffle tickets also make
great stocking stuffers ($4.50-
Little
from 1B
changing the “We” to a “Me.”
Professional sports salaries
have become so high athletes
are anxious to get their “piece
of the pie” as soon as possi-
ble.
Some even forgo their
team’s bowl games to play it
safe by not risking injury that
may change their draft status.
Royce Freeman was the
most recent Oregon athlete to
do this.
Coach Taggart was a “one
and done” coach. An article
talked about his legacy he left
at Oregon. In this instance, I
feel the term “legacy” was
misused.
A legacy needs time and
achievements to have mean-
ing. Justin Herbert was more
responsible for the Oregon
success than Coach Taggart,
whose offense went nowhere
$11.50 for chance to win a
special deer, elk, bighorn
sheep, pronghorn or Rocky
Mountain goat tag).
To give a license, tag or
other document as a gift, you
need the hunter or angler’s
full name and date of birth
(day, month, year).
If the person has had a
license before, make sure you
have their ODFW hunter/
angler ID number, which is
found at the top of their
license and stays the same
every year. If you are purchas-
ing for someone who has
never had a license, you will
need to provide their social
security number in compli-
ance with Federal and State
Laws.
What’s New for 2018
• Big Game Hunting: New
in the 2018 regulations, sig-
nificant changes are in yellow
highlighted text not red text,
consistent with fishing regula-
tions.
The only major regulatory
changes for hunters are the
extension of the age limit for
the Mentored Youth Hunt
Program to include 14- and
15-year-olds (goes into effect
Jan. 1), and a removal of the
cap on non-resident fall bear
tags.
Hunters will notice some
changes in the regulations as
staff have been working to
make the document easier to
follow and understand.
New this year, each species
follows the same standard for-
mat and organization; there
are more maps and tables and
less text; and all regulations
for youth, veterans and
landowners are in one place
on new pages.
The changes are part of a
multi-year effort to simplify
Oregon’s Big Game Hunting
Regulations.
“Hunting regulations are
very important for the conser-
vation of species and safe/eth-
ical hunting practices, and we
want to make it as easy as
possible for hunters to under-
stand them,” said Nick Myatt,
ODFW
Grande
Ronde
Watershed Manager. “We are
in the process of revisiting our
regulations to simplify overly
complicated regulations and
eliminate unnecessary ones.
“Hunters will see additional
changes in coming years
ahead.”
• Fishing: New in the 2018
regulations, five rods or lines
are allowed when ice-fishing
for anglers with a two-rod
validation.
Other changes are noted in
yellow highlight throughout
the regulations.
Note that two rods are only
allowed when fishing in
lakes, ponds and reservoirs,
though the two-rod validation
may be extended to some
rivers and streams in 2018 if
conditions allow.
Fishing regulations have
without Herbert behind cen-
ter.
His overall record as a
coach is below .500. A head
coach at any level below pro-
fessional teams has more
responsibility than the Xs and
Os.
Taggart took the money
and ran.
I played 11 years of foot-
ball and had seven different
coaches in that time. For me,
our first six coaches were one
and done.
The first three happened
because I moved up a grade.
My last three high school
coaches were at Warrenton
for one year before moving
on to different schools.
I am trying to think what I
learned from them besides the
Xs and Os, but it’s difficult to
measure the influence from a
“one and done” coach or ath-
lete.
My college coach passed
away this last fall. His wife
and family asked if I would
give a eulogy at the service.
He was the only coach I had
for more than one year — and
his influence went well
beyond the Xs and Os of
coaching.
Character he instilled and
added to my character includ-
ed:
1. Confidence: He chose
me to place-kick when our
place kicker was unable to be
there. I made 11 of 12 extra
points.
2. Knowledge: Football
preparation for any situation
that may occur in a game
3. Motivation: Inspiring
pre-game and halftime talks
4. Loyal and reliable:
Coach Buckiewicz once
spoke at our Spray High foot-
ball banquet even though no
players would attend Pacific
University
5. Character builder: He
helped players become better
people and prepared us to
meet challenges in our lives
When my four years of eli-
gibility was over, I became a
graduate assistant coach just
to be able to learn more from
him.
In comparison, the “one
and done” players and coach-
es are there for themselves
and their own future, often-
times going to a school for a
specific sport connection or
to gain exposure.
One very talented Siuslaw
basketball player I knew
turned down a transfer to
Marist his senior year. He
chose to stay at Siuslaw and
still earned a full scholarship.
Because he believed that
the “one and done” approach
to sports — as in life — is an
empty one.
also been reorganized for
clarity. New this year, rule
exceptions are consistently
organized and listed from the
mouth to the headwaters, with
each reach break identified,
so anglers can better under-
stand the regulations for each
section of the river they are
fishing.
Free Fishing Days for
2018: Under statute set by the
Oregon State Legislature,
ODFW can offer eight days of
free fishing each year.
The 2018 days are sched-
uled
for:
Feb.
17-18
(Presidents’ Day Weekend),
June 2-3, Sept. 1-2 (Saturday
and Sunday of Labor Day
Weekend) and Nov. 23-24
(the
two
days
after
Thanksgiving).
While ODFW had original-
ly planned to offer free fish-
ing Dec. 31, 2017 through
Jan. 1, 2018, the department
has cancelled those dates to
stay within the eight-day limit
in 2018 and to offer free fish-
ing during months when fish-
ing conditions are better.
• Fee increase for 2018
Fees for some hunting and
fishing
documents
will
increase for 2018, as
approved by the Oregon State
Legislature when it passed
ODFW’s 2015-17 budget.
Typically, ODFW raises fees
once every six years but dur-
ing this six-year cycle, fee
increases are staggered with a
more modest fee increase
every two years.
For 2018, a hunting license
will increase by $1.50 to
$33.50, an annual fishing
license will increase by $3 to
$41 and a combination license
will increase by $4 to $69.
The cost of juvenile licens-
es will stay the same as part of
efforts to make hunting and
fishing affordable for young
people and their families. For
a full list of the new fees visit
www.MyODFW.com.
Horse Club returning for
young equestrians
C&M
Stables
has
announced the Horse Club
for equestrians between ages
of 6 and 18 will soon begin
its second session of the
2017-18 school year.
The weekly one-hour pro-
gram enables Horse Club
members to build on the
skills learned in the previous
weeks and use hands-on
techniques to learn safety
around horses, grooming and
riding. The program also
reviews horse and tack parts,
and provides written hand-
outs on its major sections.
The program goals are for
members to learn the basic
fundamentals of horseman-
ship, how much fun it is to
ride and what wonderful ani-
mals horses are.
The afterschool classes
last for 15 weeks, beginning
the week of Jan. 29, and end-
ing the week of May 13.
To sign up for Horse Club,
stop by C&M Stables, 8
miles north of Florence at
90241
Highway
101,
between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., seven days a
week.
For more information, call
the stables at 541-997-7540.
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