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.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 5 | 17 | 17 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 4 | 69 | 69 | 100% | 11 | 11 | 100% |
| 3 | 456 | 456 | 100% | 25 | 25 | 100% |
| 2 | 658 | 313 | 48% | 35 | 18 | 51% |
| 1 | 827 | 0 | 0% | 41 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 599 | 0 | 0% | 46 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 2,634 | 1,171 | 44% | 165 | 61 | 37% |
Year by year
Permits are the hunt's total; ODFW doesn't split them by residency in this report.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2025 | 1,232 | 2,634 | 1,171 | 2 | 165 | 61 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1,155 | 2,563 | 1,098 | 2 | 134 | 57 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1,100 | 2,706 | 1,046 | 2 | 119 | 54 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | 2,726 | 998 | 2 | 123 | 47 | 2 |
| 2021 | 990 | 2,683 | 958 | 2 | 106 | 32 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1,100 | 2,467 | 1,071 | 2 | 81 | 29 | 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024ODFW draft | 1,023 | 440 | 43% |
| 2023 | 1,004 | 372 | 37% |
| 2022 | 946 | 467 | 49% |
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.
Sources
- 20252025 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20252025 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20252025 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20252025 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20242024 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20242024 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20242024 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20242024 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 2024Antlerless Deer Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 2024Buck Deer Any Legal Weapon Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 2024Buck Deer Archery Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 2024Buck Deer Muzzleloader Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20232023 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20232023 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20232023 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20232023 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20232023 Antlerless Deer Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20232023 Buck Deer Any Legal Weapon Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20232023 Buck Deer Archery Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20232023 Buck Deer Muzzleloader Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20222022 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20222022 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20222022 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20222022 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20222022 Antlerless Deer Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20222022 Buck Deer Any Legal Weapon Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20222022 Buck Deer Archery Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20222022 Buck Deer Muzzleloader Harvest Summary(harvest)
- 20212021 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20212021 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20212021 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20212021 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20202020 Antlerless Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20202020 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
- 20202020 Buck Deer Applicants by Hunt Choice(draw)
- 20202020 Buck Deer Preference Point Draw Report(draw)
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