Hunt 166 Malheur Rvr Unit (buck deer)

Hunt code
166
Unit
166, Malheur Rvr Unit
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2025

Not offered in the draw after 2025. The figures below are its last draws.

In 2025, 1,171 of 2,634 residents drew (44%). The preference draw reached 2 points. 308 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2025, 61 of 165 nonresidents drew (37%). The preference draw reached 2 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 43% (ODFW draft).

2025 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew. “Drew” counts the preference draw only; ODFW doesn't report random-draw winners by point level.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1311100%
744100%
633100%
51717100%
46969100%
3456456100%
265831348%
182700%
059900%
All2,6341,17144%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1311100%
633100%
533100%
41111100%
32525100%
2351851%
14100%
04600%
All1656137%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; ODFW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20251,2322,6341,1712165612
20241,1552,5631,0982134572
20231,1002,7061,0462119542
20221,0452,7269982123472
20219902,6839582106322
20201,1002,4671,071281292
012202020212022202320242025
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft1,02344043%
20231,00437237%
202294646749%

Reading these numbers

Preference points with a random slice. For each controlled deer, elk and pronghorn hunt, 75% of tags go to first-choice applicants in order of points and 25% are drawn at random among all first-choice applicants, whatever their points. The count drawn at each point level is the preference draw only; the hunt's total drawn includes the random winners, but ODFW doesn't say how many points they held, and it prints no cutoff line. Bighorn sheep and mountain goat are once-in-a-lifetime random draws with no points. Landowner-preference applicants are a separate pool and are not included. Permits are ODFW's tags authorized for the hunt, not split by residency.

  • 2024ODFW's Applicants by Hunt Choice report prints 2713 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 2697.

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Units listed next to it

In ODFW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.