Oregon Elk — Unit 77

Fort Rock

Oregon Unit 77 covers 1,129,366 acres and lies 59 miles south of Bend and 71 miles north of Klamath Falls. 71% of it is public land, mostly national forest (57%) and BLM (8%). In 2025, 623 people hunted elk here and took 31 — 5% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 150 tags here for 7 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.

Tags (2026):150 Nonresident share:capped at 5% Applicants:7 Hunter success (2025):5% Public land:71% Size:1,129,366 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 77, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

1 license on offer · 150 tags · 7 applicants in the 2026 draw

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
  • 277A North Lake 150 tags · 7 applicants · needed 3 pts
    13% Point builder
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

Bend Klamath Falls Cottage Grove Roseburg Sweet Home
Unit 77 within Oregon
21 22 30 33 34 35 36 73 76 Eagle Point
Unit 77 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 638,810 ac · 57%
  • Private 324,121 ac · 29%
  • BLM 93,438 ac · 8%
  • State land 46,939 ac · 4%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 25,750 ac · 2%
  • Other public 336 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 115 ac · 0%
  • National Park Service 17 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 9 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Oregon/Washington Land Status Ownership (BLM_OR_Ownership MapServer)

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.

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 623 31 5%
2024 744 83 11%
2023 1,126 78 7%
2022 1,227 117 10%
2021 1,058 100 9%

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Rifle 15 · 48% · 372 hunters, 4% success
  • Archery 14 · 45% · 227 hunters, 6% success
  • Muzzleloader 2 · 6% · 24 hunters, 8% success

Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)

Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Any Legal Weapon Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt

Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Archery Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt

Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Muzzleloader Elk Harvest by Zone, Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt

How we compute draw odds · All Oregon elk hunts