SALEM, Ore.-- ODFW released its fall hunting forecast today. Based on surveys by staff biologists, the report offers hunters a good look at what to expect this fall.

It can be accessed on ODFW’s website by clicking on the link below or off the home page under Hot Topics: Fall 2007 Hunting Forecast

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/RR/hunting_forecast/2007_fall_forcast.asp

Hunters will learn how big game (deer, elk, cougar, bear) and game bird (upland birds and waterfowl) populations are doing in areas statewide. The forecast includes other useful information such as hunting locations on public and private lands and links to the 2007 Big Game Statistics of herd composition data and hunter success rates.