VOLUNTEERS

Report Your Hours

Submit a separate entry for each event or activity you’ve helped with. If you’re involvement spanned more than a calendar month for a particular activity, simply note the time period in sufficient detail in the Comments/Notes/Details section at the bottom of the form.


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CHALLENGE TO ALL MEMBERS

– Volunteer just 1 Day per Year –
Pay it forward by Volunteering

 

LOADS OF OPTIONS

Youth Events
Highway Crossing Maintenance
Habitat Projects
Banquet & Other Functions
Booth Reps
Professional/Technical Help
Admin Functions

Help Needed NOW!

Website & Social Media
Email Service (MailChimp)
Banquet
Outreach

Contact Bob Buddenbohn for details
817-470-7018

CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
January 2026



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If you have any problems opening the newsletter or receiving our monthly email, contact Bob Buddenbohn @ 817-470-7018 right away.

View OHA Publications - Includes Tracker (Regulator Actions) and Yearlings (Youth Services)

2026 MULE DEER CLASSIC BANQUET
Saturday
March 14, 2026

 


REGISTRATION & ORDER RAFFLE TICKETS HERE
Registrations received or postmarked by Feb 15 will be entered into the Early Bird Drawing

ADVANCE PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS DESCRIBED HERE


WE STILL NEED EVERYONE’S HELP SOLICITING DONATIONS
We count heavily on the generosity of members, friends & employers of members, and the many businesses members frequent for donations. Can be merchandise and/or gift certificates. If your unsure about something or uncomfortable soliciting someone you think would be donate – call Bill Littlefield @ 541-429-2950 for help!

This is YOUR chapter, and the extent to which we can “Protect Oregon’s wildlife, habitat and hunting traditions” hinges on EVERY member’s involvement!
So please act NOW – we’re confident you’ll be happy you did!


PLANNING MEETINGS
Wednesdays
1/21, 2/4, 2/28 and 3/4
6:00 PM
Abby’s Pizza


BANQUET CHAIRS/CONTACTS

Christy Ouellette
OregonHunters.Bend@gmail.com
 541-678-1077

Bill Littlefield
bvlittlefield@gmail.com
541-429-2950 

Pricing is the same as last year.
The statewide A & H Elk Tag call-in raffle will also be held during the banquet.


For Donors and those helping solicit donors
Click Here for a copy of our
Donor Solicitation Letter
Explains how hard we put donors’ generous contributions to work!

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WORRIED ABOUT WOLVES’ IMPACT ON WILDLIFE?

Here’s your opportunity to request states now be allowed to apply the same scientific management methods to this PROTECTED predator as applies to their UNPROTECTED prey – deer, elk, livestock etc.

The U.S. House just passed the Pet & Livestock Protection Act (H.R. 845). Now it’s headed to the U.S. Senate—where it faces a much tougher fight.

This bill is about one thing: delisting wolves and restoring stable, science-based management back to the states.

Here’s why that matters (even if you’ve never hunted a day in your life):

  • Wildlife shouldn’t be managed by courtroom ping-pong. When policy flips back and forth through lawsuits, conflict rises and solutions stall.
  • Delisting doesn’t mean “wipe out wolves.” It means managing wolves like other recovered species: with monitoring, enforceable rules, and accountability.
  • Coexistence requires boundaries. Clear management authority helps prevent repeat conflicts that put pets, livestock, and communities in the middle.

TAKE ACTION (60 seconds):
Email your Senator here: howlforwildlife.org/senatewolfbill

Here’s what’s even more powerful: after you email your Senator through our Action Center, you’ll automatically receive a follow-up email with a direct link to CALL your Senator. A quick, respectful call often carries extra weight.

Thank you for standing up for practical conservation and science-based wildlife management.

Howl For Wildlife
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/

MEMBER MEETING
2nd Wednesday Every Month

Bend VFW Hall
1503 NE 4th Street – Bend

Wed February 11, 2026
@ 6:00pm

GUEST SPEAKER

TBD

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Meeting Room to open at 5pm
Meals & Refreshments Available from Food Truck on the premise and one block away at the Mid-Town Yacht Club Food Court

Food Truck on Premise
Click here for the menu

Ever Wonder what BEND OHA Does?

In 2024
Volunteers
Spent 3,875 hours time
Drove 6,554 miles
(Value >$137,ooo)
To preserve local Habitat, Wildlife and
our Hunting Traditions
Click to learn more

We also donated > $42,000 to organizations providing similar public services.

All told, OHA invests close to $200,000 annually to benefit of ALL Oregonians!

Upcoming Events

The Bend Chapter is one of the OHA’s original chapters.

Oregon Hunters Association is a family oriented organization and the largest non-profit conservation group in the state. OHA volunteers contribute thousands of hours, dollars, and miles driven in personal vehicles to benefit public lands and resources each year.

Among the objectives of the Bend chapter are habitat conservation and enhancement, hunters rights and ethics, and hunter education. An annual banquet, the Mule Deer Classic generates most of our financial support. All funds from this banquet stay in Oregon and go towards the support of:

  • The Charles L Beckley memorial scholarship
  • An annual upland bird hunt for youth
  • The TIP (Turn In Poachers) program which is sponsored state wide
  • Numerous habitat preservation and improvement projects in Central Oregon and, in conjunction, with other OHA chapters, around the state
  • Hunter education classes for all ages

CHAPTER OFFICERS

Chapter President: Rex Parks (541) 480-0230

1st Vice President: Doug Stout (541) 312-8332

2nd Vice President: Charlie Cookson  (541) 280-7525

Secretary: Wendy Borst (541) 480-0748

Treasurer: John Bambe (541) 480-9848

At Large (Media): Bob Buddenbohn (817) 470-7018

At Large (Youth Events): Kevin Borst (541) 480-7323

At Large (Outreach/Marketing): JR Lorimor (541)420-2741

Project Coordinator: Don Clark (702)460-3653

Banquet Chair: Bill Beckley (541) 410-0824

Past Presidents:
Bob Dixon (503) 572-2805
Bill Littlefield (541) 429-2950

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

OHA is one of the largest conservation groups in the state of Oregon but we are always looking for new members who are passionate about our hunting heritage. We need your support and value your input. Please join OHA and it will help us to carry out our mission. OHA is made up of over 20 chapters throughout the state. Two ways to join:

1) Click the application link that follows to download an application form, fill it out, and mail it to the OHA state office.

OHA MEMBER APPLICATION PDF

2) Link over to the OHA State website and select from one of the online purchase options.

Online Application

You can specify a chapter that you would like to join or the OHA state office will assign you to the one that is closest to your mailing address.


ANNUAL MULE DEER CLASSIC BANQUET

MARCH 9, 2024

Click here for the Registration/Order Form & Instructions on how to Order

Click here for the Raffle Options

Doors Open @ 4:00
Dinner Served @ 5:30
Live Auction Starts @ 7:30

 Come at 4:00 for the social hour, where you will enjoy games, enter raffles, preview the live auction, bid on silent auction items, and swap hunting stories with fellow hunters. Enjoy the buffet dinner, enter raffles for more than 30 firearms and other prizes, including hunting and camping gear, trips, artwork, golf, and more.below

OHA Bend Chapter Work

Each year several projects and activities are organized and carried out that support our mission. As we define them and set dates we’ll post information here. We encourage all members to come join us in the field. It is here we often make great friendships and get to give back to the resources that we are passionate about. Most of our projects take place during the summer months when the outdoor conditions and weather allow us to be most effective.

Charles Beckley Scholarship

The Bend Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association has established a scholarship for higher education honoring the life-time member Charles Beckley, who passed away in 2004. Mr. Beckley was a dedicated OHA member, hunter, teacher, and was among the first hunter education instructors in Oregon. This scholarship furthers OHA’s goal of helping to educate future hunters and outdoor enthusiasts in Oregon.

Each year the Bend Chapter accepts applications for scholarships. Qualified applicants will be Bend Chapter OHA members and have a passion for hunting and the outdoors. Applications must be postmarked by the April 15th deadline each year. All applications are reviewed by the scholarship committee and grants are awarded to those individuals that the committee feels are most deserving based on our award criteria. Grants are paid directly to the school’s scholarship department and must be used for the year or term for which they were awarded. For more details about the scholarship application process or criteria, please click on the links below and download the information. Good luck!

2024 Beckley Scholarship Information & Application

For additional information about how to apply, you can contact an OHA representative by calling (541) 480-9848.