Oregon Deer — Unit 39

Metolius

Oregon Unit 39 covers 426,960 acres and lies 22 miles north-west of Redmond and 35 miles west of Prineville. 66% of it is public land, mostly national forest (59%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 380 people hunted deer here and took 158 — 42% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 359 tags here for 13 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2025):638 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:165 Hunter success (2025):42% Public land:66% Size:426,960 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 39, 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

139 Metolius Unit 242 tags · 42 applicants · needed 5 pts

4% Point builder
139M Metolius Unit Muzzleloader 22 tags · 8 applicants · needed 19 pts

3% Point builder
139R1 Metolius Unit Bow 359 tags · 13 applicants · needed 1 pts

89% Likely draw
139R2 Metolius Unit Late Bow 15 tags · 102 applicants · needed 23 pts

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
139 ↗ Metolius Unit Rifle	4% Point builder	5 steady since 2022	242 / 42	Oct 4–15, 2025
139M ↗ Metolius Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	3% Point builder	19 +12 since 2022	22 / 8	Oct 18–26, 2025
139R1 ↗ Metolius Unit Bow Archery	89% Likely draw	1 −5 since 2022	359 / 13	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
139R2 ↗ Metolius Unit Late Bow Archery	<1% Point builder	23 −2 since 2022	15 / 102	Nov 1–30, 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 39 within Oregon

Unit 39 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 253,075 ac · 59%
Private 143,626 ac · 34%
BLM 28,492 ac · 7%
State land 1,109 ac · 0%
Tribal 324 ac · 0%
County or city land 306 ac · 0%
Other public 223 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.