Oregon Deer — Unit 51

Sumpter

Oregon Unit 51 covers 976,784 acres and lies 12 miles south-west of Baker City and 49 miles south of La Grande. 46% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and BLM (14%). In 2025, 1,181 people hunted deer here and took 470 — 40% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 945 tags here for 28 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.

Tags (2025):2,038 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:168 Hunter success (2025):40% Public land:46% Size:976,784 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 51, 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

151 Sumpter Unit 935 tags · 137 applicants · needed 2 pts

17% Long shot
151M Baker Muzzleloader 88 tags · 2 applicants · needed 1 pts

38% Long shot
151R Sumpter Unit Bow 945 tags · 28 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% Likely draw
651T1 Baker No. 1 Youth 17 tags · 1 applicants · needed 2 pts

8% Point builder
651T2 Baker No. 2 Youth 53 tags · 0 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
151 ↗ Sumpter Unit Rifle	17% Long shot	2 steady since 2022	935 / 137	Oct 4–15, 2025
151M ↗ Baker Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	38% Long shot	1 steady since 2022	88 / 2	Nov 17–30, 2025
151R ↗ Sumpter Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	2 −4 since 2022	945 / 28	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
651T1 ↗ Baker No. 1 Youth Rifle	8% Point builder	2 +1 since 2022	17 / 1	Oct 25 – Nov 2, 2025
651T2 ↗ Baker No. 2 Youth Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	1 steady since 2022	53 / 0	Oct 25 – Nov 2, 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 51 within Oregon

Unit 51 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 532,316 ac · 54%
National Forest 305,316 ac · 31%
BLM 134,743 ac · 14%
State land 2,693 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 2,133 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.