OAR 635-050-0050
Definitions

(1) “Western Oregon” means all counties west of the summit of the Cascade Range except Klamath and Hood River Counties.
(2) “Eastern Oregon” means all counties east of the summit of the Cascade Range, including all of Klamath and Hood River Counties.
(3) “Raw pelt” means any pelt that has not been processed or converted to any usable form beyond initial cleaning, stretching, and drying.
(4) “Resident” means any person who has resided in Oregon for a period of at least six months immediately prior to the date of making application for a license or tag. Members of the armed forces assigned to permanent duty status in Oregon, including spouses and dependent children, and alien students attending school in Oregon under a foreign student exchange program may purchase a resident license and tags. All other persons are nonresidents.
(5) “River” means that portion of a natural water body lying below the level of bankfull stage. Bankfull stage means the stage or elevation at which overflow of the natural banks of a stream or body of water begins to inundate the upland.
(6) “Sight bait” means exposed flesh bait, including whole animal carcasses, within 15 feet of any foothold trap set for carnivores.
(7) “Furbearers or furbearing mammals” means beaver, bobcat, fisher, marten, mink, muskrat, river otter, raccoon, red fox, and gray fox. For any person owning, leasing, occupying, possessing or having charge of or dominion over any land (or an agent of this person) who is taking or attempting to take beaver or muskrat on that property, these two species are considered to be predatory animals.
(8) “Predatory animals” means coyotes, rabbits and rodents which are or may be destructive to agricultural crops, products and activities.
(9) “Unprotected mammals” means, for the purposes of OAR 635-050-0015 (Purpose) through 635-050-0210 (Areas Closed to Hunting or Trapping), badger, coyote, gophers (Thomomys bottae, T. bulbivorus, T. mazama, T. talpoides and T. townsendii), moles (Scapanus townsendii, S. orarius and S. latimanus), mountain beaver (Apolodontia rufa), yellowbellied marmots (Marmonta flaviventris), nutria, opossum, porcupine, spotted skunk, striped skunk, and weasel. For any person owning, leasing, occupying, possessing or having charge of or dominion over any land (or an agent of this person) who is taking or attempting to take coyote, gopher, mountain beaver (boomer), marmot, nutria, or porcupine on that property, these six species are considered to be predatory animals.
(10) “Public trail” is any trail designated, maintained, mapped and marked by any state or federal land management agency on the most current official map of the agency; for the purposes of trapping, water way, water trails designated for floating craft and public roadways are not considered a “public trail”.
(11) “Trailhead”, for the purposes of trapping, is the area beginning at the sign marking the origin of a public trail or segment of trail which is designated, maintained, mapped, and marked by at least one visible sign and includes any adjacent improved graveled or paved vehicle parking lot. The standard shoulder of the road is not considered part of the trailhead. Trailheads are marked by at least one visible sign posted by the responsible state or federal land management agency and identified on the most current official map of the agency. A trailhead does not include junctions between trails (posted or not) where there is no motorized vehicle access, or intersections where a trail crosses a road, or locations where users have developed an access point, but no improvements have been provided beyond minimal signage for public safety.
(12) “Water set” is any trap or snare originally set within a permanent water source or a seasonal water source when water is present, such that at least a portion of the trap jaws or snare loop is submerged. If water levels fluctuate, any killing trap with a jaw spread of 7.5 inches or more originally set in a water set must be removed or adjusted such that at least a portion of the trap jaws or snare loop is submerged at the next required trap-check except in tidally influenced areas when set below the mean high water mark.
(13) “Land set” is any set with a trap or snare other than a water set.

(14)

“Killing trap” means a device used to kill a mammal as part of a killing trap system. A killing trap system is a system set with the intent to kill a mammal comprising a combination of: equipment (the trap and trigger configuration), and set (including site modifications, lures, baits, location and other relevant requirements).

(15)

“Restraining trap” means a device used to capture and restrain (but not kill) a mammal as part of a restraining trap system. A restraining trap system is a system set with the intent to capture and restrain (but not kill) a mammal comprising a combination of: equipment (the trap and the trigger configuration), and set (including site modifications, lures, baits, location and other relevant requirements).

Source: Rule 635-050-0050 — Definitions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=635-050-0050.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 635-050-0050’s source at or​.us