Oregon Deer 644A1
Umatilla NWR No. 1 in Unit 44 — Columbia Basin, rifle only, Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2024. 5% public land, mostly Department of Defense.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2024.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without 644A1. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2024 draw
about 1 in 30, from the random pass
You're 11 points below the 2024 cut of 11, which has risen from 9 to 11 points since 2022.
Years to draw on points: 11 yrs (at least 11)
- Tags
- 17
- Nonresident Applicants
- 5
- Success
- 61%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 5%. Success: 144 columbia basin unit hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2022–2024
The cut has risen from 9 to 11 points since 2022. Applicants per tag: 12:1 in 2022, 7.9:1 in 2024.
Point creep: drew out at 9 → 20 → 11 points (2022–2024), +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +2.0). 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 · 2024 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 ← you | 3% random pass only | — | — |
| 11–14 | 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, 644A1 drew no one in 2024, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 144 columbia basin unit | 1,339 | 817 | 61% |
| 144r columbia plateau bow | 51 | 25 | 50% |
| 644 columbia basin unit | 79 | 58 | 73% |
| 644a2 umatilla nwr no. 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 644a3 umatilla nwr no. 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 644t1 umatilla nwr youth | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| 644t2 umatilla co private youth | 27 | 19 | 71% |
| 648t morrow - gilliam co youth | 12 | 10 | 80% |
| 649b w blue mtns | 10 | 2 | 25% |
| All of Unit 44 | 1,525 | 932 | 61% |
Adding up Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published lines for Unit 44 gives 1,525 hunters and 932 deer taken in 2025, and 61% 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 Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest…; ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by….
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | 5 | 7.9 | 11 | 4 tags | ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2023 | 17 | 5 | 7.1 | 20 | 4 tags | ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2022 | 15 | 2 | 12.1 | 9 | 4 tags | ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw Report |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 44
- 144 Columbia Basin Unit Oct 4–15 · 1,980 tags · cut 0 100%
- 144R Columbia Plateau Bow Aug 30 – Sep 28 · 440 tags · cut 0 100%
- 644 Columbia Basin Unit Oct 18–26 · 33 tags · cut 8 1%
- 644A2 Umatilla NWR No. 2 Sep 13–17 · 9 tags · cut 9 2%
- 644A3 Umatilla NWR No. 3 Oct 4–8 · 2 tags · cut 34 0% (small sample)
- 644T1 Umatilla NWR YouthYouth only Aug 23–27 · 9 tags · cut 4 9%
- 644T2 Umatilla Co Private YouthYouth only Nov 15 – Dec 7 · 44 tags · cut 1 36%
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 22
- ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report draw results, seasons, 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 Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… 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 Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer… 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 2024 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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