Oregon publishes deer harvest in a form FDR could rank for 67 hunt units. Melrose WMU 23 is highest at 2.4 deer harvested per square mile in 2025. Trask WMU 14 has 1.6 in 2025 and Scappoose WMU 11 has 1.5 in 2025. For success rate Interstate WMU 75 leads at 64% in 2025 and Columbia Basin WMU 44 has 61% in 2025. Harvest in a hunt unit includes private land, so the public share is shown next to each unit. The rankings describe reported harvest and do not measure access or hunting pressure.
KEY FINDINGS
- Melrose WMU 23 has the highest harvest per square mile at 2.4. The agency reported 2,251 deer on 610,244 acres in 2025.
- Interstate WMU 75 has the best success rate at 64%. Its harvest per square mile ranks 42 of 67.
- 67 hunt units are ranked. Ranks compare areas measured in 2025 and each row shows its own newest year.
Oregon public land rankings
Best public land in Oregon
Derived FDR figures from state agency numbers. Season measured 2025. Captured October 19, 2026. Harvest per square mile is the agency's deer harvest divided by the area's size. Success rate is the agency's published rate or harvest divided by hunters. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Order uses the unrounded values and tied values share a rank. Blank cells mean the agency did not publish the figure.
Public share includes state trust land that licensed hunters may use with conditions. It is an upper bound where some tracts are landlocked or excluded.
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Hunt units
Top 15 of 67 ranked hunt units by deer harvest per square mile. Hunt units include private land, so the public share column shows how much of each unit is public land open to hunting.
15 of 67 hunt units shown
| 1 | Melrose WMU 23 | 610,244 | 2025 | 2,251 | 2.4 | 49% | 11 | 147.5 | 15.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Trask WMU 14 | 831,123 | 2025 | 2,031 | 1.6 | 32% | 43 | 542.3 | 41.8% |
| 3 | Scappoose WMU 11 | 474,465 | 2025 | 1,134 | 1.5 | 38% | 29 | 61.5 | 8.3% |
| 4 | Evans Creek WMU 29 | 664,574 | 2025 | 1,550 | 1.5 | 47% | 15 | 445.4 | 42.9% |
| 5 | Rogue WMU 30 | 930,440 | 2025 | 2,065 | 1.4 | 27% | 51 | 824.3 | 56.7% |
| 6 | Stott Mountain WMU 17 | 317,517 | 2025 | 686 | 1.4 | 38% | 31 | 108.0 | 21.8% |
| 7 | Saddle Mountain WMU 10 | 590,888 | 2025 | 1,267 | 1.4 | 30% | 46 | 237.5 | 25.7% |
| 8 | Applegate WMU 28 | 843,514 | 2025 | 1,758 | 1.3 | 41% | 25 | 761.8 | 57.8% |
| 9 | Dixon WMU 22 | 989,042 | 2025 | 1,927 | 1.2 | 46% | 17 | 1,156.4 | 74.8% |
| 10 | Wilson WMU 12 | 367,319 | 2025 | 711 | 1.2 | 27% | 50 | 380.9 | 66.4% |
| 11 | McKenzie WMU 19 | 1,674,165 | 2025 | 2,817 | 1.1 | 36% | 34 | 1,580.2 | 60.4% |
| 12 | Willamette WMU 15 | 1,817,379 | 2025 | 2,696 | 0.95 | 30% | 45 | 75.4 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Santiam WMU 16 | 2,112,408 | 2025 | 3,097 | 0.94 | 30% | 44 | 2,081.0 | 63.0% |
| 14 | Indigo WMU 21 | 1,236,533 | 2025 | 1,663 | 0.86 | 41% | 25 | 1,322.0 | 68.4% |
| 15 | Sled Springs WMU 57 | 565,985 | 2025 | 709 | 0.80 | 46% | 17 | 185.9 | 21.0% |
Top 10 by success rate
10 of 67 hunt units with a success rate shown
| 42 | Interstate WMU 75 | 1,358,862 | 2025 | 610 | 0.29 | 64% | 1 | 1,212.1 | 57.1% |
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| 33 | Columbia Basin WMU 44 | 1,809,309 | 2025 | 932 | 0.33 | 61% | 2 | 146.0 | 5.2% |
| 62 | Owyhee WMU 67 | 1,920,067 | 2025 | 295 | 0.098 | 58% | 3 | 2,414.4 | 80.5% |
| 24 | Minam WMU 60 | 366,611 | 2025 | 294 | 0.51 | 58% | 4 | 422.3 | 73.7% |
| 32 | Biggs WMU 43 | 1,258,972 | 2025 | 679 | 0.35 | 56% | 5 | 240.2 | 12.2% |
| 64 | Whitehorse WMU 68 | 3,121,335 | 2025 | 164 | 0.034 | 51% | 6 | 4,413.3 | 90.5% |
| 59 | Warner WMU 74 | 589,011 | 2025 | 104 | 0.11 | 51% | 7 | 641.1 | 69.7% |
| 20 | Sixes WMU 25 | 631,529 | 2025 | 692 | 0.70 | 51% | 8 | 285.8 | 29.0% |
| 26 | Walla Walla WMU 55 | 195,736 | 2025 | 126 | 0.41 | 50% | 9 | 100.4 | 32.8% |
| 65 | Beatys Butte WMU 70 | 1,651,660 | 2025 | 63 | 0.024 | 50% | 9 | 2,136.7 | 82.8% |
01Hunt units
67 hunt units ranked on harvest per square mile
Melrose WMU 23 has the most deer harvested per square mile at 2.4 in 2025. Trask WMU 14 has 1.6 in 2025 and Scappoose WMU 11 has 1.5 in 2025.
The public share is the part of each unit that is public land open to hunting. Public share includes state trust land that licensed hunters may use with conditions. It is an upper bound where some tracts are landlocked or excluded.
02Success rate
Top 10 hunt units by success rate
Interstate WMU 75 has the best success rate at 64% in 2025. Columbia Basin WMU 44 has 61% in 2025 and Owyhee WMU 67 has 58% in 2025.
Success rate is the agency's published figure or harvest divided by hunters. Every ranked unit has one.
03Basis of this report
Sources and method
FDR divided the agency's deer harvest by the area's size to get harvest per square mile. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Ranks compare areas measured in 2025 and each row shows its own newest year.
Oregon figures add up every deer hunt the agency prints for the unit. Success is harvest divided by hunters over those same hunts. The two newest seasons also add a few antlerless hunts that the agency's unit tables leave out but its public and private land summaries list.
Success rate is the agency's published figure or harvest divided by hunters. Tied values share a rank and the order uses the unrounded values.
A ranking does not evaluate an individual property and does not confirm that it is open to hunting for you.
Sources
NOTES AND SOURCES
- Derived FDR figures from state agency numbers. Season measured 2025. Captured October 19, 2026. Harvest per square mile is the agency's deer harvest divided by the area's size. Success rate is the agency's published rate or harvest divided by hunters. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Order uses the unrounded values and tied values share a rank. Blank cells mean the agency did not publish the figure.
Fully Drawn Research is an independent data analysis desk, not affiliated with any state wildlife agency, transportation agency, mapping provider or outfitter. FDR rankings are independent analysis of state agency numbers. A ranking does not evaluate an individual property.
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