Oregon Deer · NB-02 North Blues 02
Oregon NB-02 spans 1,418,204 acres, centered 35 miles south of Hermiston. 0% of it is public land. Its most applied-for hunt, NB102, put up 2,420 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 105 nonresident first-choice applicants, 9 of whom drew.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
NB-02 did not exist before the 2026 deer draw. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife drew it over the older units: 55% Unit 44 — Columbia Basin, 25% Unit 48 — Heppner, 20% Unit 45 — Fossil. 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.
5 licenses · NR capped at 5%
first choice, NR
not published
1,418,204 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.
Every License in NB-02
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NB102 | North Blues 02 | 100% | 0 | |
| NB102R | North Blues 02 Bow | 100% | 0 | |
| NB601 · private | North Blues 01 (Archery/Muzzleloader Only) | 2% | 14 | |
| NB602 · private | North Blues 02 Private | 2% | 9 | |
| NB602T · youth | North Blues 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
| Private | 1,411,086 ac | 99% |
| BLM | 5,771 ac | <1% |
| State land | 828 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 578 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 56 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 19 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 2026 BLM /Washington Land Status Ownership.
The Boundary, as the Agency Describes It
Beginning in Pendleton; south on Hwy 395 to FR 53; west on FR 53 to the Umatilla National Forest boundary; north and west along Umatilla National Forest boundary to Kinzua Rd;west on Kinzua Rd to Hwy 19; northwest on Hwy 19 to McNab/ Baseline Rd; east on McNab/Baseline Rd to Hwy 74; southeast on Hwy 74 to Hwy 207 in Lexington;north and east on Hwy 207 to I-84; east on I-84, 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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