Hunting Information | Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

MOA Hunting

Grand Ronde - ODFW Fish and Wildlife Agreement

In August 2023, members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde gained widely expanded access to areas of the Tribe's historical homelands for subsistence and ceremonial hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering. The expanded area, which was made possible through an agreement with the state of Oregon, honors the Tribe's connection to the land and our way of life. Signed by the Tribe and the state of Oregon after the Aug. 4, 2023, meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Memorandum of Agreement for Off-Reservation and Non-Trust Land Hunting, Fishing, Trapping and Gathering is monumental for Grand Ronde. It allows enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal Members to hunt and fish for subsistence and ceremonial purposes in an expanded area of the Tribe's historical homelands under a tribal tag.

Under the agreement, Tribal Members can now harvest for subsistence and ceremonial purposes in the Wilson, Trask, Willamette, Stott Mountain and Santiam wildlife management units-areas of the Tribe's ancestral homelands where members had been prohibited from harvesting prior to the MOA. The agreement excludes certain areas along the Columbia River, as well as the Cascade Mountain Range summit and areas east of the summit to avoid overlapping with other tribes.

This agreement is the next step in cooperative management between Grand Ronde and Oregon. Agreements outlining ceremonial fishing at Willamette Falls are already in place.

MOA Hunting Information for Tribal Members

As part of the historic agreement with the State of Oregon, the Tribe's Natural Resources Department issues hunting tags in the expanded area outside of the Trask wildlife management unit. These units include Wilson, Willamette, Stott Mountain, and Santiam Unit with a modified eastern boundary. The tags under the new MOA are available for enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal Members and are administered over the counter on a first come first serve basis. Tags MUST be reported within 30 days after tag expiration. If tags are not reported, the l result in the hunter not receiving tags for the following hunting year.

Bear

Cougar

Deer and Elk

MOA General Season Buck and MOA General Season Elk tags follow state seasons and regulations. This includes hunt dates, weapon restrictions and bag limits. MOA tags are non-transferable. These MOA General season tags are valid for both bow and ALW seasons and valid for harvest of one animal. Bag limit restrictions and season dates vary by WMU are listed on the tag. It is the hunter's responsibility to know the unit boundaries, dates of hunts and bag limit in the unit they are hunting.

Wild Turkey

Small Game and Unprotected Mammals

Upland Game Birds

Tribal harvest licenses are valid to hunt upland game birds, partridge, quail grouse and pheasant, within the MOA area. Rules and regulations follow the regulations, seasons and bag limits listed in the ODFW upland game bird regulations. Examples of Upland game Birds are pheasants, chukar, Hungarian partridge, valley (California) quail, mountain quail, ruffed grouse, and blue grouse. Of special note, sage-grouse, and wild turkey are not included as they require additional requirements.

Migratory game birds and Sage Grouse ARE NOT included.

Consent Decree Hunting (Trask) Tags

Agreement among the State of Oregon, the United States of America and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon to Permanently Define Tribal Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Animal Gathering Rights of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde” as declared and set forth in the final judgment and decree of the United States District Court for the district of Oregon in an action entitled Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon v. State of Oregon, Civil No. 86-1620-BU, 1986.
Tribal harvest licenses are valid for All Consent Decree Tags. Consent Decree Tags follow State seasons. Tags are transferable if the person is verifiable disabled (temporarily or permanently) or over 55 (elder). Transfer authorization documentation is required from the Natural Resources office. Consent Decree tags are only valid in the Trask Management Unit. Tags available by lottery.

Trask Management Unit - Hunting Application

Trask Unit Map

Reservation Only Tags

Tribal harvest licenses are valid for Reservation Only Tags. The Tribe establishes the dates of Reservation Only Tags on a yearly basis. On, September 5, 2014, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Management Plan. The approval delegated authority to the Tribe, regaining sovereignty over natural resources on the Tribal Reservation and trust lands. An administrative rule was developed as part of the approval process, which provides additional hunting tags to the Tribe outside of the tags already allocated to the membership. The tags are valid on the Reservation only as identified by the red line (Figure 1).

Tribal members must have successfully completed a one-time education tutorial discussing tag rules, regulations, applications, and reporting as well as receive associated tutorial materials before awarded tag can be picked up. Under no circumstances will a tag be issued without hunter having completed said tutorial. Tags are non-transferable. Tags are valid only with an accompanied Permit.

Reservation Only Map

Esri Collector Mobile App Tutorial

Reservation Hunting Application

Hunting Information

Avenza Maps Walkthrough For Hunters With MOA Areas