Youth Bird Hunts & Skills Clinics

14 pre-season upland bird hunts are scheduled in September for young hunters under 17. Registration begins Sept. 2. ODFW hunter education coordinator James Reed says the events allow young and possibly inexperienced hunters to hunt before the season opens and other hunters are in the field. They also “offer young hunters a good chance at bagging a bird,” Reed said. There will also be free shotgun skills clinics. Pre-registration is required for youth hunts. No registration for the skills clinics is required. The first nearby hunts are September 11 & 12 at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (WA) near Eugene. No advanced registration necessary. Call (541) 935-2591 for more information.

For all these hunts and clinics, hunters and accompanying adults must wear a blaze orange hat, shooting glasses and vest and bring their own shotguns and shells. No hunter education, license or validation is required.

Also September 11 & 12

Ladd Marsh WA (Lakeview), call 541-963-4954 for information. Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Klamath WA (Klamath Falls), call (541) 883-5732 to register. Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Sauvie Island WA (Portland), call (503) 621-3488 to register. Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Mid-Columbia (Wasco and Sherman counties), call (541) 296-4628 to register. Hunt takes place on private lands. Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Ontario-Vale area, Paul Parker Memorial Youth Hunt, call (541) 889-6975 to register. Hunt takes place on cooperating private lands. Shotgun skills clinic on Sept. 11.

September 18 & 19

Denman WA (Central Point), call (541) 826-8774 to register.  Shotgun skills clinic both days.

E.E. Wilson WA (Monmouth near Corvallis), call (541) 745-5334 to register.

John Day, call (541) 575-1167 to register. Hunt takes place on private lands in John Day valley.   Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Baker City, call (541) 963-2138 to register. Hunt takes place near Baldock Slough Wetlands Project. Shotgun skills clinic both days.

Willow Creek (Madras area), call (541) 447-5111 to register.

September 19

Heppner area, call (541) 676-5230 to register. Hunt takes place in private lands in southern Morrow County.

September 25 & 26:

E.E. Wilson WA (Monmouth), call (541) 745-5334 to register. Shotgun skills clinic both days

Irrigon WA (Irrigon), call (541) 276-2344 to register. Shotgun skills clinic both days

Hunters 17 years and younger may participate in the pheasant hunts; they must be accompanied by one adult who does not hunt. Each hunter must have in possession a hunter education certificate, HIP validation and a permit for the area hunted. Hunters 14 years or older also must have a valid juvenile hunting license with an upland game bird validation.

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