Oregon Elk — Unit 17

Stott Mtn

Oregon Unit 17 covers 318,419 acres and lies 16 miles east of Lincoln City. 22% of it is public land, mostly BLM (12%) and national forest (9%). In 2025, 1,149 people hunted elk here and took 174 — 15% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 473 tags here for 1 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):539 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:4 Hunter success (2025):15% Public land:22% Size:318,419 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 17, 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

217A W Stott Mtn 39 tags · 2 applicants · needed 4 pts

5% Point builder
217B E Stott Mtn 11 tags · 0 applicants · needed 5 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
217R Stott Mtn Unit Late Bow 473 tags · 1 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
217T Stott Mtn Unit Youth 16 tags · 1 applicants · needed 2 pts

12% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
217A ↗ W Stott Mtn Rifle	5% Point builder	4 −2 since 2022	39 / 2	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
217B ↗ E Stott Mtn Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	5 −1 since 2022	11 / 0	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
217R ↗ Stott Mtn Unit Late Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	473 / 1	Nov 28 – Dec 13, 2026
217T ↗ Stott Mtn Unit Youth Rifle	12% Point builder	2 −1 since 2022	16 / 1	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.

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 17 within Oregon

Unit 17 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 247,604 ac · 78%
BLM 36,881 ac · 12%
National Forest 30,116 ac · 9%
State land 2,077 ac · 1%
Other public 1,164 ac · 0%
Tribal 302 ac · 0%
County or city land 221 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 128 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.