Oregon Deer · NE-02 Northeast 02
Oregon NE-02 covers 420,879 acres and lies 59 miles north-east of La Grande. 49% of it is public land, mostly national forest (47%) and BLM (1%). Its most applied-for hunt, NE102, put up 281 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 37 nonresident first-choice applicants, 14 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
NE-02 did not exist before the 2026 deer draw. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife drew it over the older units: 100% Unit 58 — Chesnimnus. 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
47% Forest Service
420,879 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
- 281 / 37
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Oct 3–14
- Tags / Apps
- 121 / 3
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Aug 29 – Sep 27
- Tags / Apps
- 165 / 6
- If Drawn
- $703
- Success
- —
- Season
- Aug 29 – Sep 27
- Tags / Apps
- 55 / 2
- If Drawn
- $703
Every License in NE-02
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE101-2 · private | Late Wallowa Valley Whitetail | 12% | 8 | |
| NE102 | Northeast 02 Mule Deer | 19% | 2 | |
| NE102-1 | Northeast 02 Whitetail | 100% | 0 | |
| NE102M · private | Northeast 02 Muzzleloader Whitetail | 100% | 0 | |
| NE102R | Northeast 02 Bow Mule Deer | 100% | 0 | |
| NE102R1 | Northeast 02 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
| Private | 216,075 ac | 51% |
| National Forest | 199,170 ac | 47% |
| BLM | 3,701 ac | <1% |
| State land | 1,855 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 Joseph; north on State Hwy 82 to Crow Cr Rd; north on Crow Cr Rd to Chesnimnus Cr; northwest on Chesnimnus Cr to Joseph Cr; northeast on Joseph Cr to Oregon-Washington state line; east along state line to Snake Rvr; southeast on Snake Rvr to mouth of Imnaha Rvr; southwest on Imnaha Rvr to Imnaha; southwest on Sheep Cr Rd to Joseph, point of beginning. (Maps: Wallowa-Whitman NF, Vale BLM)
▸ 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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