Oregon Deer · SW-01 South Wallowas 01
Oregon SW-01 covers 355,686 acres and lies 23 miles east of Baker City and 48 miles north-west of Ontario. 38% of it is public land, mostly BLM (38%). Its most applied-for hunt, SW101, put up 248 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 43 nonresident first-choice applicants, 7 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 5 points.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
SW-01 did not exist before the 2026 deer draw. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife drew it over the older units: 100% Unit 64 — Lookout Mtn. 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.
4 licenses · NR capped at 5%
first choice, NR
not published
38% BLM
355,686 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 SW-01
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW101 | South Wallowas 01 | 15% | 5 | |
| SW101R | South Wallowas 01 Bow | 100% | 0 | |
| SW602T · youth | South Wallowas 02 Youth | 100% | 2 | |
| SW602T1 · youth | South Wallowas 02 Youth Whitetail | 82% | 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 | 220,899 ac | 62% |
| BLM | 134,645 ac | 38% |
| Other public | 292 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 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 junction of Interstate 84 and State Hwy 86; east on Hwy 86 to Powder Rvr near Goose Cr; east on Powder Rvr to Snake Rvr; southwest on Snake Rvr to Birch Cr at Farewell Bend; west on Birch Cr to I-84; northwest on I-84 to Hwy 86, 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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