Oregon Deer — Unit 28

Applegate

Oregon Unit 28 covers 847,666 acres and lies 19 miles south-east of Grants Pass. 59% of it is public land, mostly national forest (30%) and BLM (27%). In 2025, 4,255 people hunted deer here and took 1,746 — 41% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 334 tags here for 161 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 14 points.

Tags (2026):421 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:207 Hunter success (2025):41% Public land:59% Size:847,666 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 28, 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

128M Applegate Unit Muzzleloader 334 tags · 161 applicants · needed 14 pts

11% Point builder
628 Applegate Unit 48 tags · 21 applicants · needed 10 pts

1% Point builder
628T Applegate Unit Youth 39 tags · 25 applicants · needed 9 pts

7% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
128M ↗ Applegate Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	11% Point builder	14 +1 since 2022	334 / 161	Nov 14 – Dec 6, 2026
628 ↗ Applegate Unit Rifle	1% Point builder	10 −6 since 2022	48 / 21	Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026
628T ↗ Applegate Unit Youth Rifle	7% Point builder	9 −1 since 2022	39 / 25	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 28 within Oregon

Unit 28 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

Private 350,544 ac · 41%
National Forest 252,721 ac · 30%
BLM 229,894 ac · 27%
County or city land 5,775 ac · 1%
National Park Service 4,560 ac · 1%
State land 3,633 ac · 0%
Other public 535 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.