Oregon Deer — Unit 68

Whitehorse

Oregon Unit 68 covers 3,132,625 acres and lies 117 miles south of Ontario. 91% of it is public land, mostly BLM (88%) and state land (3%). In 2025, 321 people hunted deer here and took 164 — 51% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 249 tags here for 74 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.

Tags (2025):754 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:566 Hunter success (2025):51% Public land:91% Size:3,132,625 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 68, 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

168A Trout Cr Mtns 66 tags · 415 applicants · needed 26 pts

<1% Point builder
168B E Whitehorse 249 tags · 74 applicants · needed 6 pts

17% Long shot
168M NE Whitehorse Muzzleloader 23 tags · 55 applicants · needed 12 pts

3% Point builder
168R1 E Whitehorse Bow 240 tags · 7 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
168R2 Trout Cr Mtns Traditional Bow 176 tags · 15 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
168A ↗ Trout Cr Mtns Rifle	<1% Point builder	26 +3 since 2022	66 / 415	Oct 4–15, 2025
168B ↗ E Whitehorse Rifle	17% Long shot	6 steady since 2022	249 / 74	Oct 4–15, 2025
168M ↗ NE Whitehorse Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	3% Point builder	12 −11 since 2022	23 / 55	Nov 15–30, 2025
168R1 ↗ E Whitehorse Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2023	240 / 7	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
168R2 ↗ Trout Cr Mtns Traditional Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 −1 since 2022	176 / 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

Unit 68 within Oregon

Unit 68 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 2,751,785 ac · 88%
Private 275,899 ac · 9%
State land 80,932 ac · 3%
Tribal 18,760 ac · 1%
Other public 3,584 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.