Oregon Deer — Unit 27

Chetco

Oregon Unit 27 covers 1,082,791 acres and lies 32 miles west of Grants Pass and 53 miles west of Central Point. 82% of it is public land, mostly national forest (72%) and BLM (10%). In 2025, 2,161 people hunted deer here and took 1,021 — 47% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 51 tags here for 4 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):130 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:14 Hunter success (2025):47% Public land:82% Size:1,082,791 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 27, 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

127M Chetco Unit Muzzleloader 51 tags · 4 applicants · needed 1 pts

92% Likely draw
627 Chetco Unit 44 tags · 9 applicants · needed 7 pts

3% Point builder
627T Chetco Unit Youth 35 tags · 1 applicants · needed 2 pts

40% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
127M ↗ Chetco Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	92% Likely draw	1 −1 since 2022	51 / 4	Nov 14 – Dec 6, 2026
627 ↗ Chetco Unit Rifle	3% Point builder	7 −1 since 2022	44 / 9	Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026
627T ↗ Chetco Unit Youth Rifle	40% Undersubscribed	2 +1 since 2022	35 / 1 undersubscribed	Dec 15 – Jan 5, 2027

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 27 within Oregon

Unit 27 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 777,085 ac · 72%
Private 190,830 ac · 18%
BLM 105,581 ac · 10%
Other public 4,149 ac · 0%
State land 3,898 ac · 0%
County or city land 201 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 135 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.