Unit-by-unit draw odds from official Oregon wildlife-agency data. Use applicant counts and tags available to gauge real competition before you burn points.
25
with draw data
42.5%
2025 season
7
units ≥100% odds
2025
most recent
Across Oregon's 25 mule deer units with published draw data, odds range widely. 7 units are effectively over-the-counter (100% or better odds, meaning every first-choice applicant draws), while the most sought-after limited-entry units can take years of preference points to pull. That split is the heart of a Oregon mule deer strategy: bank points for a low-odds trophy tag, or hunt a high-odds unit this season.
Draw odds are the ratio of tags available to applicants, so a low number means heavy competition, not a bad hunt. Read them next to the 1st-choice applicants and points required before you commit. Every figure below comes from official Oregon wildlife-agency draw results; the table sorts hardest-draw first.
A note on Oregon applicant counts. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes only the applicants who ranked each hunt first, so that is the figure below and the denominator of the odds beside it. Hunters who listed a unit as a second or later choice can and do draw these tags, so the real field competing for them is larger than the number shown. There is no total-applicant figure in the source to publish instead.
What are the draw odds for Oregon mule deer?
Across the 25 Oregon mule deer units with published draw data, average draw odds are 42.5% for the 2025 season. Odds vary widely by unit, so review each unit's 1st-choice applicants and tags available before applying. Figures come from official Oregon wildlife-agency draw results. This state publishes only the applicants who ranked the hunt first, so the real pool competing for these tags is larger.
How many people apply for Oregon mule deer tags?
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes only first-choice applicants — the hunters who ranked a hunt as their top pick — so that is the applicant figure on this page, and it is the denominator of the draw odds beside it. Hunters who listed a unit as a second or later choice also draw these tags, so the real field is larger than the number shown. Oregon publishes no total-applicant figure for us to show instead.
Which Oregon mule deer unit is the hardest to draw?
Unit 122 is among the hardest Oregon mule deer draws, at roughly 1.5% odds and about 0 points to draw in 2025. Low-odds units typically produce higher-quality animals but take years of points to draw.
What is the easiest Oregon mule deer unit to draw?
Unit 620A has among the best Oregon mule deer draw odds, around 100.0% in 2025. Higher-odds units are good options for hunters who want to hunt sooner rather than bank points for a premium tag.
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Last updated Apr 25, 2026 from official Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife draw results.
| 3.1% |
| 706 |
| – |
| 1 |
| -1.3% |
| 611T | 48.3% | 114 | – | 0 | -25.4% |
WILSON3 hunts | ||||||
| 112 | 3.4% | 495 | – | 2 | -10.0% | |
| 612 | 25.6% | 935 | – | 0 | -3.5% | |
| 612T | 78.6% | 84 | – | 0 | +0.3% | |
SANTIAM4 hunts | ||||||
| 616A1 | 4.6% | 1,093 | – | 0 | +5.8% | |
| 616A2 | 7.9% | 695 | – | 0 | +4.4% | |
| 616T2 | 20.5% | 161 | – | 0 | +3.1% | |
| 616T1 | 37.9% | 140 | – | 0 | -2.7% | |
EVANS CREEK2 hunts | ||||||
| 629 | 4.9% | 631 | – | 0 | +21.2% | |
| 629T | 46.9% | 145 | – | 0 | +14.8% | |
APPLEGATE3 hunts | ||||||
| 628 | 5.0% | 840 | – | 1 | +23.8% | |
| 628T | 19.8% | 162 | – | 0 | +20.6% | |
| 128M | 31.6% | 1,028 | – | 0 | -2.1% | |
ALSEA2 hunts | ||||||
| 618 | 9.3% | 1,145 | – | 0 | +2.4% | |
| 618T | 57.3% | 96 | – | 0 | -7.7% | |
CHETCO3 hunts | ||||||
| 627 | 9.7% | 456 | – | 0 | +5.1% | |
| 627T | 56.9% | 58 | – | 0 | +5.7% | |
| 127M | 81.3% | 48 | – | 0 | -10.0% | |
SIUSLAW2 hunts | ||||||
| 620 | 12.5% | 705 | – | 0 | +0.2% | |
| 620T1 | 100.0% | 39 | – | 0 | +1.9% | |
ROGUE2 hunts | ||||||
| 630T | 15.1% | 392 | – | 0 | +1.8% | |
| 130R | 71.0% | 76 | – | 0 | -16.3% | |
TIOGA1 hunt | ||||||
| 624 | 15.9% | 832 | – | 0 | +27.4% | |
STOTT MTN2 hunts | ||||||
| 617 | 17.7% | 616 | – | 0 | +2.3% | |
| 617T | 100.0% | 52 | – | 0 | +47.3% | |
INDIGO3 hunts | ||||||
| 621 | 20.3% | 701 | – | 0 | -6.9% | |
| 121M | 38.9% | 419 | – | 0 | -11.3% | |
| 621T | 53.0% | 151 | – | 0 | +6.0% | |
POWERS1 hunt | ||||||
| 626 | 20.7% | 440 | – | 0 | +7.0% | |
SADDLE MTN2 hunts | ||||||
| 610 | 23.5% | 1,735 | – | 0 | -2.8% | |
| 610T | 62.4% | 133 | – | 0 | +11.3% | |
MCKENZIE3 hunts | ||||||
| 619T | 23.7% | 460 | – | 0 | -12.7% | |
| 619 | 29.2% | 2,069 | – | 0 | -7.5% | |
| 119M | 70.0% | 550 | – | 0 | -8.0% | |
TRASK3 hunts | ||||||
| 614 | 25.4% | 1,977 | – | 0 | -10.5% | |
| 614T | 79.4% | 160 | – | 0 | – | |
| 114M | 92.4% | 238 | – | 0 | -7.6% | |
| 623B3 | 31.1% | 90 | – | 0 | -4.5% |
SIXES3 hunts | ||||||
| 625 | 33.6% | 360 | – | 0 | -1.0% | |
| 625T | 100.0% | 37 | – | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 125M | 100.0% | 38 | – | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 623B2 | 35.0% | 80 | – | 0 | +1.2% |
WILLAMETTE1 hunt | ||||||
| 615 | 35.6% | 9,569 | – | 0 | -1.3% | |
| 623B1 | 38.4% | 73 | – | 0 | +13.7% |
| 623T2 | 41.8% | 79 | – | 0 | +21.5% |
MELROSE4 hunts | ||||||
| 623 | 41.8% | 658 | – | 0 | +9.4% | |
| 623T3 | 61.1% | 72 | – | 0 | +13.9% | |
| 623A | 100.0% | 431 | – | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 123M1 | 100.0% | 65 | – | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 620A | 100.0% | 199 | – | 0 | 0.0% |
