License Requirements

All trappers born after June 30, 1968, and all first-time Oregon trappers need to complete an approved trapper education course. The appropriate Furtaker’s License or Hunting License for Furbearers must be in possession to hunt and/or trap furbearers.

• It is unlawful to alter, borrow, loan, or transfer to another person any license, permit, or unused tag issued by the Commission.
• Trappers younger than 12 years of age are not required to purchase a license, except to hunt or trap bobcat and river otter. However, they must register to receive a brand number through the Salem Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) office. To trap bobcat or river otter, trappers younger than 12 years must complete the trapper education course.
• Trappers 17 years and younger must have completed hunter education to obtain a furtaker’s license.
• Landowners must obtain either a furtaker’s license, a hunting license for furbearers, or a free license to take furbearers on land they own and on which they reside. To receive the free license and brand number, the landowner must obtain a receipt of registration for the location of such land prior to hunting or trapping furbearing mammals on that land from the Salem ODFW Headquarters office.
• Any person acting as an agent for a landowner must have in their possession written authority from the landowner or lawful occupant of the land. Such written authority must contain at least all of the following:
  1. The date of issuance of the authorization;
  2. The name, address, and telephone number of the person granting the authorization;
  3. The name, address, and telephone number of the person whom the authorization is granted; and...
  4. The expiration date of the authorization, which shall be not later than one year from the date of issuance of the authorization.