Oregon Deer — Unit 54

Mount Emily

Oregon Unit 54 covers 494,384 acres and lies 21 miles north-west of La Grande and 52 miles east of Hermiston. 44% of it is public land, mostly national forest (43%). A further 24% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 591 people hunted deer here and took 226 — 38% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 724 tags here for 8 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.

Tags (2025):1,281 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:178 Hunter success (2025):38% Public land:44% Size:494,384 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 54, 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

154A E Mt Emily 110 tags · 11 applicants · needed 5 pts

9% Point builder
154B W Mt Emily 414 tags · 22 applicants · needed 1 pts

47% Real chance
154C Mt Emily Unit 11 tags · 129 applicants · needed 21 pts

<1% Point builder
154R N Blue Mtns Bow 724 tags · 8 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% Likely draw
154T Mt Emily Unit Youth 22 tags · 8 applicants · needed 4 pts

5% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
154A ↗ E Mt Emily Rifle	9% Point builder	5 −6 since 2022	110 / 11	Oct 4–15, 2025
154B ↗ W Mt Emily Rifle	47% Real chance	1 steady since 2022	414 / 22	Oct 4–15, 2025
154C ↗ Mt Emily Unit Rifle	<1% Point builder	21 −5 since 2022	11 / 129	Nov 15–30, 2025
154R ↗ N Blue Mtns Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	2 −6 since 2022	724 / 8	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
154T ↗ Mt Emily Unit Youth Rifle	5% Point builder	4 steady since 2023	22 / 8	Sep 29 – Oct 15, 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 54 within Oregon

Unit 54 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 214,598 ac · 43%
Private 157,982 ac · 32%
Tribal 117,574 ac · 24%
BLM 1,445 ac · 0%
State land 914 ac · 0%
Other public 59 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.