FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA Ridge Wildlife Area 2014-15 Hunt Season Hunter Permit Statistics Daily hunt permits are required for hunting the East Coyote, West Coyote, Fisher Butte, Royal-Amazon

FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA

2014-15 HUNT SEASON

HUNTER PERMIT STATISTICS

SEASON SUMMARY SPREADSHEETS and OVERVIEW

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1 2014-15 PERMIT AREA OVERVIEW

2 2014-15 HUNT PERMIT SUMMARY

3 1990 - 2014-15 COMPARATIVE HUNT PERMIT STATISTICS

4 1990 - 2014-15 WATERFOWL SPECIES HARVEST COMPARISON

5 1986 - 2014-15 WATERFOWL HUNTER HARVEST COMPARISON

RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT

6 1984 - 2014-15 RESERVATION HUNT - HUNTER PARTICIPATION

7 1984 - 2014-15 RESERVATION HUNT - COMPARATIVE HARVEST STATISTICS

8 2014-15 RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - HUNT BLIND DATA

9 2014-15 RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - SEASON SUMMARY

10 2014-15 RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - STAND-BY HUNTER SUMMARY

MONTHLY HUNT PERMIT DATA

11-16 AUG 2014 - JAN 2015 HUNT PERMIT DATA

17 AUG 2014 - JAN 2015 KIRK PARK UNIT DATA

WESTERN OREGON FEE PHEASANT HUNT

18-21 2014 YOUTH AND FEE PHEASANT HUNT PROGRAM

WILDLIFE AREA MAPS

22 EAST & WEST COYOTE UNITS HUNTING BLIND LAYOUT - RESERVATION HUNT

23 EAST COYOTE / WEST COYOTE / FISHER BUTTE / ROYAL-AMAZON UNITS

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

WAYNE MORROW / KEVIN ROTH / GARY WILLS / JORDAN HAZEN

1/29/2015

Fern Ridge Wildlife Area 2014-15 Hunt Season

Hunter Permit Statistics Daily hunt permits are required for hunting the East Coyote, West Coyote, Fisher Butte, Royal-Amazon and Kirk Park units of Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (approximately 25% of lake project area). Permits are free and are available at six checkstations located at area access points. Data included in this report summarizes hunter statistics from the permit areas for the following hunts: Western Oregon Deer Season (Shotgun and Archery) Mourning Dove Season (Sept 1 – Oct 30) September Canada Goose season (Sept 6 – 14)

(Fern Ridge area closed to goose hunting during other Western Oregon goose seasons) September Youth Upland Game Bird Hunt (Sept 13 – 14) Western Oregon Fee Pheasant Hunt (Sept 15 – Oct 8) Western Oregon General Pheasant Season (Oct 11 – Dec 31) Duck Season (Oct 11 – Oct 26 and Oct 29, 2014 – Jan 25, 2015) Reservation Waterfowl Hunt – East & West Coyote units (Nov 15 – Jan 24, 2015 / M-W-Sa mornings) Youth Waterfowl Hunt Days (Sept 27-28, Nov 29 and Dec 22) The entire Fern Ridge Wildlife Area and reservoir are open to hunting during authorized seasons between May 1 and Oct 8. From Oct 9 – Oct 10 the East and West Coyote, Fisher Butte and Royal Amazon units are closed to all public access to provide waterfowl sanctuary. During duck season (Oct 11 to Jan 25) the Fisher Butte and Royal Amazon units are open for hunting until 1:00 pm and public use until 2:00 pm, seven days a week. The Kirk Park unit is open to hunting only on Sat-Sun-Wed and Holidays and remains open to public use daily. During the first part of duck season, from Oct 11 through Nov 14, the East and West Coyote units are closed to public access to allow waterfowl an opportunity to acclimate to the area. Beginning Nov 15 and continuing through the end of duck season, these units are only open on Mon-Wed-Sat mornings for the Reservation Waterfowl Hunt. After duck season ends on Jan 25 and continuing until April 30, the East and West Coyote, Fisher Butte and Royal Amazon units are open to public access on Saturdays and closed to public access Sun – Fri to provide wildlife sanctuary. Remaining project lands and lake area are open year-round for public use.

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2014-15 HUNT PERMIT SUMMARY [ EAST & WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY ]

HUNTER

2014-15 HUNT STATISTICS TRIPS HOURS DOVES QUAIL PHEAS DUCKS GEESE SNIPE DEER MERGS COOTS

AUGUST 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 -- --

SEPTEMBER

Sept. Goose Hunt 116 388 -- -- -- -- 33 -- -- -- --

Youth Upland Hunt 103 263 0 0 74 -- -- -- -- -- --

W. Or. Fee Pheasant Hunt 927 2128 -- -- 463 -- -- -- -- -- --

All other units 68 140 22 1 0 26 -- -- 0 0 0

Sept. Total 1214 2919 22 1 537 26 33 0 0 0 0

OCTOBER

W. Or. Fee Pheasant Hunt 321 680 -- -- 169 -- -- -- -- -- --

All other units 350 1132 11 3 7 358 -- 0 0 0 7

Oct. Total 671 1812 11 3 176 358 0 0 0 0 7

NOVEMBER

Reservation Hunt 171 765 -- -- -- 334 -- 0 -- 4 2

All other units 517 1876 -- 1 0 744 -- 16 0 11 35

Nov. Total 688 2641 0 1 0 1078 0 16 0 15 37

DECEMBER


All other units 454 1576 -- 0 0 477 -- 2 0 10 25

Dec. Total 831 3428 0 0 0 1499 0 2 0 12 48

JANUARY


All other units 277 998 -- 0 -- 360 -- 22 0 8 29

Jan. Total 546 2335 0 0 0 1094 0 22 0 10 34

2014-15 SEASON TOTALS 3952 13141 33 5 713 4055 33 40 0 37 126

* HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM EAST COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREACOMPARATIVE HUNT STATISTICS

1990-2015

HUNTER

YEAR TRIPS HOURS DOVES QUAIL PHEAS DUCKS GEESE SNIPE DEER MERGS COOTS

2014-15 SEASON TOTALS 3952 13141 33 5 713 4055 33 40 0 37 126

2013-14 SEASON TOTALS 3479 11080 15 0 679 2005 18 27 1 3 104* HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM EAST COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY

2012-13 SEASON TOTALS 4202 14003 32 3 760 4101 30 11 0 30 120




2009-10 SEASON TOTALS 4679 14827 33 0 777 3092 21 25 0 21 36* HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM EAST COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE AND ROYALAMAZON UNITS ONLY

















1992-93 SEASON TOTALS 5167 14748 41 0 689 2553 14 82 3 14 5*HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM ENTIRE FERN RIDGE RESERVOIR AREA

1991-92 SEASON TOTALS 5981 17702 26 0 822 2658 17 23 4 28 6*HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM ENTIRE FERN RIDGE RESERVOIR AREA

1990 SEASON TOTALS 4316 13080 36 0 832 2288 9 17 6 10 17*HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM ENTIRE FERN RIDGE RESERVOIR AREA


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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA1990 - 2014-15 HARVEST DATA / SPECIES COMPOSITIONHUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT AND SELF-SERVICE HUNTER PERMITS

B R C UC A E U I A G N MI M U S W F N N O R D E P

M P G B N H G O F G R V L E U R HA I W W N W W O A O L N E A D S P C G E PL N I I S V D D E E R D S E C O K G C A S A I QL T T T T G G C E W D H C U H B N O R E O N N S D G C D U

TOTAL A A E E E E E A L A U E K D E A E T T E O S I A O E R E AHUNTER R I A A A O O U E L C A E D A C Y E E S TOTAL S T E P N V O O E I

YEAR TRIPS D L L L L N N P R L K D D Y D K E R D P DUCKS E S R E T E N W R L

2014-15 3952 916 541 850 4 14 509 2 41 737 182 21 117 76 30 7 5 3 0 0 4055 33 126 37 40 713 33 0 0 0 5

2013-14 3479 529 301 361 1 9 269 2 17 324 123 8 31 18 3 0 7 2 0 0 2005 18 104 3 27 679 15 0 0 1 0

2012-13 4202 1047 835 805 7 9 396 0 54 395 293 13 138 48 48 3 5 5 0 0 4101 30 120 30 11 760 32 0 0 0 3

2011-12* 4684 1399 1154 1420 5 16 473 2 25 551 214 20 127 43 18 9 8 5 0 4 5493 54 294 21 19 761 28 0 0 0 0

2010-11* 4487 743 766 685 9 16 242 5 86 598 209 5 117 67 25 7 2 15 0 1 3598 21 108 19 18 780 63 0 0 0 3

2009-10* 4679 799 525 740 5 17 367 0 25 284 162 13 60 70 14 4 3 4 0 0 3092 21 36 21 25 777 33 0 0 0 0

2008-09* 4914 922 410 755 10 11 331 1 17 325 220 13 72 27 14 1 1 5 0 0 3135 52 53 14 11 803 71 0 0 1 4

2007-08* 4671 744 313 554 6 20 339 0 42 303 61 18 111 59 14 2 5 7 0 0 2598 39 103 15 27 782 62 0 0 0 4

2006-07* 4488 465 242 511 3 15 229 0 36 319 99 5 173 51 35 9 7 10 1 3 2213 30 172 22 33 771 11 3 0 0 0

2005-06* 4851 316 94 262 2 4 85 1 9 244 25 9 41 15 8 1 2 2 0 1 1121 17 30 42 32 1172 46 2 0 1 7

2004-05* 4833 570 283 560 14 8 247 1 53 473 95 19 380 25 78 1 0 15 0 2 2824 28 128 27 88 810 51 0 0 3 2

2003-04* 5038 722 180 353 10 15 207 0 13 307 62 30 111 30 9 0 2 6 0 2 2059 29 72 27 56 862 16 0 2 3 4

2002-03* 4541 807 115 405 6 13 344 0 7 174 39 20 50 12 2 2 0 3 0 2 2001 23 10 13 68 912 40 0 0 1 0

2001-02* 4321 468 63 171 0 2 86 0 5 83 19 6 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 929 13 5 4 4 923 20 0 1 1 3

2000-01* 4981 743 307 526 1 16 205 1 3 149 24 6 16 4 4 0 0 1 0 4 2010 22 4 19 38 901 43 0 0 0 3

1999-00* 5337 914 216 344 1 5 246 2 11 229 48 8 46 24 2 1 5 2 0 1 2105 22 15 37 16 817 213 0 0 2 0

1998-99* 4668 1356 162 476 2 15 225 1 17 265 83 28 42 40 7 6 1 0 0 12 2738 23 47 51 17 796 25 0 2 2 0

1997-98* 4805 1332 189 658 3 17 125 0 27 257 75 23 50 31 10 10 5 6 0 9 2827 20 49 40 32 890 33 0 3 6 0

1996-97* 4822 1022 147 478 4 10 153 0 7 168 55 27 20 16 1 3 1 2 0 1 2115 28 30 36 3 807 18 0 1 2 0

1995-96* 5342 825 178 521 2 1 318 0 6 205 47 22 59 40 3 0 1 0 0 23 2251 18 74 43 25 868 24 0 0 8 0

1994-95 * 5002 966 270 487 5 3 237 3 4 296 57 17 39 17 0 0 0 0 0 6 2407 19 53 22 33 804 44 0 0 2 0

1993-94 * 4610 732 122 225 2 0 156 1 2 52 10 5 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 492 1812 31 9 4 97 832 22 0 0 0 0

1992-93 ** 5167 859 168 283 0 0 156 5 4 146 6 20 9 12 4 0 0 1 0 880 2553 19 5 14 82 689 41 0 13 3 0

1991-92 ** 5981 917 190 334 3 0 263 4 3 55 22 23 7 32 0 0 0 0 0 805 2658 17 6 28 23 847 26 0 0 4 0

1990 ** 4316 944 180 253 0 0 130 2 1 62 4 28 8 17 3 0 1 1 0 654 2288 9 17 10 17 832 36 0 1 6 0

* HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM 23% OF AREA (EAST/WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY)

** HUNTER PERMIT DATA FROM 100% OF FERN RIDGE RESERVOIR AND WILDLIFE AREA

GOOSE HARVEST DATA: 1990 TO 1993-94: 85% OF AREA CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING. 1994 to 2014: SEPT GOOSE HUNT ONLY, ON 23% OF AREA.

ENTIRE AREA IS CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING DURING GENERAL SEASON

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREAWATERFOWL HUNTER HARVEST COMPARISON

1986-87 TO 2014-15

TOTAL TOTAL # DUCKS BIRD PERYEAR HUNT PERMIT AREA AREA WATERFOWL & GEESE HUNTER

HUNTERS HUNTERS HARVESTED AVERAGE2014-15 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE, R. AMAZON ONLY* 3952 2475 4088 1.72013-14 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE, R. AMAZON ONLY* 3479 2009 2023 1.02012-13 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4202 2601 4131 1.62011-12 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4684 3097 5547 1.82010-11 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4487 2586 3619 1.42009-10 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4679 2598 3113 1.22008-09 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4914 2714 3187 1.22007-08 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4671 2528 2637 1.02006-07 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4488 2258 2244 1.02005-06 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4851 1791 1138 0.62004-05 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4833 2736 2852 1.02003-04 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 5038 2613 2088 0.82002-03 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4541 2242 2024 0.92001-02 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4321 1835 942 0.52000-01 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4981 2597 2032 0.81999-00 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 5337 2946 2127 0.71998-99 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4668 2734 2761 1.01997-98 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4805 2717 2847 1.01996-97 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4822 2754 2143 0.81995-96 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 5342 3069 2269 0.71994-95 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 5002 2714 2426 0.91993-94 E/W COYOTE, F.BUTTE, R.AMAZON ONLY * 4610 2360 1843 0.81992-93 ENTIRE PROJECT 5167 2812 2572 0.91991-92 ENTIRE PROJECT 5981 2946 2675 0.91990-91 ENTIRE PROJECT 4316 2413 2297 1.01989-90 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE UNITS ONLY ** 1732*** 1732 1451 0.81988-89 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE UNITS ONLY ** 1613*** 1613 1491 0.91987-88 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE UNITS ONLY ** 1784*** 1600 1474 0.91986-87 E/W COYOTE, F. BUTTE UNITS ONLY ** 2723 1700 1545 0.9

* 23% OF RESERVOIR AREA SURVEYED (PERMIT AREA)**15% OF RESERVOIR AREA SURVEYED (PERMIT AREA)

*** NO PHEASANT RELEASE PROGRAM DURING THESE YEARS5

# # # % #YEAR HUNT APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS CHANCE OF STANDBY

DAYS RECEIVED DRAWN BEING DRAWN HUNTERS2014-15 31 494 415 84% 269

2013-14 30 687 419 61% 2112012-13 31 675 429 64% 2372011-12 31 639 432 67% 2292010-11 29 602 406 67% 2632009-10 31 578 424 73% 2842008-09 31 518 416 80% 2632007-08 31 465 395 85% 2972006-07 30 493 386 78% 2672005-06 25** 279 271 97% 1952004-05 34 573 448 78% 1972003-04 34 599 445 74% 1942002-03 33 556 428 77% - -2001-02 24* 678 336 50% - -2000-01 31 729 434 60% - -1999-00 33 746 462 62% - -1998-99 31 700 310 44% - -1997-98 31 618 310 50% - -1996-97 27 748 378 51% - -1995-96 28 876 560 64% - -1994-95 26 715 364 51% - -1993-94 20 605 240 40% 601992-93 22 918 264 29% 881991-92 20 895 240 27% 801990-91 19 858 228 27% - -1989-90 20 877 240 27% - -1988-89 18 687 216 31% - -1987-88 27 1063 405 38% - -1986-87 19 687 190 28% - -1985-86 14 552 140 25% - -1984-85 21 529 210 40% - -

** FIRST ELEVEN HUNTS OF 2005-06 SEASON CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LOW WATER CONDITIONS* FIRST SEVEN HUNTS OF 2001-02 SEASON CANCELLED BECAUSE OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS

* 2014-15: 531 Stand-by hunters participated / 262 Stand-by hunters were sent home

* 2013-14: 211 Stand-by hunters participated / 62 sent home ~ 2012-13: 237 Stand-by hunters participated / 183 sent home





FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - EAST AND WEST COYOTE UNITS

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREARESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - COMPARATIVE HARVEST STATISTICS

# # DUCKS, GEESE BIRD PER HARVESTYEAR HUNT # COOTS & MERGS HUNTER TOTAL % =

DAYS HUNTERS HARVESTED AVERAGE MALLARDS2014-15 31 817 2128 2.6 29%

2013-14 30 643 670 1.0 44%2012-13 31 797 1744 2.2 30%2011-12 31 828 2365 2.9 31%2010-11 29 747 1425 1.9 19%2009-10 31 767 1356 1.8 31%2008-09 31 743 1384 1.9 41%2007-08 31 759 1279 1.7 37%2006-07 30 648 919 1.4 22%2005-06 25** 445 324 0.7 22%2004-05 34 789 1055 1.3 24%2003-04 34 800 1214 1.5 41%2002-03 33 601 1077 1.8 42%2001-02 24* 436 432 1.0 54%2000-01 31 626 1025 1.6 42%1999-00 33 693 1080 1.6 48%1998-99 31 441 1152 2.6 53%1997-98 31 426 957 2.2 56%1996-97 27 534 877 1.6 54%1995-96 28 769 960 1.2 43%1994-95 26 588 1180 2.0 44%1993-94 20 391 872 2.2 57%1992-93 22 500 954 1.9 54%1991-92 20 440 1073 2.4 50%1990-91 19 309 835 2.7 61%1989-90 20 374 721 1.9 60%1988-89 18 309 721 2.3 72%1987-88 27 606 1062 1.8 70%1986-87 19 321 975 3.0 70%1985-86 14 231 641 2.8 75%1984-85 21 317 1092 3.4 56%

.*'* FIRST ELEVEN HUNTS OF 2005-06 SEASON CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LOW WATER CONDITIONS* FIRST SEVEN HUNTS OF 2001-02 SEASON CANCELLED BECAUSE OF DROUGHT CONDITIONSNOTE: GEESE WERE HARVESTED DURING THE 1980's ON THE RESERVATION HUNT

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREARESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - HARVEST DATA - EAST & WEST COYOTE UNITS 2014-15 SEASON

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31

BLIND NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN

# 15 17 19 22 24 26 29 1 3 6 8 10 13 15 17 20 22 24 27 29 31 3 5 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 SEASON

SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT TOTAL

1 3* 10 0 0 0 2* 4 0 1 1 0 1 7* 0 9 3 4* 0 10 2 9 1 1* 0* 3 1* 3* 4 1 80

2 5 0* 2* 0 2 1 1 7* 3 0 8 3 2 14 14 14 0* 14 10 12 4 2 14 8 8 2 5 8 7 2 8 180

3 14 0 14 4 0 7 1* 9 14 2 3 2 3 0* 7 6 7* 4 7 4 0 0 4 8 4 0* 11 5* 7* 3 8 158

5 12 1 0 12 3 0 0* 7* 0* 5 9 9 13 13 6 4 3* 7* 7 2 0 8 7 8 2* 2* 2 7 2 6 7 164

6 13 2 1 10 2 2 1* 1 5 0 12 3 11 1 11 14 1* 11 4 5 1 0 9 3 1 10 14 1 9 10 0 168

7 10 0 5 7 7* 1* 0* 7 2 3 1 2* 13 1 2 2* 2* 6 0 2 0 1* 1* 13 1* 0 2 5 9 2 1 108

8 3* 0* 0* 11 1* 1 11 2* 0* 0 8 3 0 2 5 0 2* 0 1 7* 4 5 2 3* 7 0 4* 6 88

9 5* 10 1 6 1 5 5* 5 6* 11 11 11 9 14 5 14 7 7 2 14 0 0 14 14 6 12 14 10 5 0 1 225

10 6 10 6 3 4 2 4 6* 0 10 1 2 4 10 5 1 0 3 0 7* 2* 2 2 9 4 0* 3 0* 5 0 0 111

11 3 0 4 1 1 1* 0* 2* 7* 3 14 6 4* 7 9 8 0 0* 4 3 1 4 4 5 2 3 7 0 2 4 1 110

12 5 0 0 1 0* 3 6 0* 2 3 2 8 6 6 0* 0 8 0 0 0* 0* 0 0* 0* 0 0 1 1 52

1W 14 0 5 14 5 7 3 1 4 0 11 0 14 8 7* 14 7* 7 3 14 0 13 3 2* 14 12 14 2 0 1 4 203

2W 5 1 6 11 0 1* 7* 7 14 10 5 13 0 10 14 14 0* 5 2 8 4 0 3 14 14 6 14 14 6 14 14 236

3W 0* 0 2 1 1 0 1* 14 2 0 3 7* 6 14 5 13 0* 12 1 2 0 0* 12 7 14 11 12 14 5 5 0 164

4W 1* 0* 0 0* 0* 3 0* 0* 0* 0 3 12 14 2 0 4 0 0* 0 0* 7 11 7* 4 4 3* 0 0* 6* 81 2128

TOTAL 99 34 46 81 27 28 25 87 65 45 81 69 88 119 107 126 27 83 54 73 23 32 96 107 83 64 108 77 60 56 58 2128YOUTH YOUTH

HUNT HUNT

ICE ICE

* INDICATES 1 HUNTER/BLIND = INDICATES BLIND WAS NOT HUNTED THAT DAY

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT EAST AND WEST COYOTE UNITS2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS

B R CC A E U I A G MI M U S W F N N O E

M P G N H G O F G R B V L RA I W N W W O A O L N E W A D GL N I I S V D D E E R D S E A C

NUMBER L T T T G G C E W D H C U H T B N N O BIRDS2014-15 OF NUMBER A A E E E E A L A U E K D E E A E S O PERHUNT BLINDS OF R I A A O O U E L C A E D A A C Y TOTAL E T TOTAL HUNTER HOURSDATE HUNTED HUNTERS D L L L N N P R L K D D Y D L K E DUCKS R S BIRDS AVERAGE HUNTED11-15 15 25 47 7 9 15 1 2 15 1 1 98 1 99 4.0 10311-17 15 27 11 4 5 2 7 1 3 1 34 34 1.3 12311-19 15 28 26 4 1 1 11 1 1 45 1 46 1.6 12611-22 15 29 6 5 41 1 6 21 1 81 81 2.8 13511-24 15 26 3 2 6 1 13 1 26 1 27 1.0 10811-26 12 21 11 2 2 3 9 1 28 28 1.3 9511-29 12 15 4 1 2 3 9 1 2 22 3 25 1.7 7512-1 15 26 17 7 9 28 1 1 16 5 1 2 87 87 3.3 12712-3 15 25 12 1 12 1 18 17 3 1 65 65 2.6 10612-6 15 27 17 1 4 4 1 14 2 2 45 45 1.7 12012-8 15 29 9 1 12 28 21 1 1 5 78 3 81 2.8 154

12-10 15 28 11 10 13 14 3 13 3 1 68 1 69 2.5 15112-13 15 28 10 9 11 28 23 1 1 2 85 3 88 3.1 13412-15 15 28 22 19 29 32 10 1 1 114 5 119 4.3 14812-17 15 29 14 25 29 29 2 6 1 1 107 107 3.7 14312-20 15 29 45 23 17 32 7 1 125 1 126 4.3 13712-22 13 17 5 2 1 9 7 1 25 2 27 1.6 8012-24 15 28 28 10 18 12 5 4 3 3 83 83 3.0 14312-27 15 28 8 13 5 1 6 1 12 1 2 2 1 52 2 54 1.9 14512-29 15 28 34 15 8 3 9 1 1 71 2 73 2.6 14512-31 14 27 1 2 4 4 5 1 17 6 23 0.9 119

1-3 14 25 16 2 4 1 8 31 1 32 1.3 891-5 15 27 36 13 9 6 26 2 4 96 96 3.6 1351-7 15 27 34 21 23 4 12 1 5 4 1 1 106 1 107 4.0 1331-10 15 26 25 11 16 6 2 6 1 2 11 1 1 82 1 83 3.2 1351-12 15 25 14 14 12 4 14 1 5 64 64 2.6 1311-14 15 28 49 27 13 1 14 1 2 1 108 108 3.9 1461-17 15 26 32 10 6 22 1 2 3 76 1 77 3.0 1341-19 15 28 26 9 6 2 12 1 1 57 1 2 60 2.1 1471-21 15 28 31 11 3 4 6 1 56 56 2.0 1471-24 15 29 9 20 3 2 1 23 58 58 2.0 140

TOTAL 455 817 613 301 333 3 304 2 13 392 38 15 17 49 2 2 2 2 2 2,090 8 30 2,128 3,954

% OF TOTAL 29% 14% 16% 14% 18% 2% 2%

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA RESERVATION WATERFOWL HUNT - EAST AND WEST COYOTE UNITSSTAND-BY HUNTER PARTICIPATION SUMMARY 2014-15 SEASON

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31

NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV NOV DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN

HUNT # 15 17 19 22 24 26 29 1 3 6 8 10 13 15 17 20 22 24 27 29 31 3 5 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 SEASON

SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT MON WED SAT TOTALS

# PERMIT

HOLDERS14 14 14 14 14 11 14 14 10 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 8 13 14 14 11 14 415

# PERMIT

HOLDERS

PRESENT AT

HUNT

10 13 11 9 9 7 8 10 8 8 10 11 11 12 9 11 10 11 10 7 9 7 10 9 10 7 11 9 9 6 9 291

# STAND-BY

BLINDS

AVAILABLE

5 2 4 6 6 8 7 5 7 7 5 4 4 3 6 4 5 4 5 8 6 8 5 6 5 8 4 6 6 9 6 174

# STAND-BY

PARTICIPANTS

PRESENT

9 5 8 15 15 9 4 13 13 13 15 19 19 11 17 41 3 32 28 21 26 16 10 18 29 18 10 25 20 21 28 531

# STAND-BY

PARTICIPANTS

THAT WENT

HUNTING

8 3 7 11 9 9 4 8 10 11 8 8 7 4 12 7 3 7 8 14 10 11 7 11 8 11 6 10 10 16 11 269

# STAND-BY

PARTICIPANTS

SENT HOME

1 2 1 4 6 0 0 5 3 2 7 11 12 7 5 34 0 25 20 7 16 5 3 7 21 7 4 15 10 5 17 262

Youth Hunt Youth Hunt

This is the 12th year of the stand-by system for the SEASON TOTALS To-Date

reservation waterfowl hunt. This free opportunity is # STAND-BY PARTICIPANTS PRESENT 531

provided to walk-on hunters in an effort to fill blinds # STAND-BY HUNTERS THAT WENT HUNTING 269

left vacant by permit holders who do not arrive for % CHANCE OF HUNTING AS A STAND-BY 51%the hunt. 7 of the 31 hunts were undersubscribed.

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AUGUST 2014

HUNTING PERMIT DATA

[EAST COYOTE, WEST COYOTE,

FISHER BUTTE AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS

DATE HUNTERS HOURS DEER

8-30 2 6 0

8-31 0 0 0

TOTALS 2 6 0

HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

(ARCHERY DEER SEASON IS THE FIRST HUNT

OF THE SEASON THAT REQUIRES A FERN RIDGE

HUNTING PERMIT ie NO HUNTING ACTIVITY

OR PERMIT DATA PRIOR TO AUGUST 30)


MONTHLY HUNT PERMIT DATA

2014-15 SEASON

Season begins for hunt permits

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA NOTE: PERMIT REQUIRED FOR 23% OF

SEPTEMBER 2014 WILDLIFE AREA. MOST GOOSE HUNTING

HUNTER PERMIT DATA AT FERN RIDGE OCCURS OUTSIDE PERMIT

[EAST/WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE & ROYAL AMAZON UNITS] AREA FOR SEPTEMBER GOOSE HUNT

DATE HUNTERS HOURS DEER DUCKS DOVES

9-1 19 37 0 4

9-2 7 14 0 0

9-3 6 7 0 0 HUNTERS HOURS GEESE

9-4 0 0 0 0 116 388 33

9-5 3 5 0 0

9-6 2 4 0 0

9-7 3 6 0 2

9-8 1 4 0 0

9-9 5 5 0 1

9-10 1 3 0 0

9-11 4 5 0 0

9-12 2 4 0 0

HUNTERS HOURS PHEAS

9-13 0 0 0 0 52 134 39

9-14 6 10 0 1 51 129 35

TOTALS 103 263 74

HUNTERS HOURS PHEAS

9-15 0 0 0 0 86 217 54

9-16 0 0 0 1 50 118 23

9-17 0 0 0 0 54 108 6

9-18 1 4 0 0 53 125 29

9-19 1 3 0 0 49 114 8

9-20 0 0 0 2 102 232 50

9-21 0 0 0 0 85 186 38

9-22 0 0 0 0 31 74 6

9-23 0 0 0 3 61 124 40

9-24 0 0 0 0 21 50 9

9-25 0 0 0 1 48 108 42

9-26 0 0 0 0 51 112 20

9-27 6 25 0 24 2 100 231 45

9-28 1 4 0 2 3 74 179 48

9-29 0 0 0 0 17 34 6

9-30 0 0 0 2 45 116 39

TOTALS 68 140 0 26 22 927 2128 463

SEPTEMBER TOTALS: GEESE: 33 [SEPT.GOOSE HUNT]

HUNTERS: 1214 MERGS: 0

HOURS: 2919 DEER: 0

DUCKS: 26 [YOUTH HUNT] COOTS: 0

PHEAS: 74 [YOUTH HUNT] HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

PHEAS: 463 [FEE HUNT] COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

DOVES: 22 AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

QUAIL: 1 NO PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RESERVOIR AREA::

WESTERN OR FEE PHEASANT HUNT

PHEAS RELEASE

YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT

RELEASE

PHEASANT

SEPT CANADA GOOSE HUNT

SEPT 6 to 14

SEASON TOTAL

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OCTOBER 2014 WESTERN OREGON

HUNTER PERMIT DATA FEE PHEASANT HUNT

[EAST/WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE & ROYAL AMAZON UNITS]

DATE HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS SNIPE DEER HUNTERS HOURS PHEAS

10-01 0 0 0 22 49 14

10-02 0 0 0 45 104 33

10-03 0 0 0 21 42 3

10-04 1 1 0 81 172 39

10-05 1 2 0 53 115 26

10-06 1 3 0 18 37 10

10-07 0 0 0 37 70 26

10-08 0 0 0 44 91 18

321 680 169

10-09

10-10

10-11 57 200 114 0 0 6 12 0

10-12 20 76 22 0 0 1 3 1

10-13 10 28 8 0 0 3 7 1

10-14 13 38 14 0 0 0 0 0

10-15 13 38 25 0 0 3 6 4

10-16 4 8 8 0 0 4 8 0

10-17 11 43 6 0 0 1 2 0

10-18 29 100 6 0 0 4 7 0

10-19 33 97 20 0 0 0 0 0

10-20 4 13 11 0 0 1 2 0

10-21 9 34 20 0 0 0 0 0

10-22 9 20 1 0 0 0 0 0

10-23 7 30 8 0 0 0 0 0

10-24 13 46 16 0 0 1 2 0

10-25 25 94 21 0 0 3 8 1

10-26 17 59 19 0 0 0 0 0

10-27 0 3 9 0

10-28 0 1 2 0

10-29 17 50 19 0 0 0 0 0

10-30 8 29 11 0 0 0 0 0

10-31 16 54 9 0 0 1 1 0

TOTALS 318 1063 358 0 0 32 69 7

OCTOBER TOTALS: PHEASANT RELEASE

HUNTERS: 671 SNIPE: 0 DOVES: 11 SCHEDULE NOT PROVIDED

HOURS: 1812 QUAIL: 3 FOR 2014 FEE HUNT

DEER: 0 GEESE: 0 HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

PHEAS: 176 COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

DUCKS: 358 AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

COOTS: 7 NO PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RESERVOIR AREA

MERGS: 0 ENTIRE AREA CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING

DUCK SPLIT SEASON

DUCK SPLIT SEASON

PHEASANT

RELEASE

(Sept 15 - Oct 8)

PERMIT UNITS CLOSED OCT 9-OCT 10

FEE HUNT OCT TOTAL

GENERAL PHEASANT SEASON

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NOVEMBER 2014 RESERVATION WATERFOWL

HUNTER PERMIT DATA HUNT PROGRAM

[FISHER BUTTE & ROYAL AMAZON UNITS] [EAST AND WEST COYOTE UNITS]

DATE HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS SNIPE PHEAS HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS GEESE

11-01 13 53 23 1 0

11-02 14 56 15 0 0

11-03 5 17 2 0 0

11-04 4 12 15 0 0

11-05 11 31 18 0 0

11-06 13 69 48 0 0

11-07 14 56 22 0 0

11-08 38 157 58 1 0

11-09 20 85 28 0 0

11-10 9 42 18 0 0

11-11 31 127 46 0 0

11-12 7 18 21 0 0

11-13 21 80 71 0 0

11-14 16 51 36 7 0

11-15 34 126 101 0 0 25 103 98 N/A

11-16 24 97 14 0 0

11-17 4 18 14 0 0 27 123 34 N/A

11-18 6 7 0 0 0

11-19 8 20 3 0 0 28 126 45 N/A

11-20 9 34 24 0 0

11-21 4 9 1 0 0

11-22 30 100 40 0 0 29 135 81 N/A

11-23 43 136 16 0 0

11-24 15 58 18 0 0 26 108 26 N/A

11-25 8 28 3 0 0

11-26 16 49 18 2 0 21 95 28 N/A

11-27 30 113 25 5 0

11-28 14 51 6 0 0

11-29 36 116 20 0 0 15 75 22 N/A

11-30 20 60 20 0 0

TOTALS 517 1876 744 16 0 171 765 334 0

NOVEMBER TOTALS: HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

HUNTERS: 688 COOTS: 37 COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

HOURS: 2641 PHEAS: 0 AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

MERGS: 15 DUCKS: 1078 NO PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RESERVOIR AREA

SNIPE: 16 GEESE: 0 ENTIRE AREA CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING

QUAIL: 1 14


DECEMBER 2014 RESERVATION WATERFOWL



DATE HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS SNIPE PHEAS HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS GEESE

12-01 9 21 3 0 0 26 127 87 N/A

12-02 3 10 17 0 0

12-03 9 34 24 0 0 25 106 65 N/A

12-04 7 26 6 0 0

12-05 11 44 14 0 0

12-06 22 81 17 0 0 27 120 45 N/A

12-07 13 45 8 0 0

12-08 6 17 1 0 0 29 154 78 N/A

12-09 5 15 12 0 0

12-10 9 28 8 0 0 28 151 68 N/A

12-11 10 29 13 0 0

12-12 19 62 8 0 0

12-13 20 57 14 0 0 28 134 85 N/A

12-14 21 85 39 0 0

12-15 11 47 14 0 0 28 148 114 N/A

12-16 7 23 8 2 0

12-17 4 14 10 0 0 29 143 107 N/A

12-18 6 28 2 0 0

12-19 5 14 5 0 0

12-20 28 86 38 0 0 29 137 125 N/A

12-21 18 66 21 0 0

12-22 29 104 20 0 0 17 80 25 N/A

12-23 11 41 4 0 0

12-24 20 62 34 0 0 28 143 83 N/A

12-25 10 26 2 0 0

12-26 42 149 26 0 0

12-27 37 129 42 0 0 28 145 52 N/A

12-28 16 67 11 0 0

12-29 14 63 25 0 0 28 145 71 N/A

12-30 17 63 28 0 0

12-31 15 40 3 0 0 27 119 17 N/A

TOTALS 454 1576 477 2 0 377 1852 1022 0

DECEMBER TOTALS: HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

HUNTERS: 831 PHEAS: 0 COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

HOURS: 3428 DUCKS: 1499 AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

MERGS: 12 SNIPE: 2 NO PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RESERVOIR AREA

COOTS: 48 GEESE: 0 ENTIRE AREA CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING

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JANUARY 2015 RESERVATION WATERFOWL



DATE HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS SNIPE GEESE HUNTERS HOURS DUCKS GEESE

1-01 9 18 0 0

1-02 11 32 7 0

1-03 9 15 0 0 25 89 31 N/A

1-04 16 66 19 0

1-05 4 10 2 0 27 135 96 N/A

1-06 9 32 6 0

1-07 8 28 11 0 27 133 106 N/A

1-08 5 18 7 0

1-09 7 33 17 0

1-10 34 146 70 6 26 135 82 N/A

1-11 20 78 30 2

1-12 6 32 11 0 25 131 64 N/A

1-13 4 15 5 0

1-14 8 28 19 6 28 146 108 N/A

1-15 5 20 2 0

1-16 11 45 18 0

1-17 22 80 28 3 26 134 76 N/A

1-18 23 70 19 0

1-19 19 63 11 0 28 147 57 N/A

1-20 3 10 5 5

1-21 6 17 2 0 28 147 56 N/A

1-22 6 23 22 0

1-23 8 35 18 0

1-24 20 73 21 0 29 140 58 N/A

1-25 4 11 10 0

1-26

1-27

1-28

1-29

1-30

1-31

TOTALS 277 998 360 22 0 269 1337 734 0

JANUARY TOTALS: [ END OF DUCK SEASON: JAN. 25, 2015]

HUNTERS: 546 MERGS: 10 HUNTER PERMIT DATA FOR EAST

HOURS: 2335 DUCKS: 1094 COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE

SNIPE: 22 COOTS: 34 AND ROYAL AMAZON UNITS ONLY.

QUAIL: 0 GEESE: 0 NO PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RESERVOIR AREA

ENTIRE AREA CLOSED TO GOOSE HUNTING 16

FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA - Kirk Park Unit

KIRK PARK UNIT (Eastern 2/3 of unit)B R

C A U I M GI M S W F N E O P

M P G N H G O F G R L TOTAL HA I W N W O A O L N G D DUCKS EL N I S V D D E E A R E G GEESE A QL T T T G C E W D H C C N U N E COOTS S D U C DA A E E E A L A U E K O S D E E MERGS A O A R ER I A A O U E L C A E O E D Y S AND N V I O E

MONTH HUNTERS HRS HUNTERS HRS HUNTERS HRS D L L L N P R L K D D T R Y E E SNIPE T E L W R

Aug 4 8 0

Sept 8 15 17 42 10 20 2 2 0 0

Oct 1 1 22 79 2 7 3 5 19 5 1 1 1 1 1 37 0 0 0

Nov 49 113 2 2 2 2 4 0

Dec 31 82 6 28 1 2 4 3 10 0

Jan 48 142 1 1 6 2 8 39 1 1 1 1 59 1

Total 9 16 167 458 25 66 12 7 29 0 48 1 2 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 112 0 0 0 0 1

HUNTERSUPLAND WATERFOWL BIG GAME

Data from free daily self-service hunt permits.

The eastern 2/3 of the Kirk Park unit was added as part of Fern Ridge Wildlife Area in 2009 during the re-license process with the Corps of Engineers. Beginning with the 2009-10 hunting season, a permit requirement was implemented for the huntable portions of the Kirk Park unit to get a better understanding of hunting activity in this unit. A hunter checkstation was installed at the East Kirk parking lot and free daily self-service hunt permits were stocked throughout the season.

The table below details results from the self-service hunt permit cards for the 2014-15 hunt season.

Hunting is allowed only in the eastern (wildlife habitat) portion of the Kirk Park unit. The western 1/3 of the unit is deveoped park land with mowed grounds, picnic tables, and courtesy fishing piers. Hunting and the discharge of firearms is prohibited in the designated park areas and along Clear Lake Road adjacent to Kirk pond. Concurrent with duck season dates, hunting is limited to Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and holidays. The entire unit is closed to goose hunting except for the two week September Canada goose season.

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA 2014 SEPTEMBER YOUTH UPLAND BIRD HUNT and

WESTERN OREGON FEE PHEASANT HUNT PROGRAM

The 25th annual Western Oregon Fee Pheasant Hunt program at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area from Sept 15 – Oct 8 resulted in a monthly total of 1248 hunter trips to harvest 632 pheasants. Birds were stocked throughout the season; however the department did not post stocking schedules again this year for the hunt. Pheasants were supplied by Mortenson’s Game Farm in Caldwell, Idaho. The pheasants again this year were of excellent stock and demonstrated the elusive and wary tendencies of their wild kin. Gary Wills handled all details of administering the hunt including unloading, loading, tending, and release of pheasants, and stocking, retrieving, and recording data from hunt permits. Field conditions were excellent for the majority of the season as dry weather prevailed. Sporadic rains throughout the second half of the hunt created some environmental challenges for hunter and quarry alike. Hunt tag costs remained at $17.00 for the two bird permits.

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA WESTERN OREGON FEE PHEASANT HUNT PROGRAM

EAST COYOTE / WEST COYOTE / FISHER BUTTE / ROYAL-AMAZON UNITS

YEAR

#

HUNTERS

#

PHEASANTS HARVESTED

SEASON TOTAL

HUNTER HOURS

BIRDS PER

HUNTER AVERAGE

#

PHEASANTS RELEASED

% OF RELEASED

PHEASANTS HARVESTED

2014 1248 632 2808 0.51 N/A 68% 2013 1299 615 2889 0.47 N/A 69% 2012 1391 687 3162 0.49 N/A 78% 2011 1363 693 3040 0.51 N/A 77% 2010 1669 683 3588 0.41 933 73% 2009 1826 699 4119.5 0.38 887 79% 2008 1919 710 4621 0.37 879 81% 2007 1945 711 4894 0.37 884 80% 2006 2021 691 4547 0.34 883 78% 2005 2789 1074 6367 0.39 1444 74% 2004 1752 737 4009 0.42 895 82% 2003 1836 788 4130 0.43 990 80% 2002 1936 844 4225 0.44 1080 78% 2001 2139 840 4743 0.39 1096 77% 2000 2050 823 4690 0.40 1118 74% 1999 1967 741 4593 0.38 1084 68% 1998 1676 696 4006 0.42 971 72% 1997 1735 808 4265 0.47 999 81% 1996 1783 726 4219 0.41 992 73% 1995 1932 770 4322.5 0.40 987 78% 1994 1996 722 4540 0.36 941 77% 1993 2002 764 4935 0.38 995 77% 1992 1812 608 4320.5 0.34 1000 61% 1991 2342 757 5875 0.32 1207 63% 1990 1570 820 4228 0.52 1110 74%

* Fee Pheasant hunt dates:

1990 to 2002 Oct 1 - 31 / 2003 Sept 22 - Oct 22 / 2004 Sept 13 - Oct 13 / 2005 Sept 12 – Oct 31 2006 Sept 11 - Oct 8 / 2007 Sept 10 – Oct 7 / 2008 Sept 8 – Oct 5 / 2009 Sept 7 - Oct 4 2010 Sept 13 – Oct 10 / 2011 Sept 12 – Oct 9 / 2012 Sept 10 – Oct 7/ 2013 Sept 9 – Oct 6 2014 Sept 15 – Oct 8 /

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FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA YOUTH UPLAND BIRD HUNT PROGRAM EAST COYOTE / WEST COYOTE / FISHER BUTTE UNITS

SEPTEMBER 13 - 14, 2014 2014 DATE

# HUNTERS REGISTERED

# HUNTERS PARTICIPATING

# PHEASANTS HARVESTED

# DOVES HARVESTED

PHEAS/HUNTER AVERAGE

# HUNTER HOURS

9-13 N/A* 52 39 0 0.75 AV 134 9-14 N/A* 51 35 0 0.69 AV 129

TOTAL N/A* 103 74 0 0.72 AV 263

2013 N/A* 61 62 0 1.02 AV 140 2012 N/A* 72 71 0 0.99 AV 179 2011 N/A* 63 64 0 1.02 AV 131 2010 N/A* 90 91 0 1.01 AV 232 2009 N/A* 91 70 0 0.77 AV 296 2008 N/A* 104 89 0 0.86 AV 279 2007 N/A* 84 63 1 0.75 AV 203.5 2006 N/A* 113 77 0 0.68 AV 313 2005 N/A* 118 94 1 0.80 AV 381 2004 N/A* 98 56 0 0.57 AV 302 2003 N/A* 83 63 1 0.76 AV 225 2002 N/A* 92 63 2 0.68 AV 288 2001 N/A* 90 78 1 0.87 AV 262 2000 N/A* 89 78 1 0.88 AV 221 1999 N/A* 99 75 0 0.76 AV 254.5 1998 N/A* 110 96 0 0.87 AV 265.5 1997 119 156 80 1 0.51 AV 444.5 1996 115 152 78 0 0.51 AV 464.5 1995 96 119 87 1 0.73 AV 311 1994 124 143 82 2 0.57 AV 421.5 1993 110 127 68 2 0.54 AV - - 1992 111 130 74 0 0.57 AV - - 1991 103 118 61 5 0.55 AV - - 1990 N/A 95 94 0 0.98 AV - -

Hunters register on the morning of the hunt. Advance pre-registration is not required. Youth hunt is for hunters 17 years of age or younger accompanied by a non-hunting adult.

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PHEASANT HUNTERS

WESTERN OREGON FEE PHEASANT HUNT 2014 DATES: SEPT 15 TO OCT 8

EAST COYOTE, WEST COYOTE, FISHER BUTTE, AND ROYAL-AMAZON UNITS

REGULATIONS:

$17.00 FEE PHEASANT TAG REQUIRED o EACH TAG WILL ALLOW HARVEST OF 2 ROOSTER PHEASANTS o MULTIPLE TAGS MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON

BAG LIMIT: TWO ROOSTER PHEASANTS PER DAY

UPON TAKING A PHEASANT, EACH HUNTER SHALL IMMEDIATELY RECORD SUCH TAKING ON THE TAG IN INK.

o CARRY AN INK PEN IN THE FIELD. DO NOT HUNT WITHOUT AN INK PEN TO RECORD YOUR HARVEST OR YOU MAY BE CITED FOR FAILURE TO VALIDATE YOUR TAG.

SHOOTING ENDS AT 5 PM EACH DAY FOR PHEASANTS. o MORNING SHOOTING HOURS START ACCORDING TO TIME LISTED IN GAME BIRD

REGULATION BOOKLET. o HUNTING FOR WATERFOWL AND OTHER SPECIES ENDS ACCORDING TO

SHOOTING HOURS TABLE IN GAME BIRD REGULATION BOOKLET.

NON-TOXIC SHOT REQUIRED FOR ALL GAME BIRD HUNTING ON THE WILDLIFE AREA

ALL HUNTERS ARE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AND OUT AT WILDLIFE AREA HUNTER CHECKSTATIONS.


WESTERN OREGON FEE PHEASANT

HUNT PROGRAM

2014 REGULATIONS

Fern Ridge Wildlife Area

26969 Cantrell Road Eugene, OR 97402 / 541-935-2591

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2014-15 SEASON: A total of 125 acres of food crops were planted for wildlife consisting of 33 ac. of corn, 82 ac. of sudangrass / millet and 10 ac. of buckwheat. A fairly dry spring led to optimal planting conditions, and with regular irrigation throughout the summer, most seeds reached full maturation well before the first fall rains. Waterfowl use remained consistent the entire season with a few lulls during some periods of cold weather resulting in ice coverage. The 15 acres of wild rice planted in 2011 once again provided an additional food source for waterfowl and other wildlife species in 2014-15. Crops were planted within diked impoundments of the East and West Coyote units. Remaining portions of diked areas were managed for moist soil management, which uses a combination of periodic soil tillage and water level management to encourage the establishment of native wetland plants beneficial to a wide variety of marsh dependent wildlife species. Field #4 in the West Coyote unit was once again closed to public access throughout the duck season to provide an area designated as wildlife sanctuary.

Fern Ridge Wildlife Area East and West Coyote Units 2014-15 Hunt Season Hunt Blind Layout

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Snowy Owl

ICE

DOG

An unexpected guest spent

some time at FRWA this year!

FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA Thank You Hunters

for taking the time each day to fill out the wildlife area hunt permit cards. Data retrieved from your permits is important for documentation of hunter success and species harvest.

We appreciate your effort and support.

On behalf of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area staff would like to acknowledge participation of a special dedicated team of sportsmen that continue to work hard to improve accommodations for hunters and other wildlife area visitors. The “Friends of Fern Ridge Wildlife Area - Volunteer Tuesday Crew” is a group of talented and capable individuals that arrive at the wildlife area each Tuesday to complete a variety of tasks necessary to keep the wildlife area running. Along with many other projects completed this year, the crew helped with many preparations for the reservation hunt program including camouflaging and structurally rebuilding hunting blinds. Crew members also braved the ice, snow, mud, and water to maintain camouflage materials on the blinds each week and pick up litter and discarded shell casings at each site to make the experience more enjoyable for all participants. Thank You to the crew: Max Smith, John Harrison, Jim Jacobson, Sam Sears, Tony Mulder, Mike Farrell, Jim Barnes, Marvin Powell, Dave Walp, Gary Wills, Steve Taylor, Doug Dewald, Roger Hetzke, Bruce Tait, Marv Sherman and Chuck Courtney. Thank you all for your exceptional personal contributions! We would also like to extend a sincere word of appreciation to Master Volunteer Mike Bibbee for staffing the Reservation Waterfowl Hunt Checkstation again this year on Monday and Wednesday mornings throughout the entire season. Mike arrived at the checkstation two hours before sunrise to help with the hunter check in process. He provides an important service to the wildlife area in addition to his role as an ambassador of good will for the Department. Thank you Mike for your continued active support of wildlife area programs and we hope to see you again next season!

Documents

FERN RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA Ridge Wildlife Area 2014-15 Hunt Season Hunter Permit Statistics Daily hunt permits are required for hunting the East Coyote, West Coyote, Fisher Butte, Royal-Amazon