Oregon Deer — Unit 10
Saddle Mtn
Oregon Unit 10 covers 578,661 acres and lies 17 miles south-east of Astoria and 39 miles west of St. Helens. 26% of it is public land, mostly state land (24%) and county or city land (1%). In 2025, 4,285 people hunted deer here and took 1,267 — 30% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 408 tags here for 30 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 10, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
7% Point builder
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57% Real chance
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610 ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit | 7% Point builder | 6 −4 since 2022 | 408 / 30 | Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026 |
| 610T ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit Youth | 57% Real chance | 1 −1 since 2022 | 99 / 2 | Oct 3 – Nov 8, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $203 | $203 | $703 |
Application window: opens Dec 1, closes May 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 427,663 ac · 74%
- State land 140,246 ac · 24%
- County or city land 7,092 ac · 1%
- National Park Service 1,367 ac · 0%
- Other public 1,275 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 300 ac · 0%
- BLM 39 ac · 0%
Source: BLM Oregon/Washington Land Status Ownership (BLM_OR_Ownership MapServer)
How the hunting has gone
What Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,285 | 1,267 | 30% |
| 2024 | 4,673 | 1,098 | 23% |
| 2023 | 4,901 | 1,512 | 31% |
| 2022 | 4,281 | 901 | 21% |
| 2021 | 4,428 | 1,126 | 25% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 1,049 · 99% · 3,528 hunters, 30% success
- Archery 12 · 1% · 383 hunters, 3% success
Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt