Northwest Oregon Goose Permits will not be mailed to hunters prior to the beginning of the season. Permits and an attached harvest card may be obtaining from any Point of Sale agent. Please note a $1.50 agent fee does apply. Keep the permit and harvest card attached until you check your geese at a check station. The check station attendant will take your harvest card and issue you a new harvest card. Duplicate goose hunting permits and harvest cards may only be obtained at ODFW’s headquarter’s office, region offices and some district offices. Permits will be available each season after July 1st.
Oregon Game Bird Regulations (pdf).
All goose hunters in the Northwest General Zone, in addition to the Northwest Permit Zone, are required to have taken the Northwest Oregon Goose Test. Goose hunters in the Northwest General Zone must carry their Northwest Goose hunting permit while hunting. General zone hunters do not need to carry a goose harvest card and do not need to check geese at check stations. Northwest General Zone goose hunters need to observe the shooting hours on page 13 of the Oregon Game Bird Regulations and are asked to avoid shooting dusky Canada geese and observe bag limit restrictions on cackling Canada geese. If you already have a valid Northwest Oregon Goose Permit you do not need to re-take the test.
To obtain a Northwest Oregon Goose Hunting Permit, take the test online. Persons who do not have the ability to take an online test should call (503) 947-6324 to arrange an appointment to take the exam in person. Any hunter wishing to receive training materials to prepare for a test may call (503) 947-6303 or you may download the PDF below. Please note that the study guide available on this site is slightly different than the hard copy version that is sent to persons who request a hard copy of a study guide.
A video, "Pacific Northwest Goose Management" is available for $10 plus $2 shipping and handling by calling 1-800-845-9448 (Visa and MasterCard only-no checks or cash). This video will greatly enhance your chance of success in passing the examination. The video can also be viewed online.
Average time to take the test is 30-35 minutes. If successful in passing the exam, a letter will be mailed out, after receiving the letter you can go to any POS agent to obtain your permit and attached harvest card. If unsuccessful, a notification will be mailed. Please allow sufficient time to process tests and mail notification. You have up to three chances to pass the exam with 80% correct or better.
If you have difficulties downloading the large Study Booklet file, above, please download the document in sections using the files below:
CANADA GOOSE IDENTIFICATION VIDEO - This video was produced in partnership with Washington Fish and Wildlife. |
