Oregon is allowing fiber optics this year. No need to change those sights.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
CENTERFIRE FIREARM
■ Fully automatic firearms prohibited.
■ Semiautomatic rifles with a magazine capacity greater than five cartridges prohibited (except for western gray squirrel).
■ Military or full-metal jacket bullets in original or altered form prohibited.
■ Hunters may use any muzzleloader with any ignition type, except matchlock, any legal sight, any propellant, or any bullet type during centerfire
firearm seasons, provided the weapon meets caliber restriction for the species.
SHOTGUN
■ Shotgun is a smooth bore firearm, designed for firing bird shot and intended to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel length of 18 inches or more
and with an overall length of 26 inches or more.
■ Shotguns equipped with rifled slug barrels are considered shotguns when used for hunting pronghorn antelope, bear, cougar, deer, or elk when
centerfire rifles or shotguns are legal weapons.
MUZZLELOADER
■ Scopes (permanent and detachable), and sights that use batteries, artificial light or energy are not allowed during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600
series hunts where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only, except for visually impaired hunters who
have a visual acuity of ≤ 20/200 with lenses or visual field of ≤ 20 degrees (a permit is required; please see page 86). Open and peep sights made from
alloys, plastic, or other materials that do not have the properties described above are legal sights. Fiber optics and fluorescent paint incorporated into or
on open or iron sights are legal.
■ It is illegal to hunt with jacketed bullets, sabots and bullets with plastic or synthetic bases during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts
where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only. Conical lead or lead alloy bullets with a length that
does not exceed twice the diameter and lead or lead alloy round balls used with cloth, paper or felt patches are allowed.
■ It is illegal to hunt with centerfire primers as an ignition source during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon
restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only.
■ It is illegal to hunt with pelletized powders or propellants during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction
of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only. Granular (loose) black powder and black powder substitutes are the only legal propellants
during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only.
■ No other firearm may be used for hunting during a muzzleloader-only season. See definition on page 82.
■ Muzzleloading firearms with revolving actions are prohibited during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon
restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only.
■ For muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/
muzzleloader only, the muzzleloader must have an open ignition. See definition on page 82.
ARCHERY
■ Broadhead blades must be fixed, unbarbed and at least 7/8” wide (except for western gray squirrel). It is illegal to hunt with or possess
mechanical or moveable blade broadheads when hunting game mammals except western gray squirrel.
■ No device secured to or supported by a bow may be used to maintain the bow at full draw.
■ No electronic devices may be attached to bow or arrow.
■ No device that supports or guides the arrow from a point rearward of the bow string when the bow is at rest (undrawn) may be secured to or
supported by a bow’s riser. Overdraws meeting this restriction are legal during archery seasons.
