Oregon Deer — Unit 63
Keating
Oregon Unit 63 covers 393,110 acres and lies 22 miles north-east of Baker City and 41 miles south-east of La Grande. 57% of it is public land, mostly national forest (41%) and BLM (16%). In 2025, 486 people hunted deer here and took 234 — 48% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 442 tags here for 15 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 63, 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-
6% Point builder
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100% Likely draw
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 ↗ Keating Unit Rifle | 6% Point builder | 5 +1 since 2022 | 331 / 92 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 163R ↗ Keating Unit Bow Archery | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 442 / 15 | Aug 30 – Sep 28, 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 165,827 ac · 42%
- National Forest 161,660 ac · 41%
- BLM 61,024 ac · 16%
- Bureau of Reclamation 589 ac · 0%
- State land 2 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 4,005 ac · 1%
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 | 486 | 234 | 48% |
| 2024 | 497 | 265 | 53% |
| 2023 | 499 | 234 | 47% |
| 2022 | 460 | 225 | 49% |
| 2021 | 467 | 200 | 43% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 178 · 79% · 294 hunters, 61% success
- Archery 44 · 20% · 172 hunters, 26% success
- Muzzleloader 2 · 1% · 4 hunters, 50% 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