October 7, 2021 10:30 a.m. 

With fall hunting season underway, youth hunters will have more time to complete mandatory hunter education training while still being able to hunt this year.

A release from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said any youth, age 17 and under, who has completed an online hunter education class will be able to hunt on their own tag, even if they haven’t completed the required in-person field day.

With fewer hunter education classes and field days offered this year due to COVID-19, ODFW will defer the field day requirement for youth hunters in the 2021 hunting season. The field day will still be required to get a hunter education certificate, but can be delayed until after hunting season.

The release said any youth in this situation will need to carry a valid paper copy of the Hunter Education “Online Course” Completion as proof while hunting this year. The certificate is issued at the end of the online course and is valid for one year.

More information is available at: https://www.dfw.state.or.us/education/hunter/