Oregon Elk Deer (Buck) Deer (Antlerless)

Unit 30 (Rogue)

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

The Rogue unit takes in Mount McLoughlin, Butte Falls and the Upper Rogue country between Medford and Crater Lake. ODFW's Upper Rogue Travel Management Area gives Cascade-season elk a road-free escape.

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1,945–6,203 ft

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Elk Hunting in Unit 30

Where to Find Elk in the Rogue Unit: Cascade closure areas above the Upper Rogue

The Upper Rogue closure area

During the Cascade Any Weapon elk season, ODFW partners with the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to run the Upper Rogue Travel Management Area. It provides larger road-closure areas in the High Cascades Ranger District. ODFW says to focus there, because the closures give elk an escape from heavily trafficked roads, which elk tend to avoid. Upper Rogue and other TMA maps are posted by ODFW.

Big relief from Medford to the crest

The unit climbs from about 1373 ft to Mount McLoughlin at 9487 ft, with Máalsi Tip, Devils Peak, Lucifer and Jupiter among the other named peaks. The boundary follows Hwy 62 north from Medford, Hwy 230 and Hwy 138, then the Pacific Crest Trail and the Crater Lake National Park line. Butte Falls, Eagle Point, White City and Shady Cove are the nearest towns. Union Creek Road and the Butte Falls Highway reach the middle of the country. Imnaha and Daley Creek campgrounds are among the named camps, and OR 62 and Union Creek Road are the main routes toward the crest. Hwy 140 and Dead Indian Road mark the southern edge of the unit.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

The Rogue Unit, WMU 30, covers about 1,460 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 57% public land. Named features inside the line fall in Jackson County, Klamath County and Douglas County. Elevation runs from about 1,373 to 9,487 feet. The highest named points are Mount McLoughlin (9,487 ft), Máalsi Tip (7,653 ft) and Devils Peak (7,542 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 30 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

1,945–6,203 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 3,766 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
1,459.6 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

440 tanks
27 springs
4,937 stream segments
33 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: Mount McLoughlin (9,487 ft), Devils Peak (7,542 ft), Brown Mountain (7,322 ft), Tom Mountain (6,855 ft)

Holding ground: Seven Lakes Basin (6,125 ft), Buck Basin (5,843 ft), Griffin Pass (5,758 ft), Dogwood Spring, Big Springs

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 Rogue Unit: antlerless western hunts and walking the closures

Match the tag to the ground

The hunts listed for this unit are western Rogue antlerless tags, including youth hunts and a late bow hunt. The western hunt covers the part of the unit west of a line starting at Hwy 62 and the Butte Falls-Prospect Road. That's lower, mixed-ownership ground, and the Upper Rogue TMA applies only to the Cascade Any Weapon season, so your tag may not put you there. Read the hunt description and map before you plan.

Escape routes and pack-out

Where roads are open, elk move away from traffic, so go where the vehicles can't. In closure blocks, walk in well before first light, glass clearings and thinned stands and watch for tracks near water. Elk often bed out of sight in thick cover, so use wind and quiet footsteps. If you drop an elk deep in a closure, you're hauling it on your back, so quarter it, hang the meat in cool shade and make multiple trips. Keep a map handy to relocate your kill after a long climb.

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.

230T2 W Rogue Youth, Aug. 15 - Mar. 31, 2027: 39 tags, one antlerless elk.
230T1 Rogue Unit Youth, Aug. 15 - Dec. 31: 33 tags, one antlerless elk.
230A W Rogue: see ODFW's table in the 2026 regulations for the season and tag count.
230R W Rogue Late Bow: 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.

Rogue: 1,336 hunters, 78 animals, 6% success over 6,058 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through this ground are OR 62, I 5, Union Creek Road and Butte Falls Highway. The nearest towns are Butte Falls (6 mi), Eagle Point (16 mi) and White City (18 mi), measured from the centre of the unit.

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Named routes and what they need

OR 62 — 20.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
I 5 — 18.6 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Union Creek Road — 14.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Butte Falls Highway — 9.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Keno Access Road — 9.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Crater Lake Highway — 8.2 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

Butte Falls — 6.2 mi · no services listed
Eagle Point — 16.2 mi · no services listed
White City — 18.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Shady Cove — 19.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Phoenix — 21.9 mi · fuel

Developed camps

Shady Trails RV Park
Imnaha Campground · reservable
Rogue River RV Park
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site

Season weather and signal

Jan45° / 28° · 5.2" precip
Aug86° / 49° · 0.4" precip
Sep80° / 43° · 0.9" precip
Oct66° / 36° · 2.5" precip
Nov51° / 32° · 5" precip
Dec43° / 28° · 6.5" 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 30: 78 of 1,336 hunters, 6%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Elk Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	28	197	14.2%	6
Archery — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	2	0.0%	16
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (resident)	55	37	100.0%	3
Rifle — Controlled bull/buck only (nonresident)	3	1	100.0%	2
Rifle — Controlled either sex (resident)	30	83	36.1%	4
Rifle — Controlled either sex (nonresident)	2	3	0.0%	4
Rifle — Controlled either sex (resident)	35	12	100.0%	5
Rifle — Controlled either sex (nonresident)	2	1	100.0%	2

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.

230T2 W Rogue Youth: 39 tags for 2026; 86 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 30

Rogue is a Jackson, Klamath and Douglas County unit running from Medford and Highway 62 up past Mount McLoughlin to the Crater Lake boundary. ODFW calls its deer migratory, and the Rogue-Siskiyou early bow hunt targets black-tailed deer.

Where to Find Buck Deer in the Rogue Unit: Mount McLoughlin country before the migration

High ground before the move

ODFW's forecast describes the Rogue unit's deer as mostly migratory, with most of the winter migration around mid-October. It suggests hunting above 4,000 feet early and below it after deer move. The Rogue-Siskiyou early bow hunt falls ahead of most of that migration, so deer should still be on higher ground. The unit runs from 1,373 feet up to Mount McLoughlin at 9,487, with Devils Peak, Lucifer and Jupiter among the named summits.

Boundary and camps

The boundary starts at Medford and runs north on Highway 62 to Highway 230 and Highway 138, then follows the Pacific Crest Trail to Crater Lake National Park. It returns along Highway 140, Dead Indian Road, Highway 66 and Copco Road to the California line and I-5. Butte Falls, Eagle Point, White City and Shady Cove are the nearest towns. Imnaha and Daley Creek campgrounds are named camps. Public land is a bit over half the unit. Look at the high basins and the old burns near the Crater Lake boundary, then check where roads reach. Walking beats driving here, so plan for long days on foot. Carry water, since springs are scarce on dry ridges.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 30 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

1,945–6,203 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 3,766 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
1,459.6 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

440 tanks
27 springs
4,937 stream segments
33 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: Mount McLoughlin (9,487 ft), Devils Peak (7,542 ft), Brown Mountain (7,322 ft), Tom Mountain (6,855 ft)

Holding ground: Seven Lakes Basin (6,125 ft), Buck Basin (5,843 ft), Griffin Pass (5,758 ft), Dogwood Spring, Big Springs

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 Rogue Unit: early archery and the winter-range rut

Early bow tactics

An early archery hunt rewards a quiet approach. Bucks are in summer pattern, feeding at dawn and dusk and bedding in shade. Glass from a ridge or road edge, mark a bedded buck and plan a stalk from downwind. Bowshots are close, so practise from field positions, not only the bench. Move slowly and stop often, since a deer can hear a boot on dry ground from a long way off.

Rut and winter range

ODFW says the concentration of migratory deer on winter range during the rut provides especially good opportunity for archers in the Rogue and Evans Creek units. If you can hunt later, shift to the lower country as the migration finishes. Check local restrictions on campfires and private timber company land during fire season. Steep slopes make a pack-out hard, so bring game bags, keep the meat cool and take a partner for the carry.

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.

130R Rogue-Siskiyou Early Bow, Aug. 1 - Aug. 15: 55 tags, one black-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.

Rogue: 5,701 hunters, 1,612 animals, 28% success over 39,358 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 30

Named routes and what they need

OR 62 — 20.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
I 5 — 18.6 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Union Creek Road — 14.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Butte Falls Highway — 9.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Keno Access Road — 9.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Crater Lake Highway — 8.2 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

Butte Falls — 6.2 mi · no services listed
Eagle Point — 16.2 mi · no services listed
White City — 18.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Shady Cove — 19.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Phoenix — 21.9 mi · fuel

Developed camps

Shady Trails RV Park
Imnaha Campground · reservable
Rogue River RV Park
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site

Season weather and signal

Jan45° / 28° · 5.2" precip
Aug86° / 49° · 0.4" precip
Sep80° / 43° · 0.9" precip
Oct66° / 36° · 2.5" precip
Nov51° / 32° · 5" precip
Dec43° / 28° · 6.5" 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 30: 1,612 of 5,701 hunters, 28%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Deer (Buck) Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled buck only (resident)	55	62	85.5%	14
Rifle — Controlled buck only (nonresident)	3	14	7.1%	14

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 30

The Rogue Unit stretches from Medford and Shady Cove up OR 62 to Crater Lake and the Pacific Crest Trail, with Mount McLoughlin at its center. For antlerless deer, the only listed hunt is a youth tag.

Where to Find Antlerless Deer in the Rogue Unit: Butte Falls, Union Creek and the Mount McLoughlin side

A big unit with one youth hunt

The Rogue Unit is large and mostly public. Its boundary runs from Medford north on Hwy 62 to Hwy 230, then Hwy 138, along the Pacific Crest Trail to Crater Lake National Park, and back south by Fourmile Lake and Hwy 140. It closes on Dead Indian Road, Hwy 66 and the California line.

The listed antlerless hunt is the Rogue Unit Youth hunt. If you're an adult hoping to chase antlerless deer here, check ODFW's regulations for what other tags apply.

Migratory deer, high and low

ODFW's southwest forecast calls the Rogue herd mostly migratory, with winter movement around mid-October. Mount McLoughlin, Máalsi Tip, Devils Peak and Lucifer are the high points of the unit. The winter side is lower, near Butte Falls, Eagle Point and White City.

Union Creek Road and Butte Falls Highway are the main routes through the unit. Daley Creek and Imnaha campgrounds sit on public ground and make good bases. Butte Falls is the closest town to the middle of the unit, and Shady Cove and Eagle Point cover the lower, winter-range side. If you're guiding a young hunter, pick camps near a road so the family can stay comfortable.

The ground ODFW draws for this hunt

Unit 30 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

1,945–6,203 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 3,766 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
1,459.6 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

440 tanks
27 springs
4,937 stream segments
33 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: Mount McLoughlin (9,487 ft), Devils Peak (7,542 ft), Brown Mountain (7,322 ft), Tom Mountain (6,855 ft)

Holding ground: Seven Lakes Basin (6,125 ft), Buck Basin (5,843 ft), Griffin Pass (5,758 ft), Dogwood Spring, Big Springs

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 Deer in the Rogue Unit with a Youth Tag: take your time and pick the elevation

Set up a young hunter for success

Youth hunters do best with short walks, good glassing spots and an adult who knows the ground. Scout first. Find a bench or a ridge where deer feed in the open at first and last light, and bring a pack with a rest or shooting sticks.

Go slowly and talk quietly. A first deer should be a clean, ethical shot at a realistic range.

Follow the migration

The forecast says to hunt above four thousand feet in the first half of the season and below that once the deer have moved. Start with a high look and keep notes of where deer are feeding.

ODFW's report says the Rogue Unit's general-season rifle success has been lower than Evans Creek or Chetco, though harvest has held steady. Expect to work for it.

Check fire restrictions and closures on both national forest and private timber land before you go. Big units like this one are tough on a pack-out, so choose a spot within reasonable reach of a road, and bring game bags and help.

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.

630T Rogue Unit Youth: 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 all deer hunters, every season and tag type.

Rogue: 5,701 hunters, 1,612 animals, 28% success over 39,358 hunter days.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 30

Named routes and what they need

OR 62 — 20.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
I 5 — 18.6 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Union Creek Road — 14.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Butte Falls Highway — 9.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Keno Access Road — 9.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Crater Lake Highway — 8.2 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

Butte Falls — 6.2 mi · no services listed
Eagle Point — 16.2 mi · no services listed
White City — 18.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging, gear
Shady Cove — 19.1 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Phoenix — 21.9 mi · fuel

Developed camps

Shady Trails RV Park
Imnaha Campground · reservable
Rogue River RV Park
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site

Season weather and signal

Jan45° / 28° · 5.2" precip
Aug86° / 49° · 0.4" precip
Sep80° / 43° · 0.9" precip
Oct66° / 36° · 2.5" precip
Nov51° / 32° · 5" precip
Dec43° / 28° · 6.5" 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 30: 1,612 of 5,701 hunters, 28%. Figures are ODFW's own 2025 harvest statistics.

Deer (Antlerless) Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (resident)	60	372	15.3%	12
Rifle — Controlled antlerless (nonresident)	3	20	10.0%	12

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: Shady Trails RV Park, Imnaha Campground, Rogue River RV Park, Daley Creek Campground.

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Road Conditions

OR 62, I 5 and Union Creek Road are the longest named roads.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features run from 1,373 to 9,487 ft. More than 4,000 feet of relief, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Weather

Season normals: Sep 80/43°F, 0.9 in.; Oct 66/36°F, 2.5 in.; Nov 51/32°F, 5 in.; Dec 43/28°F, 6.5 in..

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Nearest Town

Butte Falls (6 mi), Eagle Point (16 mi), White City (18 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 Rogue Unit, WMU 30, covers about 1,460 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 57% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 elk hunt here?

Hunt 230T2 W Rogue Youth: Aug. 15 - Mar. 31, 2027, 39 tags, one antlerless elk, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for elk here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 30: 1,336 hunters took 78 animals, 6% success.

What ground does this Oregon buck deer page cover?

The Rogue Unit, WMU 30, covers about 1,460 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 57% public land.

What's the biggest 2026 buck deer hunt here?

Hunt 130R Rogue-Siskiyou Early Bow: Aug. 1 - Aug. 15, 55 tags, one black-tailed deer, per ODFW's 2026 regulations.

What was hunter success for buck deer here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 30: 5,701 hunters took 1,612 animals, 28% success.

What ground does this Oregon antlerless deer page cover?

The Rogue Unit, WMU 30, covers about 1,460 square miles measured on ODFW's polygon, and ODFW rates it 57% public land.

What was hunter success for antlerless deer here in 2025?

ODFW's 2025 statistics for Unit 30: 5,701 hunters took 1,612 animals, 28% 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: 1,460 square miles · accessed 2026-10-30
Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the boundary — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Mount McLoughlin 9,487 ft, Máalsi Tip 7,653 ft · accessed 2026-10-30