Oregon Deer — Unit 72

Silvies

Oregon Unit 72 covers 1,146,335 acres and lies 76 miles south-east of Prineville and 90 miles east of Redmond. 67% of it is public land, mostly national forest (36%) and BLM (28%). In 2025, 1,209 people hunted deer here and took 463 — 38% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1,068 tags here for 32 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2025):1,973 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:144 Hunter success (2025):38% Public land:67% Size:1,146,335 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 72, 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

172 Silvies Unit 827 tags · 105 applicants · needed 4 pts

9% Point builder
172M Silvies Unit Muzzleloader 55 tags · 6 applicants · needed 8 pts

9% Point builder
172R Silvies Unit Bow 1,068 tags · 32 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
172T Silvies Unit Youth 23 tags · 1 applicants · needed 3 pts

7% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
172 ↗ Silvies Unit Rifle	9% Point builder	4 steady since 2022	827 / 105	Oct 4–15, 2025
172M ↗ Silvies Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	9% Point builder	8 +3 since 2022	55 / 6	Oct 18–26, 2025
172R ↗ Silvies Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	1,068 / 32	Aug 30 – Sep 28, 2025
172T ↗ Silvies Unit Youth Rifle	7% Point builder	3 −1 since 2024	23 / 1	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 72 within Oregon

Unit 72 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

National Forest 412,387 ac · 36%
Private 380,362 ac · 33%
BLM 323,391 ac · 28%
State land 29,892 ac · 3%
Tribal 768 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.