Oregon Elk — Unit 10

Saddle Mtn

Oregon Unit 10 covers 578,661 acres and lies 17 miles south-east of Astoria and 39 miles west of St. Helens. 26% of it is public land, mostly state land (24%) and county or city land (1%). In 2025, 3,861 people hunted elk here and took 1,065 — 28% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 2,070 tags here for 39 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):4,514 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:146 Hunter success (2025):28% Public land:26% Size:578,661 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 10, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

210 Saddle Mtn Unit 11 tags · 18 applicants · needed 13 pts

<1% Point builder
210A1 W Saddle Mtn No. 1 43 tags · 12 applicants · needed 11 pts

4% Point builder
210A2 W Saddle Mtn No. 2 42 tags · 5 applicants · needed 6 pts

4% Point builder
210B1 Central Saddle Mtn No. 1 39 tags · 3 applicants · needed 6 pts

4% Point builder
210B2 Central Saddle Mtn No. 2 38 tags · 6 applicants · needed 8 pts

6% Point builder
210C1 Upper Nehalem No. 1 83 tags · 3 applicants · needed 2 pts

10% Point builder
210C2 Upper Nehalem No. 2 83 tags · 4 applicants · needed 2 pts

13% Point builder
210D Lower Columbia 83 tags · 12 applicants · needed 3 pts

10% Point builder
210T Saddle Mtn Unit Youth 11 tags · 3 applicants · needed 6 pts

2% Point builder
210X Saddle Mtn Unit No. 1 2,011 tags · 41 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
210Y Saddle Mtn Unit No. 2 2,070 tags · 39 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
210 ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit	<1% Point builder	13 +1 since 2022	11 / 18	Dec 1 – Mar 31, 2027
210A1 ↗ W Saddle Mtn No. 1	4% Point builder	11 +4 since 2022	43 / 12	Dec 1–31, 2026
210A2 ↗ W Saddle Mtn No. 2	4% Point builder	6 −3 since 2022	42 / 5	Jan 1–31, 2027
210B1 ↗ Central Saddle Mtn No. 1	4% Point builder	6 +1 since 2022	39 / 3	Dec 1–31, 2026
210B2 ↗ Central Saddle Mtn No. 2	6% Point builder	8 +4 since 2022	38 / 6	Jan 1–31, 2027
210C1 ↗ Upper Nehalem No. 1	10% Point builder	2 steady since 2022	83 / 3	Dec 1 – Jan 31, 2027
210C2 ↗ Upper Nehalem No. 2	13% Point builder	2 +1 since 2022	83 / 4	Feb 1 – Mar 31, 2027
210D ↗ Lower Columbia	10% Point builder	3 +1 since 2022	83 / 12	Dec 1 – Mar 31, 2027
210T ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit Youth	2% Point builder	6 +1 since 2022	11 / 3	Aug 15 – Dec 31, 2026
210X ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit No. 1	100% Likely draw	1 −1 since 2022	2,011 / 41	Nov 14–17, 2026
210Y ↗ Saddle Mtn Unit No. 2	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	2,070 / 39	Nov 21–27, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$203	$203	$863

Application window: opens Dec 1, closes May 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Unit 10 within Oregon

Unit 10 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 427,663 ac · 74%
State land 140,246 ac · 24%
County or city land 7,092 ac · 1%
National Park Service 1,367 ac · 0%
Other public 1,275 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 300 ac · 0%
BLM 39 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Oregon/Washington Land Status Ownership (BLM_OR_Ownership MapServer)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.