Oregon Deer — Unit 49
Ukiah
Oregon Unit 49 covers 559,148 acres and lies 26 miles south of Pendleton and 45 miles south-east of Hermiston. 35% of it is public land, mostly national forest (32%) and state land (3%). A further 10% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 1,231 people hunted deer here and took 267 — 22% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1,882 tags here for 47 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 49, 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-
95% Likely draw
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100% Likely draw
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2% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 ↗ Ukiah Unit Rifle | 95% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 1,882 / 47 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 149R ↗ Ukiah Unit Bow Archery | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 904 / 14 | Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025 |
| 649B ↗ W Blue Mtns Rifle | 2% Point builder | 12 +1 since 2022 | 89 / 54 | Nov 17–30, 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 306,522 ac · 55%
- National Forest 178,968 ac · 32%
- Tribal 56,523 ac · 10%
- State land 14,847 ac · 3%
- BLM 2,316 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 1,812 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 | 1,231 | 267 | 22% |
| 2024 | 1,346 | 267 | 20% |
| 2023 | 1,389 | 259 | 19% |
| 2022 | 1,330 | 172 | 13% |
| 2021 | 1,349 | 290 | 21% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 192 · 88% · 841 hunters, 23% success
- Archery 26 · 12% · 303 hunters, 9% 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