Oregon Elk — Unit 11

Scappoose

Oregon Unit 11 covers 479,782 acres and lies 10 miles west of St. Helens and 23 miles north of Forest Grove. 10% of it is public land, mostly state land (4%) and BLM (4%). In 2025, 2,564 people hunted elk here and took 639 — 25% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 129 tags here for 0 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):263 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:6 Hunter success (2025):25% Public land:10% Size:479,782 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 11, 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

211 Scappoose Unit 28 tags · 2 applicants · needed 7 pts

2% Point builder
211A North Plains 129 tags · 0 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
211B N Central Scappoose 33 tags · 2 applicants · needed 4 pts

6% Point builder
211C Banks 52 tags · 0 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
211T Scappoose Unit Youth 21 tags · 2 applicants · needed 3 pts

6% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
211 ↗ Scappoose Unit	2% Point builder	7 steady since 2022	28 / 2	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
211A ↗ North Plains	100% No first-choice applicants	1 steady since 2025	129 / 0	Dec 1 – Mar 31, 2027
211B ↗ N Central Scappoose	6% Point builder	4 steady since 2022	33 / 2	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
211C ↗ Banks	100% No first-choice applicants	1 steady since 2022	52 / 0	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
211T ↗ Scappoose Unit Youth	6% Point builder	3 +1 since 2022	21 / 2	Aug 15 – Dec 31, 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.

4 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Unit 11

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

211A1 — North Plains No. 1 Standard 211A2 — North Plains No. 2 Standard 211A3 — North Plains No. 3 Standard 211A4 — North Plains No. 4 Standard

The country

Unit 11 within Oregon

Unit 11 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 433,248 ac · 90%
State land 21,563 ac · 4%
BLM 18,052 ac · 4%
Other public 3,879 ac · 1%
County or city land 2,753 ac · 1%

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.