Oregon Deer — Unit 71

Juniper

Oregon Unit 71 covers 1,872,230 acres and lies 112 miles south-east of Prineville. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (77%) and wildlife refuge (8%). In 2025, 178 people hunted deer here and took 53 — 30% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 136 tags here for 8 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2025):348 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:26 Hunter success (2025):30% Public land:89% Size:1,872,230 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 71, 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

171A N Juniper 136 tags · 8 applicants · needed 1 pts

82% Likely draw
171B S Juniper 83 tags · 15 applicants · needed 2 pts

19% Long shot
171R Juniper Unit Bow 95 tags · 0 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
171T Juniper Unit Youth 34 tags · 3 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
171A ↗ N Juniper Rifle	82% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	136 / 8	Oct 4–15, 2025
171B ↗ S Juniper Rifle	19% Long shot	2 +1 since 2022	83 / 15	Oct 4–15, 2025
171R ↗ Juniper Unit Bow Archery	100% No first-choice applicants	1 −1 since 2022	95 / 0	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
171T ↗ Juniper Unit Youth Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2024	34 / 3	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 71 within Oregon

Unit 71 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 1,440,835 ac · 77%
Private 208,934 ac · 11%
National Wildlife Refuge 140,922 ac · 8%
State land 78,350 ac · 4%
Other public 3,206 ac · 0%
National Forest 6 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.