Oregon Elk — Unit 47

Northside

Oregon Unit 47 covers 713,864 acres and lies 65 miles west of Baker City and 76 miles south of Pendleton. 41% of it is public land, mostly national forest (33%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 2,374 people hunted elk here and took 466 — 20% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1,709 tags here for 75 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 1 points.

Tags (2026):5,076 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:305 Hunter success (2025):20% Public land:41% Size:713,864 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 47, 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

247 Northside Unit 379 tags · 18 applicants · needed 1 pts

69% Real chance
247A1 Northside Private No. 1 266 tags · 16 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
247A2 Northside Private No. 2 257 tags · 20 applicants · needed 2 pts

100% Likely draw
247B W Northside 306 tags · 23 applicants · needed 1 pts

45% Real chance
247C E Northside 444 tags · 50 applicants · needed 3 pts

15% Point builder
247D1 Northside - Ritter Private No.1 1,033 tags · 37 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
247D2 Northside - Ritter Private No.2 263 tags · 9 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
247R Northside Unit Bow 1,709 tags · 75 applicants · needed 1 pts

100% Likely draw
247X Northside Unit 419 tags · 57 applicants · needed 2 pts

21% Long shot

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
247 ↗ Northside Unit Rifle	69% Real chance	1 steady since 2022	379 / 18	Nov 21–29, 2026
247A1 ↗ Northside Private No. 1 Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	266 / 16	Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2026
247A2 ↗ Northside Private No. 2 Rifle	100% Likely draw	2 +1 since 2022	257 / 20	Nov 7–15, 2026
247B ↗ W Northside Rifle	45% Real chance	1 steady since 2022	306 / 23	Nov 7–15, 2026
247C ↗ E Northside Rifle	15% Point builder	3 steady since 2022	444 / 50	Nov 7–15, 2026
247D1 ↗ Northside - Ritter Private No.1 Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	1,033 / 37	Aug 1 – Dec 31, 2026
247D2 ↗ Northside - Ritter Private No.2 Rifle	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	263 / 9	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2027
247R ↗ Northside Unit Bow Archery	100% Likely draw	1 steady since 2022	1,709 / 75	Aug 29 – Sep 27, 2026
247X ↗ Northside Unit Rifle	21% Long shot	2 steady since 2022	419 / 57	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 47 within Oregon

Unit 47 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 420,016 ac · 59%
National Forest 237,387 ac · 33%
BLM 48,300 ac · 7%
National Park Service 5,439 ac · 1%
State land 3,032 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.