Oregon Elk 216R2
Antlerless elk, archery in Unit 16 — Santiam, archery only, Nov 29 – Dec 14, 2025. 64% public land, mostly National Forest.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without 216R2. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw
220 tags (all residencies) for 3 nonresident first-choice applicants
64 first-choice applicants for 220 tags (all residencies) in 2025, but only 1 of the 3 nonresident first-choice applicants drew (nonresidents are capped at 5%).
Years to draw on points: now
- Tags
- 220
- Nonresident Applicants
- 3
- Success
- 73%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 5%. Success: 216b sw santiam hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2022–2025
The cut has been 0 points every year since 2022. Applicants per tag: 0.1:1 in 2022, 0.3:1 in 2025.
The cut has been 0 points in each of the last 4 draws (2022–2025), so there is no creep to project.
What It Costs · 2025 NR Fees
The $8 controlled hunt application (per hunt series) is not refunded. The $172 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $588 nonresident controlled elk tag.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Controlled hunt application (per hunt series) · paid at application $8 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
- Nonresident annual hunting license · paid at application $172 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
- Nonresident controlled elk tag · paid if drawn $588 ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 ← you | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. Oregon runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 216R2 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 216b sw santiam | 23 | 17 | 73% |
| 216d nw santiam | 72 | 29 | 40% |
| 216t santiam unit youth | 13 | 8 | 64% |
| West cascade | 1,598 | 132 | 8% |
| 200r oregon youth bow | 7 | 1 | 17% |
| 216r1 santiam unit traditional bow | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 216r2 santiam unit late bow | 55 | 1 | 2% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 216r1 | 10 | 2 | 17% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 216r2 | 58 | 10 | 18% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 217r | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 218r | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 219r | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Western general bow elk w/ 221r | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Western elk archery | 838 | 97 | 12% |
| 200m cascade muzzleloader | 73 | 6 | 8% |
| All of Unit 16 | 2,766 | 303 | 11% |
Adding up Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published lines for Unit 16 gives 2,766 hunters and 303 elk taken in 2025, and 11% of them took an elk (sum of published weapon rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Oregon requires every tag holder to report, but the numbers ODFW publishes are survey estimates expanded from the reporting rate — the agency's own tables are titled "Estimated harvest... based on Mandatory Harvest Survey Reports" — not a count of animals checked in. Source: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest…; ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Oregon runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags (All Res.) | Nonresident Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 206 tags | ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2024 | 220 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 210 tags | ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2023 | 220 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 208 tags | ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw Report |
| 2022 | 715 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 689 tags | ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw Report |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 16
- 216B SW Santiam Dec 1 – Mar 31 · 11 tags · cut 9 2%
- 216D NW Santiam Dec 1 – Mar 31 · 22 tags · cut 4 100%
- 216R1 Santiam Unit Traditional Bow (Long or recurve bow Only; compound bows prohibited) Sep 28 – Oct 2 · 55 tags · cut 0 100%
- 216T Santiam Unit YouthYouth only Aug 15 – Dec 31 · 22 tags · cut 2 100%
Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 23
- ODFW 2025 Preference Point Draw Report draw results, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Preference Point Draw Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 OAR chapter 635 division 060 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Recreational Fee Schedule fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2025 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2024 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2023 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2022 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2021 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ODFW 2026 Wildlife Management Unit boundaries boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 2026 BLM /Washington Land Status Ownership land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results (points pass + random pass, from published pools). 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.
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