Oregon Elk — Unit 20
Siuslaw
Oregon Unit 20 covers 969,747 acres and lies 26 miles south-west of Eugene. 42% of it is public land, mostly BLM (25%) and national forest (13%). In 2025, 1,772 people hunted elk here and took 283 — 16% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 50 tags here for 4 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 20, 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-
4% Point builder
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100% No first-choice applicants
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220 ↗ Siuslaw Unit | 4% Point builder | 6 +3 since 2022 | 50 / 4 | Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027 |
| 220T ↗ Siuslaw Unit Youth | 100% No first-choice applicants | 1 −3 since 2022 | 15 / 0 | 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 555,836 ac · 57%
- BLM 242,428 ac · 25%
- National Forest 124,218 ac · 13%
- State land 24,307 ac · 3%
- Other public 17,614 ac · 2%
- Tribal 4,976 ac · 1%
- County or city land 672 ac · 0%
Source: BLM Oregon/Washington Land Status Ownership (BLM_OR_Ownership MapServer)
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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,772 | 283 | 16% |
| 2024 | 1,680 | 240 | 14% |
| 2023 | 1,669 | 213 | 13% |
| 2022 | 1,738 | 229 | 13% |
| 2021 | 1,704 | 235 | 14% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 209 · 74% · 1,375 hunters, 15% success
- Archery 74 · 26% · 397 hunters, 19% success
Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2024 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt