Oregon Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 51

Sumpter

Oregon Unit 51 covers 976,784 acres and lies 12 miles south-west of Baker City and 49 miles south of La Grande. 46% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and BLM (14%). In 2025, 5 people hunted pronghorn here and took 5 — 100% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 5 tags here for 11 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 16 points.

Tags (2026):5 Nonresident share:capped at 3% Applicants:11 Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:46% Size:976,784 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 51, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

1 license on offer · 5 tags · 11 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
  • 451 Sumpter Unit 5 tags · 11 applicants · needed 16 pts
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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

Baker City La Grande Ontario Pendleton Prineville
Unit 51 within Oregon
46 47 48 53 62 63 64 65 Baker City La Grande Ontario
Unit 51 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 532,316 ac · 54%
  • National Forest 305,316 ac · 31%
  • BLM 134,743 ac · 14%
  • State land 2,693 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 2,133 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 5 5 100%
2024 5 4 80%
2023 5 5 100%
2022 5 3 60%
2021 5 5 100%

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

How we compute draw odds · All Oregon pronghorn hunts