Oregon Deer · NE-01 Northeast 01
Oregon NE-01 spans 1,082,042 acres, centered 44 miles east of La Grande. 72% of it is public land, mostly national forest (71%). Its most applied-for hunt, NE101, put up 1,100 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 138 nonresident first-choice applicants, 50 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 1 point.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
NE-01 did not exist before the 2026 deer draw. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife drew it over the older units: 34% Unit 60 — Minam, 27% Unit 59 — Snake River, 25% Unit 61 — Imnaha, 14% Unit 53 — Catherine Creek. 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
72% Forest Service
1,082,042 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
- 1,100 / 138
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Oct 3–14
- Tags / Apps
- 660 / 13
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Aug 29 – Sep 27
- Tags / Apps
- 330 / 23
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Aug 29 – Sep 27
- Tags / Apps
- 319 / 4
- If Drawn
- $703
Every License in NE-01
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE101 | Northeast 01 Mule Deer | 25% | 1 | |
| NE101-1 | Northeast 01 Whitetail | 100% | 0 | |
| NE101-2 · private | Late Wallowa Valley Whitetail | 12% | 8 | |
| NE101M · private | Northeast 01 Muzzleloader Whitetail | 100% | 0 | |
| NE101R | Northeast 01 Bow Mule Deer | 100% | 0 | |
| NE101R1 | Northeast 01 Bow Whitetail | 100% | 0 | |
| NE601 · private | Wallowa Valley | 20% | 9 |
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 | 773,627 ac | 71% |
| Private | 305,696 ac | 28% |
| State land | 2,151 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 624 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 confluence of Imnaha and Snake Rvr; southeast on Snake Rvr to Thirty-two Point Cr; southwest on Thirty- two Point Cr to Summit Rd; southwest and northwest on Summit Rd to FR 3965; south on FR 3965 then west to Upper Crazyman Trailhead; south from Upper Crazyman Trailhead along Summit Ridge; west from Summit Ridge to FR 3962 (N Fork Dry Cr); southwest on N Fork Dry Cr and northwest on Dry Cr to Imnaha Rvr; south and west on Imnaha Rvr and S fork of Imnaha Rvr to Hawkins pass; northwest from Hawkins pass past Eagle Cap and Horton Pass; south from ridgeline past Frazier Pass, Needle Point, and Arrow Lk to Granite Butte; northwest on summit separating Big Minam and Catherine Cr drainages past Burger Butte and Meadow Mt to Cartwheel Ridge Trail 1907; west on Cartwheel Ridge Trail to Lodgepole Trail 1920; north on Lodge Pole Trail to Moss Springs campground; west on Mill Cr Rd to Cove; west on Hwy 237 to Island City; northeast on Hwy 82 to Elgin; northeast on Hwy 82 to Minam; south east on Hwy 82 to Joseph; northeast on Imnaha Hwy to Imnaha; north on Imnaha Rvr to confluence of Imnaha and Snake 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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