Oregon Deer — Unit 41
White River
Oregon Unit 41 covers 601,381 acres and lies 19 miles south-west of The Dalles and 44 miles east of Sandy. 44% of it is public land, mostly national forest (37%) and state land (5%). In 2025, 1,160 people hunted deer here and took 527 — 45% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1,048 tags here for 31 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 41, 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-
6% Point builder
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23% Long shot
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<1% Point builder
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5% Point builder
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100% Likely draw
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<1% Point builder
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4% Point builder
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2% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141A ↗ Hood-White River Rifle | 6% Point builder | 2 steady since 2022 | 83 / 8 | Sep 13–21, 2025 |
| 141B ↗ White River Unit No. 1 Rifle | 23% Long shot | 1 steady since 2022 | 1,048 / 31 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 141C ↗ White River Unit No. 2 Rifle | <1% Point builder | 23 steady since 2022 | 11 / 97 | Nov 15–30, 2025 |
| 141M ↗ Hood- N White Rvr Muzzleloader Muzzleloader | 5% Point builder | 7 +4 since 2022 | 22 / 7 | Oct 18–26, 2025 |
| 141R ↗ Hood - White Rvr Bow Archery | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 913 / 2 | Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025 |
| 141T ↗ The Dalles Watershed Youth Rifle | <1% Point builder | 15 −1 since 2022 | 7 / 29 | Nov 15–26, 2025 |
| 641A ↗ The Dalles Orchard Rifle | 4% Point builder | 6 +2 since 2022 | 22 / 1 | Aug 30 – Sep 7, 2025 |
| 641B ↗ Wamic Bench Rifle | 2% Point builder | 8 +1 since 2022 | 6 / 1 | Oct 18–26, 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 326,307 ac · 54%
- National Forest 222,230 ac · 37%
- State land 27,485 ac · 5%
- BLM 9,109 ac · 2%
- Tribal 8,353 ac · 1%
- County or city land 7,607 ac · 1%
- Other public 249 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 | 1,160 | 527 | 45% |
| 2024 | 1,262 | 409 | 32% |
| 2023 | 1,439 | 510 | 35% |
| 2022 | 1,439 | 469 | 33% |
| 2021 | 1,445 | 563 | 39% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 405 · 81% · 836 hunters, 48% success
- Archery 80 · 16% · 276 hunters, 29% success
- Muzzleloader 13 · 3% · 15 hunters, 87% 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 Muzzleloader 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