Sports Pac winners announced: Apply early for 2010 controlled hunt for more chances to win

SALEM, Ore.—A lucky 48 Oregon hunters won free 2011 Sports Pacs and two non-residents won a free annual 2011 hunting license because they applied early for their 2010 fall big game controlled hunts.

ODFW and the vendor that manages its license sales system are giving away a total of 100 free 2011 Sports Pacs (for Oregon residents, a $164.75 value) or Non Resident Hunting Licenses (for non-residents, a $140.50 value) to encourage hunters to apply early for their 2010 fall big game hunts. (A Sports Pac includes a Combination Angling/Hunting/Shellfish License, a Combined Angling Harvest Tag, a Validation for Upland Bird and Waterfowl hunting, plus a General or Controlled Buck Deer, General or Controlled Elk, General Cougar, General or Controlled Bear and Spring Turkey Tag.)

Fifty more 2011 Sports Pacs or Non-Resident Hunting Licenses will be given away over two separate drawings. To be eligible, hunters must:

• Apply for and be issued a controlled hunt application by March 15, 2010 for a chance to win one of 30 Sports Pac or Non-Resident Hunting Licenses.

• Apply for and be issued a controlled hunt application by April 15, 2010 for a chance to win one of the remaining 20 Sports Pac or Non-Resident Hunting Licenses.

The next drawings will take place March 16 and April 19 and winners will be notified by mail. Hunters unsuccessful in early drawings are re-entered into future drawings. Only one entry per hunter is allowed, meaning hunters that apply for several controlled hunts are still only entered once.

Hunters can apply for controlled hunts online, at a license sales agent, at ODFW offices that sell licenses, or by mail or fax order using the application found here or on page 15 of the 2010 Oregon Big Game Regulations.

Mail order/fax applicants should allow 7-10 days for their applications to be processed and issued. Remember, to be eligible for the drawing, the controlled hunt application must be issued, not just received, by the drawing deadlines (March 15 and April 15). Controlled hunt applications can be processed and issued immediately online and at license sales agents or ODFW offices.

The deadline to apply for a controlled hunt is May 15 each year. Most applications are received during the last few days. In 2009, only 68,849 of 378,065 total applications received were processed by April 15, 2009. The high volume of sales activity in the last few days prior to the deadline has led to long lines and slowed or crashed the license sales system at times, causing ODFW to extend the deadline in both 2008 and 2009.

The vendor that manages the license sales system is purchasing the Sports Pac and Non-Resident Hunting Licenses for the winners. ODFW and the vendor will conduct similar drawings in 2011 and 2012, as part of a three-year pilot program to determine if the incentives are helping with early application. So far this year, ODFW issued 14,154 fall big game controlled hunt applications by Jan. 31, compared to 7,926 at the same time last year.

Some of Oregon’s big game hunts are limited entry, including almost all rifle hunting of deer and elk east of the Cascades and pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain goat hunts.  These hunts require a controlled hunt application.

• The names and hometowns of winners follow:
• MICHAEL ALBRECHT, Aloha
• TRAVIS L RING, Arlington
• JOSEPH T MITCHELL, Bend
• GEORGE R MITCHELL, Bend
• VINCENT G MATZ, Boring
• WADE L LAWS, Central Point
• KIMBERLY K LAWS, Central Point
• MORRIS A HOLUM, Clackamas
• JEREMY W CARROLL, Corvallis
• PHILIP HOBBS, Corvallis
• STEVEN D TIBBITTS, Eugene
• PHILLIP A HEER, Eugene
• HEATHER PHILLIPS, Forest Grove
• JASON A GILMAN, Forest Grove
• MICHELE A HENNESS, Gates
• DANIEL HUSKEY, Gresham
• JERAMY MOE, Hermiston
• ROBERT WILCOX, Huntington
• ARMOND V ARNOLDUS, Imbler
• DANIEL LANE, Junction City
• RICHARD S PATTERSON, La Grande
• NADINE E MICHAEL, La Pine
• BRIAN MCMANUS, La Grande
• CHANDLER SIMPSON, Milton Freewater
• WILLIAM YOUNG, Milwaukee
• RANDAL S GILBERT, Myrtle Creek
• JOANNA FRANKLIN, North Bend
• DALE R WICKERT, Ontario
• EDDIE D STAMPER, Ontario
• DANIEL R STUMPF, Oregon City
• PAUL W WAITE, Pendleton
• JAMES D JOHNSON, Pendleton
• DONNELL B ALEXANDER, Prospect
• VICKY WISER, Riddle
• PHILIP L HARDISON, Roseburg
• KURT PHILLIPS, Roseburg
• EDWARD M MUNSON, Salem
• WILLIAM L BINGLE, Salem
• DANIEL F COYLE, Sandy
• PEGGY E MARKS, Sandy
• COLLETTE R MALTMAN, Seaside
• PATRICK ADKINS, Siletz
• GEORGE T ROBINSON, South Beach
• ROCKY J DUFF, Spokane, Wash.
• JAMES D BERNARDS, St Paul
• JASON NOFZIGER, Tangent
• CHRISTOPHER R RATLIFF, Tulelake, Calif.
• JESSE C MCELROY, Waldport
• JOSEPH B SPOELSTRA, Wallowa
• GEORGE K MARTIN, Winston

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