Oregon Elk — Unit 36

Maury

Oregon Unit 36 covers 705,095 acres and lies 37 miles south-east of Prineville and 49 miles south-east of Redmond. 57% of it is public land, mostly BLM (45%) and national forest (9%). In 2025, 67 people hunted elk here and took 6 — 9% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 89 tags here for 4 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.

Tags (2026):158 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:13 Hunter success (2025):9% Public land:57% Size:705,095 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 36, 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

236A Maury - Hampton Butte 11 tags · 0 applicants · needed 3 pts

100% No first-choice applicants
236R Maury Unit Bow 89 tags · 4 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% Likely draw
236T Maury Unit Youth 14 tags · 1 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Undersubscribed
236X Maury Unit No. 1 22 tags · 2 applicants · needed 2 pts

14% Point builder
236Y Maury Unit No. 2 22 tags · 6 applicants · needed 3 pts

9% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
236A ↗ Maury - Hampton Butte Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	3 −2 since 2022	11 / 0	Aug 13 – Nov 13, 2026
236R ↗ Maury Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	2 +1 since 2022	89 / 4	Aug 29 – Sep 27, 2026
236T ↗ Maury Unit Youth Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	1 steady since 2022	14 / 1 undersubscribed	Aug 15 – Dec 31, 2026
236X ↗ Maury Unit No. 1 Rifle	14% Point builder	2 −2 since 2022	22 / 2	Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2026
236Y ↗ Maury Unit No. 2 Rifle	9% Point builder	3 −2 since 2022	22 / 6	Nov 7–15, 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 36 within Oregon

Unit 36 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

BLM 317,975 ac · 45%
Private 301,282 ac · 43%
National Forest 61,913 ac · 9%
State land 19,816 ac · 3%
Bureau of Reclamation 4,420 ac · 1%

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.