Oregon Elk — Unit 26

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Oregon Unit 26 covers 528,717 acres and lies 32 miles south-west of Roseburg and 46 miles south-east of Coos Bay. 48% of it is public land, mostly BLM (36%) and national forest (10%). In 2025, 461 people hunted elk here and took 130 — 28% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 533 tags here for 4 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):732 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:143 Hunter success (2025):28% Public land:48% Size:528,717 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 26, 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

226A Powers Private 21 tags · 0 applicants · needed 6 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
226R Powers Unit Bow 62 tags · 65 applicants · needed 16 pts

9% Point builder
226T Powers Unit Youth 25 tags · 0 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
226X Powers Unit No. 1 533 tags · 4 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
226Y Powers Unit No. 2 91 tags · 74 applicants · needed 11 pts

6% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
226A ↗ Powers Private Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	6 +1 since 2022	21 / 0	Dec 1 – Feb 28, 2027
226R ↗ Powers Unit Bow Archery	9% Point builder	16 +4 since 2022	62 / 65	Aug 29 – Sep 27, 2026
226T ↗ Powers Unit Youth Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	2 steady since 2022	25 / 0	Aug 15 – Dec 31, 2026
226X ↗ Powers Unit No. 1 Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	533 / 4	Nov 14–18, 2026
226Y ↗ Powers Unit No. 2 Rifle	6% Point builder	11 −3 since 2022	91 / 74	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

Unit 26 within Oregon

Unit 26 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 262,933 ac · 50%
BLM 191,185 ac · 36%
National Forest 55,188 ac · 10%
Tribal 9,362 ac · 2%
State land 8,818 ac · 2%
Other public 624 ac · 0%
County or city land 535 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.