Oregon Deer — Unit 73
Wagontire
Oregon Unit 73 covers 1,992,959 acres and lies 77 miles south-east of Bend. 87% of it is public land, mostly BLM (82%) and state land (3%). In 2025, 129 people hunted deer here and took 49 — 38% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 138 tags here for 12 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 73, 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-
12% Point builder
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100% Undersubscribed
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 ↗ Wagontire Unit Rifle | 12% Point builder | 3 +1 since 2022 | 138 / 12 | Oct 4–15, 2025 |
| 173R ↗ Wagontire Unit Bow Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 3 +2 since 2022 | 72 / 1 undersubscribed | 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 1,628,435 ac · 82%
- Private 268,273 ac · 13%
- State land 57,587 ac · 3%
- Other public 38,540 ac · 2%
- National Forest 357 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 | 129 | 49 | 38% |
| 2024 | 150 | 49 | 33% |
| 2023 | 153 | 34 | 22% |
| 2022 | 132 | 37 | 28% |
| 2021 | 155 | 64 | 41% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 44 · 90% · 108 hunters, 41% success
- Archery 5 · 10% · 21 hunters, 24% success
Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon 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 2024 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Buck Deer Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt