(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person shall trap mammals with commercial fur value unless the person has in possession a certificate issued by the commission indicating that the person has satisfactorily completed a course in trapper education prescribed or approved by the commission. However, the commission shall issue the certificate automatically, without the necessity of completing the course, to any person who has previously held a valid trapping license issued by the commission and who is 18 years of age or older on July 1, 1986.
(3) The certificate referred to in subsection (2) of this section is not required of a person to trap mammals with commercial fur value on land owned or leased by that person or a member of that person’s immediate family.
(4) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent any person or the persons’ agent from taking mammals with commercial fur value that are damaging livestock or agricultural crops on lands the person owns or leases.
(5) As used in this section, "mammals with commercial fur value" means badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, red fox, gray fox, marten, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossums, raccoon, river otter, striped skunk, spotted skunk and weasel. [1979 c.774 §4; 1985 c.467 §1]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits
Section 497.002 - "Resident" and "nonresident" defined.
Section 497.006 - Certain persons as residents for licensing purposes.
Section 497.012 - Validity of licenses on Snake River.
Section 497.014 - Validity of licenses in Pacific Ocean or Columbia River; rules.
Section 497.022 - Issuance of licenses, tags or permits by commission agents; fees.
Section 497.026 - Duty of license agents to remit funds; rules.
Section 497.036 - Inspection of licenses, tags, permits and wildlife.
Section 497.061 - License, tag and permit fee schedule.
Section 497.071 - Dedication of certain license, tag and permit fee increases.
Section 497.075 - General license, tag and permit requirements; exemptions.
Section 497.102 - Hunting licenses and permits.
Section 497.104 - Access and habitat program funding.
Section 497.112 - Hunting tags; restrictions; violation reporting; rules.
Section 497.116 - Dedication of certain tags for qualified veteran use.
Section 497.121 - Angling and shellfish licenses and tags.
Section 497.123 - Hatchery harvest tag rules.
Section 497.124 - Special dedication of fees to Fish Screening Subaccount.
Section 497.126 - Use of certain moneys from angling licenses.
Section 497.127 - Youth licenses.
Section 497.132 - Combined licenses for residents.
Section 497.134 - Voluntary contributions.
Section 497.138 - Special dedication of fees to Fish Passage Fund.
Section 497.139 - Fish Passage Fund.
Section 497.141 - Fish Passage Restoration Subaccount; sources; uses.
Section 497.142 - Fur-bearer trapping or hunting license and tag.
Section 497.146 - Trapper education program; when certificate required; exceptions.
Section 497.151 - Annual migratory waterfowl stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.
Section 497.153 - Annual upland bird stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.
Section 497.156 - Annual nonresident bird-waterfowl stamp.
Section 497.158 - Mail or Internet license renewal.
Section 497.218 - Fur dealer license; records.
Section 497.228 - Wildlife propagation license; grounds for license denial; records; rules.
Section 497.238 - Taxidermy license; records.
Section 497.248 - Private hunting preserve license; requirements for preserve; rules; records.
Section 497.249 - Revocation or refusal to renew private hunting preserve license.
Section 497.258 - Licensing authority.
Section 497.298 - Scientific taking permit; rules.
Section 497.308 - Wildlife holding and habitat removal permits; rules.
Section 497.312 - Special restrictions on holding coyotes.
Section 497.325 - Sturgeon hatchery operation permits; conditions; permit restrictions; rules.
Section 497.327 - Priority for certain applications for permit for sturgeon hatchery operation.
Section 497.350 - Hunting restriction; generally.
Section 497.400 - Prohibited conduct.
Section 497.423 - Outfitter or guide unlawfully taking or killing wildlife.
Section 497.441 - Prohibited activities by those whose license, tag or permit has been revoked.
Section 497.660 - Wildlife Conservation Fund; sources; uses.