As publishedOct 10, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
Statewide; bag limit shared/combined with Hungarian (gray) partridge.Reduced bag (2/day, possession 4) in the Lower Klamath Hills Regulated Hunt Area.
Oregon's chukar population is confirmed real and wild (Columbia Basin/eastern Oregon canyon country), not put-and-take, with genuine year-to-year swings described narratively each year in ODFW's Game Bird Hunting Forecast (2025-26 edition: down a bit from the prior year). No standalone quantitative index exists outside that forecast; the 2026-27 edition was not found this pass. Expected ~early October 2026 per the 2025-26 precedent (live by Oct 3, 2025).