Oregon Deer — Unit 66

Malheur River

Oregon Unit 66 covers 1,852,836 acres and lies 75 miles west of Ontario. 68% of it is public land, mostly BLM (46%) and national forest (16%). In 2025, 1,327 people hunted deer here and took 490 — 37% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1,232 tags here for 165 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.

Tags (2025):2,032 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:204 Hunter success (2025):37% Public land:68% Size:1,852,836 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 66, 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

166 Malheur Rvr Unit 1,232 tags · 165 applicants · needed 2 pts

16% Long shot
166M N Malheur Muzzleloader 55 tags · 5 applicants · needed 3 pts

13% Point builder
166R Malheur Rvr Unit Bow 723 tags · 28 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
166T Malheur Rvr Unit Youth 22 tags · 6 applicants · needed 2 pts

8% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
166 ↗ Malheur Rvr Unit Rifle	16% Long shot	2 steady since 2022	1,232 / 165	Oct 4–15, 2025
166M ↗ N Malheur Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	13% Point builder	3 +1 since 2022	55 / 5	Oct 18–26, 2025
166R ↗ Malheur Rvr Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 −1 since 2022	723 / 28	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
166T ↗ Malheur Rvr Unit Youth Rifle	8% Point builder	2 −2 since 2024	22 / 6	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 66 within Oregon

Unit 66 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

BLM 852,862 ac · 46%
Private 585,664 ac · 32%
National Forest 292,982 ac · 16%
State land 106,510 ac · 6%
Tribal 9,592 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 5,550 ac · 0%
County or city land 312 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.