Oregon Deer — Unit 45

Fossil

Oregon Unit 45 covers 902,240 acres and lies 59 miles north-east of Prineville and 73 miles north-east of Redmond. 15% of it is public land, mostly BLM (12%) and national forest (3%). In 2025, 1,300 people hunted deer here and took 414 — 32% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2,764 tags here for 86 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2025):3,339 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:126 Hunter success (2025):32% Public land:15% Size:902,240 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 45, 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

145 Fossil Unit No. 1 2,764 tags · 86 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
145A Fossil Unit No. 2 11 tags · 25 applicants · needed 16 pts

<1% Point builder
145M Flatiron Muzzleloader 69 tags · 3 applicants · needed 1 pts

73% Real chance
145R Fossil Unit Bow 473 tags · 8 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% Likely draw
645 Fossil Private 22 tags · 4 applicants · needed 9 pts

3% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
145 ↗ Fossil Unit No. 1 Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	2,764 / 86	Oct 4–15, 2025
145A ↗ Fossil Unit No. 2 Rifle	<1% Point builder	16 −3 since 2022	11 / 25	Nov 22–30, 2025
145M ↗ Flatiron Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	73% Real chance	1 steady since 2022	69 / 3	Oct 18–26, 2025
145R ↗ Fossil Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	2 −1 since 2022	473 / 8	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
645 ↗ Fossil Private Rifle	3% Point builder	9 −2 since 2022	22 / 4	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

Unit 45 within Oregon

Unit 45 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 759,173 ac · 84%
BLM 104,633 ac · 12%
National Forest 30,291 ac · 3%
Tribal 3,835 ac · 0%
State land 3,169 ac · 0%
National Park Service 1,445 ac · 0%
Other public 3 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.