Clock Ticking To Get Oregon Big Game Raffle Tix; Drawing To Be Livestreamed May 30 at 6:30 P.M.

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

Want a chance to hunt big game for months and during the rut—or a rare chance to hunt for a bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain goat? Big game raffle tickets are on sale until May 30 at 6 p.m. online at MyODFW’s licensing page and at license sales agents.

RICHARD HOLSTROM OF GRANTS PASS HAD THE WINNING RAFFLE TICKET FOR THE 2017 CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST OREGON ELK HUNT AND TOOK THIS BULL IN THE OCHOCO UNIT. (VIA ODFW)

Raffle tags won can be used in addition to regular fall hunts—meaning hunters who win the tag can still hunt regular controlled or general big game seasons.  

Big game raffle hunt seasons run Aug. 1 – Nov. 30 and allow for hunting in an expanded area. Ticket prices vary from $4.50 to $11.50 per ticket, with discounts for buying a package of 6, 15 or 40 tickets. Pricing info is available atwww.oregonrafflehunts.com 

With large events cancelled in Oregon due to the pandemic, the raffle drawing will happen via YouTube livestream at 6:30 p.m. on May 30 on ODFW’s YouTube page (https://youtube.com/ieodfw)

The following raffle hunts are available:

Governor’s Statewide Deer and Elk Combo

Statewide Deer

Southeast Oregon Deer

Central Oregon Deer

Northeast Oregon Deer

Statewide Elk

Northeast Oregon Elk

Central/Southeast Elk

Western Oregon Elk

Rocky Mtn Goat

Pronghorn Antelope

Bighorn sheep

Funds raised by the deer and elk raffle tags go to the Access and Habitat Program, which provides grants to open public hunting access on private land and improve wildlife habitat. Proceeds from the bighorn sheep, pronghorn and Rocky Mountain goat tags fund research and management efforts for those species.

For more information visit www.oregonrafflehunts.com