Hunt 623 Melrose Unit (antlerless deer)

Hunt code
623
Unit
623, Melrose Unit
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2026

In 2026, 272 of 667 residents drew (41%). The preference draw reached 2 points. 68 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2026, 3 of 5 nonresidents drew (60%). The preference draw reached 2 points. 1 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 45% (ODFW draft).

2026 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
2611100%
1211100%
611100%
51313100%
41515100%
33535100%
214913893%
120300%
024900%
All66727241%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
311100%
211100%
1100%
0200%
All5360%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20262756672722532
2025275654275140–
20242757162742414
2023275686275200–
2022263797263240–
20212637472612422
2020263668263220–
0242020202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft2019145%
20232099746%
20221817541%

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 721 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 720.

Sources

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Units listed next to it

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