Oregon Deer — Unit 69
Steens Mtn
Oregon Unit 69 covers 1,224,566 acres and lies 114 miles south-west of Ontario. 64% of it is public land, mostly BLM (49%) and wildlife refuge (10%). In 2025, 385 people hunted deer here and took 189 — 49% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 321 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 69, 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-
5% Point builder
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100% Likely draw
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4% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169A ↗ Steens Mtn Rifle | 5% Point builder | 14 steady since 2022 | 293 / 173 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 169R ↗ Steens Mtn Bow Archery | 100% Likely draw | 1 steady since 2022 | 321 / 15 | Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025 |
| 169T ↗ Steens Mtn Unit Youth Rifle | 4% Point builder | 5 −1 since 2024 | 22 / 20 | 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 600,212 ac · 49%
- Private 442,687 ac · 36%
- National Wildlife Refuge 120,972 ac · 10%
- State land 60,069 ac · 5%
- Tribal 538 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 | 385 | 189 | 49% |
| 2024 | 373 | 178 | 48% |
| 2023 | 376 | 135 | 36% |
| 2022 | 338 | 156 | 46% |
| 2021 | 336 | 173 | 51% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 163 · 88% · 302 hunters, 54% success
- Archery 23 · 12% · 76 hunters, 30% 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 Archery Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt