Oregon Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 35
Paulina
Oregon Unit 35 covers 1,393,081 acres and lies 26 miles south-east of Bend and 37 miles south of Redmond. 78% of it is public land, mostly national forest (41%) and BLM (35%). In 2025, 18 people hunted pronghorn here and took 15 — 83% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 17 tags here for 20 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 19 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 35, 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-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435 ↗ Paulina Unit Rifle | <1% Point builder | 19 +5 since 2022 | 17 / 20 | Aug 15–23, 2026 |
| 435M ↗ Paulina Unit Muzzleloader Muzzleloader | 2% Point builder | 11 +2 since 2022 | 6 / 5 | Aug 29 – Sep 6, 2026 |
| 435R ↗ Paulina Unit Bow Archery | 3% Point builder | 6 +1 since 2022 | 6 / 5 | Aug 29 – Sep 6, 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 | $646 |
Application window: opens Dec 1, closes May 15, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 565,902 ac · 41%
- BLM 484,180 ac · 35%
- Private 307,000 ac · 22%
- State land 31,001 ac · 2%
- County or city land 3,024 ac · 0%
- Other public 2,219 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 271 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 | 18 | 15 | 83% |
| 2024 | 24 | 7 | 29% |
| 2023 | 28 | 16 | 57% |
| 2022 | 18 | 11 | 61% |
| 2021 | 24 | 8 | 33% |
Boundary: ODFW Wildlife Management Unit boundaries (Compass ArcGIS service)
Harvest: ODFW 2025 Estimated Pronghorn Harvest by Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2024 Estimated Pronghorn Harvest by Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt
Harvest: ODFW 2023 Estimated Pronghorn Harvest by Wildlife Management Unit and Hunt