Oregon Deer — Unit 38

Grizzly

Oregon Unit 38 covers 1,079,441 acres and lies 21 miles north of Prineville and 30 miles north-east of Redmond. 28% of it is public land, mostly national forest (19%) and BLM (8%). In 2025, 1,027 people hunted deer here and took 333 — 32% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1,119 tags here for 7 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2025):1,904 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:52 Hunter success (2025):32% Public land:28% Size:1,079,441 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 38, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

138 Grizzly Unit 774 tags · 45 applicants · needed 2 pts

16% Long shot
138R Grizzly Unit Bow 1,119 tags · 7 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
638A Lower Willow Cr Agri 11 tags · 0 applicants · needed 15 pts

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
138 ↗ Grizzly Unit Rifle	16% Long shot	2 +1 since 2022	774 / 45	Oct 4–15, 2025
138R ↗ Grizzly Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	1,119 / 7	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
638A ↗ Lower Willow Cr Agri Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	15 +1 since 2022	11 / 0	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2025

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 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 2025 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 (2025 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$180	$180	$623.50

Application window: opens Dec 1, closes May 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Unit 38 within Oregon

Unit 38 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 781,683 ac · 72%
National Forest 206,585 ac · 19%
BLM 84,811 ac · 8%
State land 2,938 ac · 0%
National Park Service 2,848 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 567 ac · 0%
Other public 461 ac · 0%
Tribal 16 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.