SALEM — More than four decades since it was started, a program that prioritizes Oregon landowners for hunting tags is poised to become permanent law this year.
“The program is finally at a point where most people are willing to live with it,” said Brian Wolfer, deputy wildlife division administrator of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Originally introduced on a temporary basis in the early 1980s, the program allows landowners to obtain hunting tags for their own property despite potential limits on deer, elk and antelope harvests…