Oregon Deer — Unit 57
Sled Springs
Oregon Unit 57 covers 566,100 acres and lies 42 miles north-east of La Grande and 67 miles east of Pendleton. 22% of it is public land, mostly national forest (19%) and BLM (2%). In 2025, 1,552 people hunted deer here and took 709 — 46% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2,514 tags here for 72 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 57, 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-
100% Likely draw
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16% Long shot
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100% Likely draw
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100% Likely draw
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19% Long shot
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10% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157 ↗ Sled Springs Unit Rifle | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 2,514 / 72 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 157A ↗ Lower Wallowa Valley Rifle | 16% Long shot | 2 +1 since 2022 | 55 / 3 | Nov 17–26, 2025 |
| 157M ↗ Sled Springs Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader | 100% Likely draw | 1 −1 since 2022 | 387 / 14 | Dec 1–14, 2025 |
| 157R ↗ Sled Springs Unit Bow Archery | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 319 / 11 | Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025 |
| 657A ↗ Flora Rifle | 19% Long shot | 4 +1 since 2022 | 55 / 2 | Oct 18–26, 2025 |
| 657B ↗ Lower Wallowa Valley Rifle | 10% Point builder | 2 steady since 2022 | 110 / 6 | 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 444,233 ac · 78%
- National Forest 106,889 ac · 19%
- BLM 12,631 ac · 2%
- State land 2,099 ac · 0%
- Other public 147 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 | 1,552 | 709 | 46% |
| 2024 | 1,731 | 802 | 46% |
| 2023 | 1,649 | 613 | 37% |
| 2022 | 1,646 | 605 | 37% |
| 2021 | 1,633 | 610 | 37% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 526 · 82% · 1,141 hunters, 46% success
- Archery 26 · 4% · 117 hunters, 22% success
- Muzzleloader 92 · 14% · 186 hunters, 49% 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