Tioga unit oregon

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1:100,000 Land Ownership Map displaying Private, National Forest, National Park, Wilderness, BLM, surface ownership status for Unit 24, Tioga. Load the map into Avenza Maps on your phone then have your whole hunting team scan the QR code printed on the map. Share waypoints and GPS tracks through your smartphone.

Price: $ 9.99 USD

Vendor: HuntData LLC

Category: Hunting & Fishing

Activities: Hunting

Published: 2018-April-1

Language: English

Size: 88.1 MB

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General Any Legal Weapon Seasons

Any Legal Weapon General Seasons
Open Season		Tag Required	Bag Limit	Open Area 1
Western Oregon		West Cascade Elk	One bull elk	Units 16, 19, 21, 22, 29, and 30.
		Nov. 13 - Nov. 16	Coast Elk 1st Season	One bull elk	Units 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, and 28.
		Nov. 20 - Nov. 26	Coast Elk 2nd Season	One bull elk	Units 11, 15, 17, 18, 23, and 28.
				One spike elk	Units 12, 14, and 20.
Eastern Oregon		Nov. 6 - Nov. 14	Rocky Mtn. Elk 2nd Season	One spike elk	Units 49, 50, 52, 53, 61, 62, 63, unit 48 north and west of N Fork John Day Rvr and Unit 51 north of Hwy 245 and Burnt Rvr Canyon Rd between Unity and Durkee.
Controlled		Consult controlled elk hunt tables	Controlled 200 Series Elk Tag	Consult controlled elk hunt tables	Consult controlled elk hunt tables, see below.

General Archery Seasons

General Archery Seasons
Open Season		Bag Limit	Open Area
Western Oregon		Aug. 28 - Sept. 26	One elk	Units 15, 20, 23, 25, and 28.
			One bull elk	Units 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, and 27.
			One bull elk, except one elk outside of USFS lands	Units 16, 19, 21, 22, 29, and 30.
			One bull 3 pt.+	Units 10 and 24
			One spike only elk	Unit 26
Eastern Oregon		Aug. 28 - Sept. 26	One elk	Units 35, 38, 40-47, southern portion of Unit 51 (see pg 96 - S Sumpter), 53, 60-73, and that portion of Unit 77 east of Hwy 97.
			One bull elk	Units 31-34, 39, 48, 49, 50, northern portion of Unit 51 (see pg 96-N Sumpter), 52, 59, 75, 76, and that portion of Unit 77 west of Hwy 97. Exception: Starkey Experimental Forest except by controlled elk archery tag.
Controlled		Consult controlled elk hunt tables	Consult controlled elk hunt tables	Consult controlled elk hunt tables, see below.

Elk hunters – Don’t Shoot a Moose! Moose continue to expand their range through out the western states including Oregon. A resident population of 50-60 moose now occupies portions of the Walla Walla and Wenaha Wildlife Management Units north of Elgin. Moose are also frequently sighted in adjacent management units particularly the Sled Springs, Chesnimnus, Snake River, Imnaha and Pine Creek Wildlife Management Units. Moose are generally larger than elk and vary in color from dark brown to black; nevertheless, moose are occasionally mistaken for other big game species, particularly elk. There are no hunts for moose, but moose occur where there are elk hunts. ODFW is reminding hunters to be sure of their target.

Elk Hoof Disease

ODFW is asking hunters to report limping elk or animals with abnormal hooves. Report sightings to the ODFW’s elk hoof disease online reporting page http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/health_program/elk_hoof_disease/or call or email ODFW’s Wildlife Health Lab (1-866-968-2600 / [email protected]). Hoof Disease can be caused by a bacterial infection causing severe lameness in elk resulting in deformed, overgrown, infected, or sloughed hooves. Hunters finding hoof abnormalities in their harvested animals are asked to take pictures and save all hooves of elk with hoof deformities. Hoof disease does not affect the meat of elk harvested by hunters and poses no risk to human health. However, lame elk may be in poorer body condition and appear thin.

General Season Antlerless Elk Damage

There are no hunting seasons on NP lands or Tribal lands in these areas.

General Season Antlerless Elk Damage Hunts
Open Season		Tag Required	Bag Limit	Open Area
	Aug. 1 - Mar. 31, 2022	General Season Antlerless Elk Damage Tag	One antlerless elk	All of Units 15, 40, 43 and 44 and portions of units shown above. See written boundary descriptions on Elk Hunt Descriptions or visit www.dfw.state.or.us/maps for detailed maps.
	Aug. 1 - Nov. 30	General Season Antlerless Elk Damage Tag	One antlerless elk	Portions of Units shown above. See written boundary descriptions on Elk Hunt Descriptions or visit www.dfw.state.or.us/maps for detailed maps.

Private lands will limit access for highlighted hunts. Do not apply unless you have access to a place to hunt.

Additional Regulations

Hunts are for the 2021 season unless otherwise noted

Unit description

Public lands: 35 percent. Beginning at Coquille; north on State Hwy 42 and US Hwy 101 to south shoreline of Coos Bay; southwest on south shoreline of Coos Bay to Pacific Ocean; north on Pacific Ocean coastline to south shoreline of Winchester Bay; east on south shoreline of Winchester Bay and Umpqua Rvr to Umpqua; south on Umpqua-Melrose Rd to Melrose; south on Flournoy Valley and Reston Rds to Tenmile; west on State Hwy 42 to Coquille, point of beginning. (Maps: ODF-Elliot, Coos Bay BLM).

Tioga Unit Map (pdf)

Unit wide hunts

• Tioga Unit Muzzleloader (224M)
• Tioga Unit No. 1 (224X)
• Tioga Unit No. 2 (224Y)
• Tioga Unit Late Bow (224R)
• Tioga Unit (224T)
• Tioga Unit Youth (224T)
• Tioga Unit (624)
• SW Oregon (722A)

Sub-unit hunts

• Umpqua (123A)
• Umpqua Bow (123R1)
• Tioga Unit Private (224C)

Contacts:

East Tioga Unit - Roseburg office 541-440-3353
West Tioga Unit - Charleston office 541-888-5515

Hunt series key:

100 series – buck deer
200 series – elk
400 series – pronghorn
500 series – bighorn sheep
600 series – antlerless deer
700 series – spring black bear
900 series – Rocky Mountain goat

Pleasereview the Big Game Regulations for sub-unit descriptions.

NOTE: This information is for reference use only, and is not intended to replace the information found in the current Big Game Regulations. Please consult the Big Game Regulations before purchasing tags or planning your hunting excursions.

By Gary Lewis

This fall, a few of Oregon's muzzleloader hunters will grab their long-barreled rifles and sling their ‘possibles' bags in pursuit of Columbia whitetails in the North Bank Habitat Area and for elk along the south coast. Both hunts represent a unique opportunity.

New Muzzleloader Elk Hunt

According to District Wildlife Biologist Stuart Love, the Tioga Unit elk herd is managed for bull escapement and for a specific herd population count. The population numbers are on track, but the number of bulls is above management objective. For this reason, the muzzleloader hunt, which otherwise would be for an antlerless elk, allows a hunter the opportunity to take either a cow elk or a three-point or bigger bull.

The Tioga Unit is divided into three parts for specific antlerless hunts that are divided among rifle hunters, bowhunters and muzzleloaders. Each year, the weapons restrictions rotates. What was last year a rifle hunt, will next year be an archery hunt and the year after that, a muzzleloader hunt. This year's muzzleloader hunt No. 224M takes place in the Sitkum section.

"The Tioga Unit has been over the bull management objective." Love said. "We're leaving a little opportunity on the table. To take advantage of that, we change the bag limit during the muzzleloader season to allow a bull in the bag limit. That means we take a few more bulls out of the area. Next year we take a few more bulls out of Lake Creek."

"The opportunity to take a bull will be pretty good," Love said. "Scouting is going to be very important. These are Roosevelt elk and Roosevelt elk don't have very big home ranges. If you find larger bulls in an area, the chances are, they'll still be there during the season."

This area is comprised of 35% public lands. It is important to get maps that show public and private boundaries and check with private timber companies to make sure that they allow public access.

To start, Love recommends the Oregon State Forestry Coos Forest Protection District map, available through the Oregon Department of Forestry. These maps don't show topographic information, so the best bet is to narrow down the hunt area then get the USGS topographic maps that show the detail.

An estimated 75 tags were available this year. Love, who works out of the Charleston ODFW office, expects that this muzzleloader hunt rotation will become more popular over the next few years.

If you didn't draw an elk tag this year, you've got one more preference point to help in next year's drawing. And plenty of time to scout.

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