Furbearer management

For trapping information, including education and licensing requirements and season information, visit MyODFW.com.

Furbearers include 17 species that may be trapped and hunted: badgers, beavers, bobcats, coyotes, gray fox, marten, mink, muskrats, nutria, opossum, raccoons, red fox, river otters, spotted skunks, striped skunks, and weasels (short-tailed and long-tailed).

The management-related documents on this page includes reports on harvest management, current and recent research and management projects and monitoring efforts throughout the state.

The documents on this page

Resources and reports

• Mail/Fax Submission 2022-2023 Furtaker Harvest Report Form (pdf)
• Furbearer Management in North American Wildlife Conservation
• Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Trapping in the United States
• Oregon Furtaker License and Harvest Data, June 2018 (pdf)
• Trap Use, Furbearers Trapped, and Trapper Characteristics in the United States in 2015 (pdf)
• Fisher Reintroduction Feasibility Assessment for Western Oregon (2015) (pdf)
• Forest Carnivore Research in the Northern Cascades of Oregon, July 2, 2014
• Wolverine-Forest Carnivore Research in the Northern Cascades of Oregon, February 26, 2013 (pdf)
• Wolverine-Forest Carnivore Research in the Northern Cascades of Oregon, July 11, 2013 (pdf)
• ODFW Furbearer Program Overview (2011) (pdf)