Oregon Elk Deer (Buck) Deer (Antlerless)

Unit 27 (Chetco)

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

Chetco is a big south-coast elk unit from Gold Beach to Grants Pass and the California line, mostly public land. The 2026 hunts include a controlled bull rifle hunt through winter, and ODFW says success has been consistent.

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Elk Hunting in Unit 27

Where to Find Elk in the Chetco Unit: Rogue River to the California line

Rogue, US 199 and the coast

ODFW's boundary starts at Gold Beach and runs east on the Rogue River to Grants Pass, then southwest on US 199 to the Oregon-California line. It follows the line west to the Pacific and returns northwest along the coastline. Most of the unit is public. The named high points are Brandy Peak at 5284 ft, Pearsoll Peak, Sugarloaf Mountain, Fish Hook Peak and Fiddler Mountain.

What ODFW says about success

ODFW's forecast says both seasons of the Chetco controlled rifle hunt showed the same consistent hunter success as in previous years. Named elevations run from sea level up to those peaks, which is a wide spread of habitat in a single unit. Cave Junction, Gold Beach, Harbor and Brookings are the nearest towns, and US 199, CR 595, FR 4402 and Galice Road are among the named roads. Curry and Josephine counties share the unit. Most of it is public land, and the Siskiyou National Forest and the Coos Bay and Medford BLM maps show where it falls, so there's plenty of room to scout.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

The Chetco Unit, WMU 27, covers about 1,688 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 82% public land. Named features inside the line fall in Curry County and Josephine County. Elevation runs from about 3 to 5,284 feet. The highest named points are Brandy Peak (5,284 ft), Pearsoll Peak (5,073 ft) and Sugarloaf Mountain (4,997 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 27 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

803–4,763 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,170 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,688 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

National Forest — 60%
BLM — 15%
State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

226 tanks
7 springs
10,660 stream segments
17 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: Brandy Peak (5,284 ft), Pearsoll Peak (5,073 ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (4,997 ft), Fish Hook Peak (4,997 ft)

Holding ground: Freeland Saddle (4,169 ft), Fairview Meadow (3,969 ft), Gold Basin (3,933 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 Elk in the Chetco Unit: steady success, a long reach and rain

Plan around the weather

The controlled hunt runs into winter, and this coast gets wet. Bring good rain gear, a way to keep meat dry and a vehicle that can handle forest roads, such as FR 4402 or CR 595. Fog and rain can change your glassing, so hunt the windows when it clears. Check road conditions before you go, and let someone know your plan.

Choose your tag, then your ground

The hunts here are a controlled bull rifle hunt and a youth antlerless hunt, and other tags exist too, so confirm what you hold. In big country with this much public land, spend a day scouting on foot before you commit. Look for old clearings and openings, and plan the pack-out before you shoot, because steep, wet ground makes a heavy elk much harder to move. Alfred A. Loeb and Riverside RV Resort are listed as camping options.

ODFW's 2026 elk 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.

227Y Chetco Unit No. 2, Dec. 1 - Feb. 28, 2027: 21 tags, one bull elk.
227T Chetco Unit Youth, Aug. 15 - Dec. 31: 11 tags, one antlerless elk.
227X Chetco Unit No. 1: see ODFW's table in the 2026 regulations for the season and tag count.

The 2025 harvest in ODFW's numbers

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

Chetco: 145 hunters, 44 animals, 30% success over 741 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through this ground are US 199, CR 595, FR 4402 and Galice Road. The nearest towns are Cave Junction (19 mi), Gold Beach (25 mi) and Harbor (25 mi), measured from the centre of the unit.

Getting in and staying out: unit 27

Named routes and what they need

US 199 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
CR 595 — 8.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
FR 4402 — 8.2 mi · High-clearance
Galice Road — 7.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Redwood Avenue — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
NF 4402 — 3.3 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

Cave Junction — 19.4 mi · groceries, lodging
Gold Beach — 24.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Harbor — 25.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Brookings — 25.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Smith River — 29.7 mi · no services listed

Developed camps

Alfred A. Loeb
Riverside RV Resort
Shady Acres
Mountain Man
Ol Jo RV Campground

Season weather and signal

Jan52° / 38° · 12" precip
Aug79° / 51° · 0.4" precip
Sep77° / 48° · 1.2" precip
Oct68° / 44° · 4.6" precip
Nov57° / 41° · 9.3" precip
Dec52° / 38° · 13.3" 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 27: 44 of 145 hunters, 30%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Elk Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled either sex (resident)	10	47	19.1%	3
Rifle — Controlled either sex (nonresident)	1	6	16.7%	3
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	77	320	23.1%	19
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	4	32	6.3%	19
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	77	126	58.7%	6
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	4	19	10.5%	6

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.

227Y Chetco Unit No. 2: 21 tags for 2026; 352 first-choice applicants in 2025.
227T Chetco Unit Youth: 11 tags for 2026; 93 first-choice applicants in 2025.

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

Deer (Buck) Hunting in Unit 27

Chetco is a Curry and Josephine County unit from Gold Beach and Brookings east along the Rogue River to Grants Pass and US 199. It's mostly public land, with named peaks up to Brandy Peak at 5,284 feet.

Where to Find Buck Deer in the Chetco Unit: Brandy Peak, Pearsoll Peak and the Siskiyou ridges

All elevations, all season

ODFW's forecast says deer in Josephine and Curry counties are more likely to be found at all elevations throughout the season, and that they only get pushed out of the high ground by large weather events. The Chetco unit runs from near sea level to Brandy Peak at 5,284 feet. Pearsoll Peak, Sugarloaf Mountain, Fish Hook Peak and Fiddler Mountain are named points. Start where you can reach, and expect deer in a wide band of country.

Boundary and access

The boundary starts at Gold Beach, follows the Rogue River to Grants Pass, runs southwest on US 199 to the California line, then goes west to the Pacific. Roads like US 199, County Road 595, Forest Road 4402 and Galice Road give you the way in. Cave Junction, Harbor and Brookings are the nearest towns. Alfred A. Loeb and Riverside RV Resort are named camps. Most of the unit is public land, so there's room to roam. Public ground is generous here, but the terrain is rough and the roads are few. Pick a drainage, glass the openings at first light and have a map that shows which roads are open.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 27 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

803–4,763 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,170 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,688 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

National Forest — 60%
BLM — 15%
State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

226 tanks
7 springs
10,660 stream segments
17 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: Brandy Peak (5,284 ft), Pearsoll Peak (5,073 ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (4,997 ft), Fish Hook Peak (4,997 ft)

Holding ground: Freeland Saddle (4,169 ft), Fairview Meadow (3,969 ft), Gold Basin (3,933 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 Buck Deer in the Chetco Unit: a white-tail muzzleloader and big country

The muzzleloader hunt

The Chetco Unit Muzzleloader hunt is listed for a white-tailed deer, so read your tag and confirm what's legal before you shoot. ODFW's forecast puts last year's general-season success in this unit in line with the previous few years. That's a steady outlook, not a guarantee. A muzzleloader means one shot, so close the distance on a stalk and shoot from a rest.

Fire season and steep ground

The forecast reminds hunters to check campfire restrictions and the rules for private timber company land during fire season. Plan for steep, brushy ground, long hauls and few easy roads. If you take a deer in a deep draw, quarter it and make several trips. Carry water and a map, since cell coverage drops out in the Siskiyou country. Weather can change fast, so keep rain gear in the pack and check the forecast before you go in.

ODFW's 2026 buck 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.

127M Chetco Unit Muzzleloader, Nov. 16 - Nov. 30: 28 tags, one white-tailed deer.

The 2025 harvest in ODFW's numbers

ODFW's 2025 statistics for this WMU, covering all deer hunters, every season and tag type.

Chetco: 2,071 hunters, 992 animals, 48% success over 15,193 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 27

Named routes and what they need

US 199 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
CR 595 — 8.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
FR 4402 — 8.2 mi · High-clearance
Galice Road — 7.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Redwood Avenue — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
NF 4402 — 3.3 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

Cave Junction — 19.4 mi · groceries, lodging
Gold Beach — 24.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Harbor — 25.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Brookings — 25.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Smith River — 29.7 mi · no services listed

Developed camps

Alfred A. Loeb
Riverside RV Resort
Shady Acres
Mountain Man
Ol Jo RV Campground

Season weather and signal

Jan52° / 38° · 12" precip
Aug79° / 51° · 0.4" precip
Sep77° / 48° · 1.2" precip
Oct68° / 44° · 4.6" precip
Nov57° / 41° · 9.3" precip
Dec52° / 38° · 13.3" 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 (Buck): 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 (Buck) Success Rates

Unit 27: 992 of 2,071 hunters, 48%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Deer (Buck) Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Muzzleloader — Controlled buck only (resident)	39	41	92.7%	3
Muzzleloader — Controlled buck only (nonresident)	2	7	14.3%	3

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.

Deer (Antlerless) Hunting in Unit 27

Chetco covers the far southwest corner, from Gold Beach and the Rogue to the California line, mostly national forest. The antlerless hunt here is written for white-tailed deer, and deer range across all elevations.

Where to Find Antlerless Deer in the Chetco Unit: Siskiyou ridges and the US 199 corridor

A white-tailed deer tag

Read the tag carefully. The antlerless hunt here is for white-tailed deer, not blacktails, so know what you're looking at before you shoot. Spend your scouting time learning which animals use which draws and flats in the unit.

The unit is mostly public, and the national forest dominates the map. It runs from the coast at Gold Beach east along the Rogue to Grants Pass, then southwest on US 199 to the California line. Brandy Peak, Pearsoll Peak and Fiddler Mountain mark the high ground.

All elevations until the weather moves them

ODFW says deer in Josephine and Curry counties are more likely to be found at all elevations through the season. Only large weather events push them off the higher ground.

So you can hunt a mix of ground. Roads like FR 4402, County Road 595 and Galice Road open the interior, and US 199 gets you to Cave Junction. Alfred A. Loeb campground is a base on the coastal side. Check the Siskiyou and BLM maps for access and closures. Harbor and Brookings are the nearest coastal towns, and Gold Beach sits at the Rogue mouth if you need supplies before heading inland.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 27 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

803–4,763 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,170 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,688 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

National Forest — 60%
BLM — 15%
State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

226 tanks
7 springs
10,660 stream segments
17 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: Brandy Peak (5,284 ft), Pearsoll Peak (5,073 ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (4,997 ft), Fish Hook Peak (4,997 ft)

Holding ground: Freeland Saddle (4,169 ft), Fairview Meadow (3,969 ft), Gold Basin (3,933 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 Chetco Unit: ID your animal, then work the benches

Identify before you shoot

With a white-tailed-deer-only tag, a hunter should know the differences. Look at the tail, the antler shape if one is present and the ears. If you're not sure, don't take the shot. A wrong animal costs a fine and a tag.

Spend time with your binoculars. Observation beats movement in steep, brushy terrain.

Slow work on steep, wet ground

Most of the unit is steep, brushy and wet. Hunt benches, old landings and edges of cuts, then watch where the trails cross. The forecast for the region says to check fire and campfire restrictions, including on private timber land, so look them up before you leave.

Hunters in the region have been seeing a steady harvest, according to ODFW, and this fall isn't expected to change that. Still, expect a quiet hunt with few tags in a big area. Walk away from US 199 and the main roads.

Plan your pack-out. Ridges here are steep and a deer can drop a long way below the trail. Bring game bags, a rope and a partner if you can.

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.

627 Chetco Unit, Oct. 3 - Nov. 6: 44 tags, one antlerless white-tailed deer.
627T Chetco Unit Youth, Dec. 15 - Jan. 5, 2027: 33 tags, one deer.

The 2025 harvest in ODFW's numbers

ODFW's 2025 statistics for this WMU, covering all deer hunters, every season and tag type.

Chetco: 2,071 hunters, 992 animals, 48% success over 15,193 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 27

Named routes and what they need

US 199 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
CR 595 — 8.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
FR 4402 — 8.2 mi · High-clearance
Galice Road — 7.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Redwood Avenue — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
NF 4402 — 3.3 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

Cave Junction — 19.4 mi · groceries, lodging
Gold Beach — 24.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Harbor — 25.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Brookings — 25.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Smith River — 29.7 mi · no services listed

Developed camps

Alfred A. Loeb
Riverside RV Resort
Shady Acres
Mountain Man
Ol Jo RV Campground

Season weather and signal

Jan52° / 38° · 12" precip
Aug79° / 51° · 0.4" precip
Sep77° / 48° · 1.2" precip
Oct68° / 44° · 4.6" precip
Nov57° / 41° · 9.3" precip
Dec52° / 38° · 13.3" 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

Unit 27: 992 of 2,071 hunters, 48%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Deer (Antlerless) Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (resident)	44	441	9.8%	12
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (nonresident)	2	15	6.7%	12
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (resident)	33	56	57.1%	7
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (nonresident)	2	2	50.0%	7

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

Open in Draw Odds Engine

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

627T Chetco Unit Youth: 33 tags for 2026; 37 first-choice applicants in 2025.

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

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Camp Sites

Developed campgrounds: Alfred A. Loeb, Riverside RV Resort, Shady Acres, Mountain Man.

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Road Conditions

US 199, CR 595 and FR 4402 are the longest named roads.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features run from 3 to 5,284 ft. More than 4,000 feet of relief, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Weather

Season normals: Sep 77/48°F, 1.2 in.; Oct 68/44°F, 4.6 in.; Nov 57/41°F, 9.3 in.; Dec 52/38°F, 13.3 in..

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Nearest Town

Cave Junction (19 mi), Gold Beach (25 mi), Harbor (25 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 Chetco Unit, WMU 27, covers about 1,688 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 82% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 elk hunt here?

Hunt 227Y Chetco Unit No. 2: Dec. 1 - Feb. 28, 2027, 21 tags, one bull elk, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for elk here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 27: 145 hunters took 44 animals, 30% success.

What ground does this Oregon buck deer page cover?

The Chetco Unit, WMU 27, covers about 1,688 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 82% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 buck deer hunt here?

Hunt 127M Chetco Unit Muzzleloader: Nov. 16 - Nov. 30, 28 tags, one white-tailed deer, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for buck deer here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 27: 2,071 hunters took 992 animals, 48% success.

What ground does this Oregon antlerless deer page cover?

The Chetco Unit, WMU 27, covers about 1,688 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 82% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 antlerless deer hunt here?

Hunt 627 Chetco Unit: Oct. 3 - Nov. 6, 44 tags, one antlerless white-tailed deer, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for antlerless deer here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 27: 2,071 hunters took 992 animals, 48% success.

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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: 1,688 square miles · accessed 2026-10-30
Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the boundary — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Brandy Peak 5,284 ft, Pearsoll Peak 5,073 ft · accessed 2026-10-30