Oregon Elk — Unit 68

Whitehorse

Oregon Unit 68 covers 3,132,625 acres and lies 117 miles south of Ontario. 91% of it is public land, mostly BLM (88%) and state land (3%). In 2025, 96 people hunted elk here and took 19 — 20% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 114 tags here for 23 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.

Tags (2026):114 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:23 Hunter success (2025):20% Public land:91% Size:3,132,625 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 68, 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

268 Whitehorse Unit 114 tags · 23 applicants · needed 3 pts

88% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
268 ↗ Whitehorse Unit	88% Likely draw	3 steady since 2023	114 / 23	Oct 17 – Jan 31, 2027

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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Unit 68

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

268A — E Whitehorse Standard

The country

Unit 68 within Oregon

Unit 68 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 2,751,785 ac · 88%
Private 275,899 ac · 9%
State land 80,932 ac · 3%
Tribal 18,760 ac · 1%
Other public 3,584 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.