Oregon Deer · MC-02 Mid-Columbia 02
Oregon MC-02 covers 240,896 acres and lies 27 miles west of The Dalles. 65% of it is public land, mostly national forest (64%) and county or city land (6%). Its most applied-for hunt, MC102-2, put up 11 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 16 nonresident first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 19 points.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
MC-02 did not exist before the 2026 deer draw. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife drew it over the older units: 100% Unit 42 — Hood. Each of those pages keeps the odds history for the ground. The chances below are that one draw's actual results, not an estimate, and there is no point-creep trend to read yet.
7 licenses · NR capped at 5%
first choice, NR
not published
64% Forest Service
240,896 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- —
- Season
- Oct 3–14
- Tags / Apps
- 550 / 2
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Sep 12–20
- Tags / Apps
- 22 / 2
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Oct 17–25
- Tags / Apps
- 32 / 5
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Aug 29 – Sep 27
- Tags / Apps
- 165 / 0
- If Drawn
- $703
Every License in MC-02
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC102 | Mid-Columbia 02 | 100% | 0 | |
| MC102-1 | Early Mid-Columbia 02 | 45% | 6 | |
| MC102-2 | Late Mid-Columbia 02 | <1% | 19 | |
| MC102M | Mid-Columbia 02 Muzzleloader | 100% | 0 | |
| MC102R | Mid-Columbia 02 Bow | 100% | 0 | |
| MC602 · private | Hood River Agri | 4% | 6 | |
| MC602T · youth | Mid Columbia 02 Youth | 100% | 1 |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw Report; ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $703 ($203 to apply). Open Dec 1, 2026 – May 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| National Forest | 153,924 ac | 64% |
| Private | 70,336 ac | 29% |
| County or city land | 15,424 ac | 6% |
| State land | 1,010 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 79 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 78 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 2026 BLM /Washington Land Status Ownership.
The Boundary, as the Agency Describes It
Beginning at Hood Rvr; southwest on State Hwy 35 to Barlow Pass (Pacific Crest Trail); northwest on Pacific Crest Trail to Lolo Pass; northwest on Hood Rvr-Multnomah Co line to Columbia Rvr near Bonneville; east on Columbia Rvr to Hood Rvr, point of beginning.
▸ Sources 7
- ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Preference Point Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 OAR chapter 635 division 060 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Eastern Deer Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Sep 8, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 2026 BLM /Washington Land Status Ownership land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Eastern Deer Hunt Area Boundary… area description, retrieved Sep 8, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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