Oregon Elk — Unit 34

Upper Deschutes

Oregon Unit 34 covers 897,680 acres and lies 19 miles south-west of Bend and 33 miles south-west of Redmond. 76% of it is public land, mostly national forest (70%) and BLM (5%). In 2025, 1,078 people hunted elk here and took 155 — 14% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1,912 tags here for 23 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):2,318 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:50 Hunter success (2025):14% Public land:76% Size:897,680 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 34, 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

234B Tumalo 22 tags · 5 applicants · needed 3 pts

4% Point builder
234M E Cascade Muzzleloader 198 tags · 13 applicants · needed 1 pts

19% Long shot
234R Upper Deschutes Unit Bow 131 tags · 2 applicants · needed 1 pts

51% Real chance
234T E Cascade Youth 55 tags · 7 applicants · needed 2 pts

13% Point builder
234X E Central Cascades 1,912 tags · 23 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
234B ↗ Tumalo Rifle	4% Point builder	3 steady since 2022	22 / 5	Nov 20 – Dec 31, 2026
234M ↗ E Cascade Muzzleloader Muzzleloader	19% Long shot	1 −2 since 2022	198 / 13	Nov 7–15, 2026
234R ↗ Upper Deschutes Unit Bow Archery	51% Real chance	1 steady since 2022	131 / 2	Aug 29 – Sep 27, 2026
234T ↗ E Cascade Youth Rifle	13% Point builder	2 −1 since 2022	55 / 7	Aug 15 – Dec 31, 2026
234X ↗ E Central Cascades Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	1,912 / 23	Oct 28 – Nov 1, 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 34 within Oregon

Unit 34 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

National Forest 631,709 ac · 70%
Private 214,601 ac · 24%
BLM 43,884 ac · 5%
State land 3,804 ac · 0%
Other public 3,748 ac · 0%
County or city land 317 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.