Oregon Deer 610 — Unit 10

Saddle Mtn Unit · Saddle Mtn

What you may take
Saddle Mtn Unit (antlerless)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 10 — Saddle Mtn
26% public of 578,661 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026
Tags (2026)
408
for 30 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 5%
Hunter success here (2025)
30%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 306 tags, 30 first-choice applicants, drew out at 6 points. Source: ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw... · row 2.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 7% 16 0
1 7% 6 0
2 7% 3 0
3 7% 2 0
4–5 7% same chance at every one of these levels
6 100% 1 1
7 100% 1 1
8 100% 1 1
9–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels

Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$203
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$203
Total if drawn
$703
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $703 (enough points to draw) to $3,407.68 (lowest published odds).

Controlled hunt application (per hunt series; also the Point Saver price) · paid at application $10 source
Nonresident annual hunting license (required to apply) · paid at application $193 source
Nonresident controlled deer tag (100 or 600 series; paid only if drawn) · paid if drawn $500 source

Next application window: opens Dec 1, closes May 15, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 12. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Drew out at 10 → 9 → 5 → 5 → 6 points (2022–2026): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
06 yrs (6–∞)
15 yrs (5–∞)
24 yrs (4–∞)
33 yrs (3–∞)
42 yrs (2–∞)
51 yr (1–∞)
6now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026 p. row 2

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 10, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 4,285 hunters and 1,267 deer taken in 2025 — 30% of them killed something. Full Unit 10 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type General Any Legal Weapon Western Oregon w/ 119A 23 9 39%
Type General Western Deer 3,505 1,040 30%
Type Early Bow Deer w/ 123R1 0 0 0%
Type Early Bow Deer w/ 123R2 N Bank Habitat Bow 0 0 0%
Type Late Bow Deer w/ 123R1 0 0 0%
Type Late Bow Deer w/ 123R2 N Bank Habitat Bow 0 0 0%
Type Early Bow Deer 238 10 5%
Type Late Bow Deer 145 2 2%
Type 610 Saddle Mtn Unit 317 178 56%
Type 610T Saddle Mtn Unit Youth 57 28 50%

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 Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt

Year by year

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 Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2026 408 30 0.1 6 102 tags ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw... · row 2
2025 408 17 0.0 5 102 tags ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw... · row 2
2024 410 20 0.0 5 102 tags ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw... · row 4
2023 411 12 0.0 9 103 tags ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw... · row 4
2022 260 18 0.1 10 65 tags ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw... · row 4

Other licenses valid in Unit 10

Legal cartridges for deer in Oregon

From the Oregon hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.