Oregon's new cyber-system for issuing hunting and fishing licenses

License agents will no longer issue licenses on special paper, but most (not all) of the state's 500-plus private locations have agreed to sell licenses and tags printed on regular printer paper. The major retailer still negotiating is Fred Meyer.

The alternative will be for hunters and anglers to go online and either print documents themselves or arrange to have the information on "MyODFW," an app carried on their smartphones. It will also launch sometime Saturday.

License agents may or may not be able to offer advice on that procedure, but the

Since not all agents may be online Saturday morning, the department will open several of its offices for the weekend. They are: Bend, Central Point, Clackamas, LaGrande, Roseburg, Salem, Sauvie Island and Tillamook (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday - closed for lunch from 1-2 p.m. - and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday). The Hines office will open from 8 a.m. to noon both days.

Anyone who wants to hunt and/or fish this weekend should get documents by 6 p.m. Friday to avoid the rush and shift to the new system.