Oregon Deer — Unit 29
Evans Creek
Oregon Unit 29 covers 665,343 acres and lies 18 miles north-east of Grants Pass. 43% of it is public land, mostly BLM (34%) and national forest (8%). In 2025, 3,169 people hunted deer here and took 1,499 — 47% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 70 tags here for 3 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 29, 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-
1% Point builder
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20% Long shot
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 629 ↗ Evans Cr Unit | 1% Point builder | 10 steady since 2022 | 31 / 3 | Oct 3 – Nov 6, 2026 |
| 629T ↗ Evans Cr Unit Youth | 20% Long shot | 2 steady since 2022 | 70 / 3 | 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 379,110 ac · 57%
- BLM 226,442 ac · 34%
- National Forest 52,826 ac · 8%
- State land 4,522 ac · 1%
- County or city land 1,906 ac · 0%
- Other public 1,778 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 | 3,169 | 1,499 | 47% |
| 2024 | 3,195 | 1,383 | 43% |
| 2023 | 3,159 | 1,316 | 42% |
| 2022 | 3,109 | 1,144 | 37% |
| 2021 | 2,817 | 1,136 | 40% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 1,319 · 89% · 2,518 hunters, 52% success
- Archery 160 · 11% · 617 hunters, 26% 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