Hunt 266X N Malheur Rvr No. 1 (elk)

Hunt code
266X
Unit
266X, N Malheur Rvr No. 1
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2026

In 2026, 341 of 692 residents drew (49%). The preference draw reached 1 point. 88 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2026, 13 of 42 nonresidents drew (31%). The preference draw reached 2 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 17% (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
644100%
533100%
477100%
33232100%
218217998%
12612811%
020300%
All69234149%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
622100%
522100%
333100%
214643%
11300%
0800%
All421331%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026358692341142132
2025358745341142152
2024385689366148192
2023413778393149202
2022413730393165202
2021413704394146191
2020440698422127181
0122020202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft3085317%
2023339288%
20223464914%

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.

  • 2025ODFW's Applicants by Hunt Choice report prints 789 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 787.

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Units listed next to it

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