Oregon Deer — Unit 18
Alsea
Oregon Unit 18 covers 1,253,492 acres and lies 20 miles south-east of Newport and 33 miles west of Albany. 44% of it is public land, mostly national forest (27%) and BLM (10%). In 2025, 4,965 people hunted deer here and took 1,456 — 29% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 107 tags here for 2 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 8 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 18, 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-
3% Point builder
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100% No first-choice applicants
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 618 ↗ Alsea Unit | 3% Point builder | 8 steady since 2022 | 107 / 2 | Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026 |
| 618T ↗ Alsea Unit Youth | 100% No first-choice applicants | 1 steady since 2022 | 63 / 0 | 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 693,480 ac · 55%
- National Forest 339,478 ac · 27%
- BLM 123,362 ac · 10%
- State land 62,274 ac · 5%
- Other public 18,771 ac · 1%
- Tribal 8,553 ac · 1%
- County or city land 6,552 ac · 1%
- Department of Defense 523 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 404 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 | 4,965 | 1,456 | 29% |
| 2024 | 5,332 | 1,355 | 25% |
| 2023 | 5,388 | 1,524 | 28% |
| 2022 | 5,251 | 1,135 | 22% |
| 2021 | 5,722 | 1,458 | 25% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 1,346 · 97% · 4,375 hunters, 31% success
- Archery 36 · 3% · 442 hunters, 8% success
Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon 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 Antlerless Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt