Oregon Deer 161
Antlered deer in Unit 61 — Imnaha, rifle only, Oct 4–15, 2025. 74% public land, mostly National Forest.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without 161. Its ground is now hunted under NE101 (100% of this hunt's ground), NE101-1 (100% of this hunt's ground) (details in where this hunt went). The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw
825 tags (all residencies) for 49 nonresident first-choice applicants
772 first-choice applicants for 825 tags (all residencies) in 2025, but only 27 of the 49 nonresident first-choice applicants drew (nonresidents are capped at 5%).
Years to draw on points: now
- Tags
- 825
- Nonresident Applicants
- 49
- Success
- 37%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 5%. Success: 161 imnaha unit hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2022–2025
The cut has fallen from 1 to 0 points since 2022. Applicants per tag: 1.1:1 in 2022, 0.9:1 in 2025.
Point creep: drew out at 1 → 1 → 0 → 0 points (2022–2025), no creep — drew at 0 points each year. Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.
What It Costs · 2025 NR Fees
The $8 controlled hunt application (per hunt series) is not refunded. The $172 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $443.50 nonresident controlled deer tag.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Controlled hunt application (per hunt series) · paid at application $8 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
- Nonresident annual hunting license · paid at application $172 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
- Nonresident controlled deer tag · paid if drawn $443.50 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 ← you | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. Oregon runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 161 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 imnaha unit | 525 | 192 | 37% |
| 161r imnaha unit bow | 105 | 13 | 13% |
| 161m imnaha private muzzleloader | 23 | 14 | 61% |
| 660a upper wallowa valley | 25 | 20 | 81% |
| All of Unit 61 | 678 | 239 | 35% |
Adding up Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published lines for Unit 61 gives 678 hunters and 239 deer taken in 2025, and 35% of them took a deer (sum of published hunt rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Oregon requires every tag holder to report, but the numbers ODFW publishes are survey estimates expanded from the reporting rate — the agency's own tables are titled "Estimated harvest... based on Mandatory Harvest Survey Reports" — not a count of animals checked in. Source: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer…; ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by….
Where This Hunt Went
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stopped drawing 161 after 2025. Its ground is now hunted under these codes; shares are of ground, not of tags.
| Hunt | Of This Hunt's Ground | Of the New Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| NE101 Northeast 01 Mule Deer Mule Deer only in 2026.; Mule Deer only in 2026.; Mule deer hunt only in 2026 | 100% | 25% |
| NE101-1 Northeast 01 Whitetail New whitetail only hunt in 2026.; New whitetail only hunt in 2026. | 100% | 25% |
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Oregon runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags (All Res.) | Nonresident Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 825 | 49 | 0.9 | 0 | 544 tags | ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2024 | 825 | 64 | 0.9 | 0 | 516 tags | ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2023 | 825 | 65 | 1.1 | 1 | 466 tags | ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2022 | 825 | 61 | 1.1 | 1 | 496 tags | ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw Report |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 61
- 161M Imnaha Private MuzzleloaderPrivate land only — you need landowner access Dec 2–15 · 110 tags · cut 0 100%
- 161R Imnaha Unit Bow Aug 30 – Sep 28 · 308 tags · cut 0 100%
Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Oregon deer
23 cartridges on file are legal for deer with a rifle in Oregon. Rules and sources: Oregon hunting laws.
▸ Sources 24
- ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report draw results, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 OAR chapter 635 division 060 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Muzzleloader Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Wildlife Management Unit boundaries boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 2026 BLM /Washington Land Status Ownership land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results (points pass + random pass, from published pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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