Oregon Elk Bear Deer (Antlerless)

Unit 10 (Saddle Mountain)

Oregon Hunting Guide — Elk, Bear, Deer (Antlerless)

Saddle Mountain is Oregon's northwest coast-range elk unit around Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties, topped by Saddle Mountain at 3246 feet. Bull hunts are controlled, 3-point-or-better, and most of the ground is private timberland.

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Elk Hunting in Unit 10

Where to Find Elk in the Saddle Mountain Unit: Clatsop Ridge, the Klaskanine and Ecola Creek

The named elk ground

ODFW's forecast gives actual places. It lists Clatsop Ridge, Davis Point, the lower Klaskanine River, Young's, Necanicum and Lewis and Clark Rivers, and Ecola Creek as areas with higher elk numbers and open habitat. Those are the first spots to put on a map. The forecast also says bull survival has been good over several seasons.

Coast-range ground and who owns it

The unit starts at the mouth of the Columbia, runs east along the state line to the Clatskanie River, then south through Clatskanie and down Highway 47. Saddle Mountain tops out at 3246 feet, with Nicolai Mountain and Onion Peak close behind. The low end sits at the coast. Only a small share is public land. ODFW's hunt notes say vehicle access to certain private lands may be restricted to weekends only, so check the weekend rules before you plan a drive. Circle Creek Campground and Ecola Park Hiker's Camp are the listed camps. Highway 26, OR 47 and OR 53 cross the unit, while Buchanan Creek Road and the Soapstone Mainline reach into the timber. Gearhart, Seaside, Astoria and Cathlamet are the nearest towns, and Big Eddy County Park is another camp.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

The Saddle Mtn Unit, WMU 10, covers about 1,032 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 25% public land. Named features inside the line fall in Clatsop County, Columbia County and Tillamook County. Elevation runs from about 2 to 3,246 feet. The highest named points are Saddle Mountain (3,246 ft), Nicolai Mountain (3,009 ft) and Onion Peak (2,964 ft). ODFW's line is the legal one, so check it against a current land-ownership map, and get permission before you cross private ground or a locked gate inside it.

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4–2,193 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 864 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,032.2 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 92%

Roughly 8% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

246 tanks
1,115 stream segments
89 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Saddle Mountain (3,246 ft), Nicolai Mountain (3,009 ft), Green Mountain (2,496 ft), Dog Thief Point (2,348 ft)

Holding ground: Tidewater Summit (1,264 ft), Elk Flats (508 ft)

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Elk in the Saddle Mountain Unit: winter bull tags, antlerless hunts and landowner permission

Know which tag you hold

Bull hunting is controlled, and the bag limit for rifle and archery is a bull with three points or better. That means you'll pass on spikes and small forks, so judge antlers before you shoot. The winter timing means wet weather, so plan on rain gear and a way to dry out. Most hunts here are antlerless hunts split by area, including Lower Columbia, Upper Nehalem, West Saddle Mountain and Central Saddle Mountain. Read the boundary for yours, because the neighbouring area may be closed to you.

Open spots and permission

Elk in this timber use openings, clearcuts and river bottoms, and the forecast's named areas show it. Glass those at first and last light, then sit on a trail or fence line near them. Since the ground is mostly private, ask permission early, and be clear about whether you'll hunt on foot. Pack-out through brush is hard work. Park where the landowner says, bring a game cart if the ground allows, and expect a wet, slow drag.

ODFW's 2026 elk hunts on this ground

Seasons, bag limits and tags come from ODFW's 2026 regulations. ODFW runs 7 more on this ground; the regulations list them all. Check the current book before you apply or go, because these change every year.

210X Saddle Mtn Unit No. 1, Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2027: 1,320 tags, one 3 pt+ bull elk.
210Y Saddle Mtn Unit No. 2, Dec. 1 - Mar. 31, 2027: 1,320 tags, one 3 pt+ bull elk.
210D Lower Columbia, Dec. 1 - Jan. 31, 2027: 83 tags, one antlerless elk.
210C2 Upper Nehalem No. 2, Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, 2027: 82 tags, one antlerless elk.
210A1 W Saddle Mtn No. 1, Dec. 1 - Dec. 31: 42 tags, one antlerless elk.
210B1 Central Saddle Mtn No. 1, Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, 2027: 39 tags, one antlerless elk.

The 2025 harvest in ODFW's numbers

ODFW's 2025 statistics for this WMU, covering elk hunters.

Saddle mtn: 2,400 hunters, 807 animals, 34% success over 10,903 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through this ground are US 26, OR 47, Rock Creek Mainline and Buchanan Creek Road. The nearest towns are Gearhart (14 mi), Seaside (15 mi) and Astoria (16 mi), measured from the centre of the unit.

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Named routes and what they need

US 26 — 18.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
OR 47 — 13.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Rock Creek Mainline — 6.8 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Buchanan Creek Road — 5.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Timber Road — 5.2 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Humbug Road — 4.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Gearhart — 14.4 mi · groceries, lodging, gear
Seaside — 14.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Astoria — 15.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Cathlamet — 16.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Warrenton — 18.1 mi · groceries, gear

Developed camps

Ecola Park Hiker's Camp · Fee
Big Eddy County Park
Loop O
Loop N
Loop H

Season weather and signal

Jan50° / 37° · 10.3" precip
Aug69° / 53° · 1.1" precip
Sep68° / 50° · 2.6" precip
Oct61° / 44° · 6.2" precip
Nov54° / 40° · 10.9" precip
Dec49° / 37° · 10.7" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Oregon rules that decide your day

Summarised from ODFW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Oregon has no general off-road retrieval allowance; several travel-management areas close roads during hunting season.

Tagging

Validate the tag and attach it to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public road, and no shooting within range of an occupied dwelling without permission.

Elk: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body. That is lungs, and on a quartering-away angle it picks up the far shoulder.

Shots to refuse

No straight-on and no straight-away shots. An elk's chest is deep and the margin is small.
Nothing standing behind or overlapping the animal you picked. A pass-through kills the elk behind it too.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have put three shots in a paper plate off the sticks you are actually carrying. Not the farthest you have ever hit anything.
Scope on 3–4x. A herd fills a 12x field of view and you lose the animal you picked.

Identification:On an antlerless tag, legal means no antler of any kind through the skin. A spike looks exactly like a cow until it turns its head. If you can't see the head, don't shoot.

Plan the carry: roughly 150– 220 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two to four large coolers, plus bagged ice from town. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Elk Success Rates

Unit 10: 807 of 2,400 hunters, 34%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Elk Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	11	688	1.5%	15
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	19	0.0%	15
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	83	247	32.0%	8
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	4	8	50.0%	8
Rifle — Controlled either sex (resident)	10	128	7.8%	8
Rifle — Controlled either sex (nonresident)	1	4	0.0%	8
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	1320	1,240	100.0%	6
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	66	38	100.0%	6
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	1320	1,034	100.0%	15
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	66	30	100.0%	15
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	41	295	13.2%	18
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	7	14.3%	18
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	43	270	15.2%	8
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	8	12.5%	8
Any Legal Weapon — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	39	220	17.3%	12
Any Legal Weapon — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	3	0.0%	12
Any Legal Weapon — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	38	199	18.6%	9
Any Legal Weapon — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	7	0.0%	9
Muzzleloader — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	82	238	34.0%	8
Muzzleloader — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	4	2	50.0%	8
Muzzleloader — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	79	191	39.8%	4
Muzzleloader — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	4	12	16.7%	4

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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From ODFW's 2026 regulations, residents and nonresidents together: 2026 tags against 2025 first-choice applicants.

210X Saddle Mtn Unit No. 1: 1,320 tags for 2026; 1,278 first-choice applicants in 2025.
210Y Saddle Mtn Unit No. 2: 1,320 tags for 2026; 1,064 first-choice applicants in 2025.
210D Lower Columbia: 83 tags for 2026; 255 first-choice applicants in 2025.
210C2 Upper Nehalem No. 2: 82 tags for 2026; 203 first-choice applicants in 2025.
210A1 W Saddle Mtn No. 1: 42 tags for 2026; 302 first-choice applicants in 2025.
210B1 Central Saddle Mtn No. 1: 39 tags for 2026; 223 first-choice applicants in 2025.

ODFW sets a point cut-off per hunt each year; its point summary reports carry it.

Bear Hunting in Unit 10

Saddle Mountain is the north Oregon coast ground around Seaside, Astoria and Clatskanie, topping out at 3,246 feet. Only a quarter of it is public, and the spring bear hunt runs across a block of coastal units.

Where to Find Black Bear in the Saddle Mountain Unit: clearcuts and creek bottoms of the north coast

Coast-range timber and a lot of private land

The boundary starts at the mouth of the Columbia River and runs east along the state line to the Clatskanie River, south through Clatskanie on Highway 47, then southwest on the Timber-Vernonia Highway and northwest on US 26 toward Highway 53 near Necanicum. The unit is mostly timberland, with about a quarter public. Expect to hunt a mix of public tracts and private holdings, so a good ownership map matters.

Small peaks, steep ground

Saddle Mountain, at 3,246 feet, is the high point, followed by Nicolai Mountain, Onion Peak, Sugarloaf Mountain and Elk Mountain. The named range runs from near sea level up. That's coast-range ground, with clearcuts, creeks and brush. Soapstone Mainline, Buchanan Creek Road, Highway 53 and Highway 47 give access. Circle Creek and Loop O campgrounds and Big Eddy County Park are the named places to camp, with Ecola Park Hiker's Camp near the coast. Seaside, Gearhart and Astoria are the named towns on the coast side, and Cathlamet sits across the river. Highway 26 cuts across the south end, and you'll need a map that shows ownership to know where you can park and walk. Don't rely on a map that only shows roads.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4–2,193 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 864 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,032.2 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 92%

Roughly 8% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

246 tanks
1,115 stream segments
89 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Saddle Mountain (3,246 ft), Nicolai Mountain (3,009 ft), Green Mountain (2,496 ft), Dog Thief Point (2,348 ft)

Holding ground: Tidewater Summit (1,264 ft), Elk Flats (508 ft)

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Black Bear in the Saddle Mountain Unit: spring clearcuts and a cautious approach

Hunt the openings

The spring bear hunt here is part of a larger northwest Oregon season that covers several coastal units. Bears feed in the openings left by logging and along creek bottoms, where new green growth comes in first. Glass clearcuts early and late, and look for tracks and scat on logging roads. Move slowly and keep the wind in your face. Bears have good noses.

Check access and keep it clean

Because most of the unit is private, call ahead and ask permission, and check whether a given gate or road is open to the public. Industrial timberland often changes its rules. If you find a bear, make sure of your shot and your backstop. Steep coast-range slopes and thick brush make recovery difficult, so plan to track carefully and bring a partner for the pack-out. Skin and quarter the animal in a way that keeps meat clean and cool, since spring weather can turn warm. ODFW's forecast has nothing specific on bears for this unit, so don't expect a tip on berry crops or numbers. Scout instead. Drive logging roads slowly at first light, look for fresh sign, then move to where you find it. Glass clearcuts from a road if you can't walk the ground.

ODFW's 2026 black bear hunts on this ground

Seasons, bag limits and tags come from ODFW's 2026 regulations. Check the current book before you apply or go, because these change every year.

710A NW Oregon, Apr. 1 - May 31: 1,430 tags.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 10

Named routes and what they need

US 26 — 18.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
OR 47 — 13.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Rock Creek Mainline — 6.8 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Buchanan Creek Road — 5.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Timber Road — 5.2 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Humbug Road — 4.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Gearhart — 14.4 mi · groceries, lodging, gear
Seaside — 14.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Astoria — 15.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Cathlamet — 16.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Warrenton — 18.1 mi · groceries, gear

Developed camps

Ecola Park Hiker's Camp · Fee
Big Eddy County Park
Loop O
Loop N
Loop H

Season weather and signal

Jan50° / 37° · 10.3" precip
Aug69° / 53° · 1.1" precip
Sep68° / 50° · 2.6" precip
Oct61° / 44° · 6.2" precip
Nov54° / 40° · 10.9" precip
Dec49° / 37° · 10.7" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Oregon rules that decide your day

Summarised from ODFW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Oregon has no general off-road retrieval allowance; several travel-management areas close roads during hunting season.

Tagging

Validate the tag and attach it to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public road, and no shooting within range of an occupied dwelling without permission.

Bear: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Bear Success Rates

ODFW published no 2025 harvest figure we can tie to this ground for black bear.

Bear Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Archery — Controlled either sex (resident)	1430	1,692	81.6%	7
Archery — Controlled either sex (nonresident)	72	57	86.0%	7

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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From ODFW's 2026 regulations, residents and nonresidents together: 2026 tags against 2025 first-choice applicants.

710A NW Oregon: 1,430 tags for 2026; 1,749 first-choice applicants in 2025.

ODFW sets a point cut-off per hunt each year; its point summary reports carry it.

Deer (Antlerless) Hunting in Unit 10

Saddle Mountain is a Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook County coast range unit between the Columbia River, US 26 and Highway 47. ODFW says deer densities remain favorable throughout the unit and names several creeks and rivers to scout.

Where to Find Antlerless Deer in the Saddle Mountain Unit: Vollmer Creek, the Klaskanine and the Necanicum

The places ODFW names

ODFW's forecast says deer densities remain favorable throughout the unit. Areas to look at include Vollmer Creek, Green Mountain, the lower Klaskanine, and Young's, Lewis and Clark and Necanicum rivers in Clatsop County. In Columbia County it names Fall, Deer and Crooked creeks. That's a ready-made scouting list, and it's more specific than most forecasts. Gearhart, Seaside, Astoria and Cathlamet are the nearest towns.

Boundary and named peaks

The boundary starts at the mouth of the Columbia River, runs east to the Clatskanie River, then south on Highway 47 and the Timber-Vernonia Highway to US 26. Saddle Mountain tops out at 3,246 feet, with Nicolai Mountain, Onion Peak, Sugarloaf Mountain and Elk Mountain among the named summits. Public land is a minority, so know whose ground you're on. Big Eddy County Park and Circle Creek Campground are named camps. Start with the places ODFW names and work outward. Drive the roads along those creeks in the evening, glass the openings and note where deer are feeding. Check ownership as you go, since many of the best-looking spots will be private or timber company ground, and gates close early.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4–2,193 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 864 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,032.2 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 92%

Roughly 8% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

246 tanks
1,115 stream segments
89 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Saddle Mountain (3,246 ft), Nicolai Mountain (3,009 ft), Green Mountain (2,496 ft), Dog Thief Point (2,348 ft)

Holding ground: Tidewater Summit (1,264 ft), Elk Flats (508 ft)

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

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How to Hunt Antlerless Deer in the Saddle Mountain Unit: doe hunting on a general season

An antlerless tag is a meat hunt

The Saddle Mountain Unit antlerless hunt and its youth hunt are both for antlerless deer, which makes them a meat hunt. You aren't hunting a trophy, so be patient and choose a clean shot. Sit on a clearcut edge or a brushy creek bottom at first and last light, and let deer feed into range. Does move with fawns, so wait for a single animal and check behind it before you shoot.

Youth hunters and the pack-out

Antlerless hunts are a good way to bring a youth hunter into the field, since deer are widespread and chances come often. Pick a spot near a road where the walk is short, and keep the day relaxed. ODFW says buck escapement was above benchmark, about 20 per 100 does, for the unit, which suggests a healthy herd. Wet coast weather can spoil meat fast, so get it cooled and into game bags quickly.

ODFW's 2026 antlerless deer hunts on this ground

Seasons, bag limits and tags come from ODFW's 2026 regulations. Check the current book before you apply or go, because these change every year.

610 Saddle Mtn Unit, Oct. 3 - Nov. 6: 408 tags, one antlerless deer.
610T Saddle Mtn Unit Youth, Oct. 3 - Nov. 8: 83 tags, one antlerless deer.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 10

Named routes and what they need

US 26 — 18.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
OR 47 — 13.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Rock Creek Mainline — 6.8 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Buchanan Creek Road — 5.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Timber Road — 5.2 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Humbug Road — 4.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Gearhart — 14.4 mi · groceries, lodging, gear
Seaside — 14.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Astoria — 15.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Cathlamet — 16.9 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Warrenton — 18.1 mi · groceries, gear

Developed camps

Ecola Park Hiker's Camp · Fee
Big Eddy County Park
Loop O
Loop N
Loop H

Season weather and signal

Jan50° / 37° · 10.3" precip
Aug69° / 53° · 1.1" precip
Sep68° / 50° · 2.6" precip
Oct61° / 44° · 6.2" precip
Nov54° / 40° · 10.9" precip
Dec49° / 37° · 10.7" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Oregon rules that decide your day

Summarised from ODFW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Oregon has no general off-road retrieval allowance; several travel-management areas close roads during hunting season.

Tagging

Validate the tag and attach it to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public road, and no shooting within range of an occupied dwelling without permission.

Deer (Antlerless): where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Deer (Antlerless) Success Rates

ODFW published no 2025 harvest figure we can tie to this ground for antlerless deer.

Deer (Antlerless) Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (resident)	408	1,718	23.5%	16
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (nonresident)	20	17	29.4%	16
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (resident)	83	131	61.8%	4
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (nonresident)	4	2	100.0%	4

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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ODFW's 2026 regulations give no first-choice applicant figure we can tie to a single hunt here. See ODFW's point summary reports.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Camp Sites

Developed campgrounds: Ecola Park Hiker's Camp, Big Eddy County Park, Loop O, Loop N.

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Road Conditions

US 26, OR 47 and Rock Creek Mainline are the longest named roads.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features run from 2 to 3,246 ft.

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Weather

Season normals: Sep 68/50°F, 2.6 in.; Oct 61/44°F, 6.2 in.; Nov 54/40°F, 10.9 in.; Dec 49/37°F, 10.7 in..

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Nearest Town

Gearhart (14 mi), Seaside (15 mi), Astoria (16 mi)

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Permit Notes

Check ODFW's 2026 regulations for hunt boundaries, seasons and tag rules before you go.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What ground does this Oregon elk page cover?

The Saddle Mtn Unit, WMU 10, covers about 1,032 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 25% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 elk hunt here?

Hunt 210X Saddle Mtn Unit No. 1: Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2027, 1,320 tags, one 3 pt+ bull elk, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for elk here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 10: 2,400 hunters took 807 animals, 34% success.

What ground does this Oregon black bear page cover?

The Saddle Mtn Unit, WMU 10, covers about 1,032 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 25% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 black bear hunt here?

Hunt 710A NW Oregon: Apr. 1 - May 31, 1,430 tags, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What ground does this Oregon antlerless deer page cover?

The Saddle Mtn Unit, WMU 10, covers about 1,032 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 25% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 antlerless deer hunt here?

Hunt 610 Saddle Mtn Unit: Oct. 3 - Nov. 6, 408 tags, one antlerless deer, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-30.

2026 Oregon Big Game Hunting Regulations — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · supports: Hunt areas and boundary descriptions, Seasons, bag limits and 2026 tags · accessed 2026-10-30
Big Game hunting forecast, 2026/27 — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · supports: Field reports by hunt area and WMU · accessed 2026-10-30
Big game hunting harvest statistics, 2025 — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · supports: Hunters, harvest and success · accessed 2026-10-30
Wildlife Management Units (ArcGIS) — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · supports: 1,032 square miles · accessed 2026-10-30
Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the boundary — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Saddle Mountain 3,246 ft, Nicolai Mountain 3,009 ft · accessed 2026-10-30