At university, Finkel learned to read cuneiform, the oldest known type of writing, in which wedge-shaped symbols were pressed into clay with a reed. Indeed, few people live in the past with such delight as the 57-year-old Englishman, who has worked for the past three decades in London's British Museum, where he is the assistant keeper in the Department of the Middle East. Irving Finkel's unruly beard is a living relic from another era, a gleefully eccentric declaration that he cares little for the conventions of modernity. Specific controlled hunts, and their seasons, are listed in the current Oregon Big Game Regulations.Finkel at home at his sanctuary, London's venerable British Museum The deadline to apply for controlled hunt tags is May 15 each year, except for spring bear hunts where the application deadline is Feb. They must be applied for in advance through the control hunt process and are usually required for hunts in eastern Oregon. Open Area: White River, Hood, Paulina, Metolius and Upper Deschutes units Controlled huntsĬontrolled hunt tags are limited and are available only through a drawing or lottery. Exceptions: No bag limit or closed season in that part of the Rogue Unit south of Rogue River and South Fork Rogue River and north of Hwy 140. Open Area: All units west of the eastern boundary of the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Sprague and Interstate units. See pages 46-47 in the Big Game Hunting Regulations for available units. *Some units in eastern Oregon have moved to controlled only for archery elk. *hunts formerly known as Centerfire Elk, western/eastern* Archery Tag required: General Western Oregon Coast Second Season Tag Tag required: General Western Oregon Coast First Season Tag * Hunts formerly known as centerfire Elk, Coast Bull Elk Any Legal Weapon* Tag required: General Eastern Oregon Rocky Mountain Second Season Tag *See page 33 of Big Game Regulations for late season hunts. Tag required: General Archery Season Western Oregon Tag *hunts formerly known as Centerfire Deer, eastern ArcheryĮastern Oregon archery is entirely controlled hunts. Tag required: General Any Legal Weapon Western Oregon Tag Tag required: Additional General Season Tag Deer, western Oregon Any Legal Weapon* Tag Required: Additional General Season Fall Tag Cougar General season tags can be purchased over-the-counter by anyone with a valid hunting license, any time before the season begins. Julie Woodman of North Bend bagged this blacktail deer in the Evans Creek Unit.

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