Oregon Deer — Unit 16

Santiam

Oregon Unit 16 covers 2,127,257 acres and lies 24 miles south-east of Molalla and 33 miles south-east of Canby. 64% of it is public land, mostly national forest (52%) and BLM (8%). In 2025, 10,316 people hunted deer here and took 3,097 — 30% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 55 tags here for 2 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 8 points.

Tags (2026):191 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:12 Hunter success (2025):30% Public land:64% Size:2,127,257 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 16, 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

616A1 NW Santiam 50 tags · 5 applicants · needed 10 pts

1% Point builder
616A2 SW Santiam 55 tags · 2 applicants · needed 8 pts

2% Point builder
616T1 SW Santiam Youth 53 tags · 1 applicants · needed 1 pts

14% Point builder
616T2 NW Santiam Youth 33 tags · 4 applicants · needed 4 pts

5% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
616A1 ↗ NW Santiam	1% Point builder	10 +1 since 2022	50 / 5	Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026
616A2 ↗ SW Santiam	2% Point builder	8 +1 since 2022	55 / 2	Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026
616T1 ↗ SW Santiam Youth	14% Point builder	1 steady since 2022	53 / 1	Nov 14–25, 2026
616T2 ↗ NW Santiam Youth	5% Point builder	4 +1 since 2022	33 / 4	Nov 14–25, 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

Unit 16 within Oregon

Unit 16 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 1,114,620 ac · 52%
Private 757,709 ac · 36%
BLM 167,641 ac · 8%
State land 61,210 ac · 3%
Other public 14,521 ac · 1%
County or city land 12,060 ac · 1%
National Wildlife Refuge 124 ac · 0%
Tribal 1 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Oregon/Washington Land Status Ownership (BLM_OR_Ownership MapServer)

Nearby areas

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.