The INDEPENDENT, December 17, 2009
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Apply early for controlled hunts and get a chance to win sports pac
Oregon resident hunters
who apply for and are issued a
controlled big game hunt appli-
cation by April 15, 2010, will be
entered into several drawings
to win a 2011 Resident Sports
Pac, a $164.75 value. The pur-
pose of the drawings is to en-
courage hunters to apply for
controlled hunts early, before
the May 15, 2010, deadline.
A Sports Pac includes a
Combination Angling/Hunting/
Shellfish License, a Combined
Angling Harvest Tag, a Valida-
tion for Upland Bird and Water-
fowl hunting, plus a General or
Controlled Buck Deer, General
or Controlled Elk, General
Cougar, General or Controlled
Bear and Spring Turkey Tag.
A total of 100 Sports Pac or
Non-Resident Hunting Licens-
es will be given away. The
drawings will work like this:
Apply for and be issued a
controlled hunt application be-
tween December 1, 2009, and
January 31, 2010, for a chance
to win one of 50 Sports Pac or
Non-Resident Hunting Licens-
es.
Apply for and be issued a
controlled hunt application by
March 15, 2010, for a chance to
win one of 30 Sports Pac or
Non-Resident Hunting Licens-
es.
Apply for and be issued a
controlled hunt application by
April 15, 2010, for a chance to
win one of the remaining 20
Sports Pac or Non-Resident
Hunting Licenses.
The drawings will take place
February 1, March 16 and April
19, and winners will be notified
by mail. Hunters unsuccessful
in the first or second drawing
will be re-entered into future
drawings. Only one entry per
hunter is allowed, meaning
hunters who apply for several
controlled hunts can still be en-
We wish
Wishing
you all
a very
Merry
Christmas
and a
Joyous New Year
✠☎✡☎✠☎✡☎✠☎✡☎✠☎✡☎✠
Vernonia Dental
Christopher M. Scheuerman, DMD
622 Bridge St., Vernonia • 503-429-0880
tered only once. Controlled
spring bear hunt applicants are
not eligible for the drawing.
Hunters can apply for con-
trolled hunts online, at a license
sales agent, at ODFW offices
that sell licenses, or by mail or
fax using the application found
on page 15 of the 2010 Oregon
Big Game Regulations.
Mail order/fax applicants
should allow 7-10 days for their
applications to be processed
and issued. Remember, to be
eligible for the drawing, the
controlled hunt application
must be issued, not just re-
ceived, by the drawing dead-
lines (Jan. 31, March 15 and
April 15). Controlled hunt appli-
cations can be processed and
issued immediately online and
at license sales agents or
ODFW offices.
The deadline to apply for a
controlled hunt is May 15 each
year. Most applications are re-
ceived during the last few days.
In 2009, only 68,849 of 378,065
total applications received were
processed by April 15, 2009.
The high volume of sales activ-
ity in the last few days prior to
the deadline has led to long
lines and slowed or crashed the
license sales system at times,
causing ODFW to extend the
deadline in both 2008 and
2009.
The vendor that manages
the license sales system will be
purchasing the Sports Pac and
Non-Resident Hunting Licens-
es for the winners. ODFW and
the vendor will conduct similar
drawings in 2011 and 2012, as
part of a three-year pilot pro-
gram to determine if the incen-
tives are helping with early ap-
plication.
Some of Oregon’s big game
hunts are limited entry, includ-
ing almost all rifle hunting of
deer and elk east of the Cas-
cades and pronghorn antelope,
bighorn sheep, and Rocky
Mountain goat hunts. These
hunts require a controlled hunt
application.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
In 2010... remember the kitchen!
Lee Anne Krause
www.pamperedchef.biz/leeannekrause
503-816-9810 leeannekrause@gmail.com
Wishing you a Merry
Christmas and a
Happy New Year
West Oregon
Electric Cooperative, Inc.