Oregon Elk — Unit 25
Sixes
Oregon Unit 25 covers 637,076 acres and lies 35 miles south of Coos Bay and 53 miles south-west of Roseburg. 31% of it is public land, mostly national forest (24%) and BLM (3%). In 2025, 709 people hunted elk here and took 304 — 43% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 250 tags here for 5 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 25, 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-
66% Real chance
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100% No first-choice applicants
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100% Likely draw
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100% Undersubscribed
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82% Likely draw
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100% Likely draw
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225A ↗ N Sixes Rifle | 66% Real chance | 3 +2 since 2022 | 250 / 5 | Dec 1 – Feb 28, 2027 |
| 225B ↗ Curry Private Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 3 steady since 2022 | 22 / 0 | Dec 1 – Feb 28, 2027 |
| 225M ↗ Sixes Muzzleloader Muzzleloader | 100% Likely draw | 21 +12 since 2024 | 62 / 10 | Oct 10–14, 2026 |
| 225T ↗ Sixes Unit Youth Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 1 steady since 2022 | 138 / 2 undersubscribed | Aug 15 – Dec 31, 2026 |
| 225X ↗ Sixes Unit No. 1 Rifle | 82% Likely draw | 9 +1 since 2022 | 222 / 41 | Nov 14–18, 2026 |
| 225Y ↗ Sixes Unit No. 2 Rifle | 100% Likely draw | 3 −3 since 2022 | 229 / 20 | Nov 21–29, 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 439,278 ac · 69%
- National Forest 152,554 ac · 24%
- BLM 22,016 ac · 3%
- State land 14,014 ac · 2%
- Other public 6,717 ac · 1%
- Tribal 1,014 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 924 ac · 0%
- County or city land 48 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 2 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 | 709 | 304 | 43% |
| 2024 | 782 | 349 | 45% |
| 2023 | 738 | 330 | 45% |
| 2022 | 811 | 323 | 40% |
| 2021 | 807 | 317 | 39% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 219 · 72% · 490 hunters, 45% success
- Archery 72 · 24% · 187 hunters, 39% success
- Muzzleloader 13 · 4% · 32 hunters, 41% 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 2025 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt