Oregon Hunters Wait Until Last Minute




		Oregon Hunters Wait Until Last Minute
		The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife always reminds hunters to buy their buck deer tags, fall bear tags and general season cougar tags early. The deadline this year was Friday, October 3. This was the last day hunters could purchase tags for controlled buck deer centerfire hunts in eastern Oregon, general season centerfire buck deer in western Oregon, general season fall bear and general season cougar. Most rifle deer seasons in Oregon began Saturday, October 4. Last year, 202,499 people hunted deer. As of Sunday, September 28, only 135,334 tags had been sold. "There's really no telling why people wait 'til the last minute, but they do," said Tom Thornton, ODFW's big game program manager. "The earlier they can get to a license agent to buy their tags, the better chance they have to avoid lines." Hunters could have purchased big game tags at any one of more than 600 license agents in Oregon.
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