[ODFW-News] Deadline approaching for big game raffle hunts

[Odfw News]

For Immediate Release Monday, May 23, 2005

Deadline approaching for big game raffle hunts 
 
SALEM - Hunters who want a chance to win a big game hunt have until May
25 to purchase raffle hunt tickets at POS license agents. Hunters can
buy raffle tickets for bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat, pronghorn
antelope, deer and elk. 
 
Tickets also will be on sale June 4, from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Oregon
Hunters Association State Convention in Seaside. The raffle drawing will
be conducted that evening at 7:15 p.m.
 
Raffle ticket purchases and auction bids support the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife's Access and Habitat (A&H) Program, an incentive
program for landowners to improve wildlife habitat and hunting access on
Oregon's private lands. The program was created by the 1993 Oregon
Legislature and reauthorized in 2003.
 
Landowners, timber and agricultural corporations, sportsmen groups, and
natural resource agencies can apply for grants through the A&H Program
for projects to improve wildlife habitat or increase public hunting
access to private lands. Proposals are reviewed by a seven-member
citizen board and recommended projects are forwarded to the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Commission for a final decision.
 
During 2003-2005, the A&H Program approved 40 new projects and awarded
more than $1 million with about $3.5 million secured in matching funds.
Access to more than 2 million acres of private land was gained for
hunters and nearly 15,000 acres of private land was improved for
wildlife habitat. 
 
The program is funded by a $2 annual surcharge on hunting licenses and
other ODFW budgets, along with the funds generated through the auction
and raffle hunts. All revenues fund approved project grants and
administrative expenses. 
 
Using funds generated from bighorn sheep auction and raffle tags, ODFW
has conducted 25 different bighorn sheep capture operations resulting in
more than 20 new herd ranges established throughout available habitats.
In addition, the number of tags available per year now averages 70,
compared with 24 tags prior to 1987.
 
 
 
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