Bobcat and River Otter Card

Each person desiring to take bobcat or river otter must secure a bobcat or river otter record card prior to hunting, trapping, or roadkill salvage. Note: If a bobcat record card issued by ODFW is not used during the season, it will expire at the end of the season.

• Bobcat record cards will be available for a fee of $37.50 per card.
• River otter cards will be available for a fee of $37.50 per card.
• Record cards will be available at the Salem ODFW Headquarters and the Bend, Clackamas, La Grande and Roseburg offices of the ODFW.
• Each western Oregon bobcat record card will have spaces for recording 15 bobcats. No limit on purchase of western Oregon bobcat record cards.
• Each statewide Oregon bobcat record card will have spaces for recording five (5) bobcats. No more than one card for statewide Oregon bobcats will be issued to any furtaker or furbearer hunter.
• No person may purchase or possess both statewide and western Oregon bobcat record cards.
• River otter cards will have spaces for recording 15 river otter. No limit on purchase of river otter record cards.
• Upon coming into possession of any bobcat or river otter, the furtaker who killed the animal shall immediately write on their record card the species, sex, date of possession, and county of harvest.
• Each furtaker must have the appropriate record card in possession while trapping or hunting bobcat or river otter.
• Furtakers shall not have record cards other than their own on their person or in their possession while in the field or in transit.
• Duplicate cards will be issued, but no more than five (5) statewide Oregon bobcats may be taken in a season.
• Bobcat and river otter record cards will not be sold after the end of their respective seasons.
• Fees paid for unused record cards will not be refunded.
• It is illegal to alter or be in possession of an altered record card.
• The record card must be retained until disposal of raw pelts.
• Record cards do not need to be submitted with the Furtaker Report.