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Hunt 212A1 Miami-Nehalem No. 1: Oregon elk tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 212A1, Miami-Nehalem No. 1, is one antlerless elk, Dec. 1 to Jan. 31, 2027, with 37 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 49). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 36 of 95 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 28 hunters took 20 elk on this hunt in 2025, 71 for every 100 hunters.

Data updated October 2026. Tags and dates: ODFW's 2026 regulations. Draw: ODFW's 2026 Preference Point Draw Report. Harvest: ODFW, 2021 to 2025.

Map of Oregon's Wilson Unit (12), where most hunt 212A1 hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

BLMODFW landState forest and trust landOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 12Lake, reservoir or riverHighway

The hunt's own boundary is ODFW's written description (the hunt covers part of the unit), regulations pages 94 to 101.
Hunt 212A1 at a glance
Bag limitOne antlerless elk
2026 seasonDec. 1 - Jan. 31, 2027
WeaponAny legal weapon
2026 tags37
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw95 residents, 3 nonresidents
Drawn, 202637 (1 nonresident)
Harvested, 202520 by 28 hunters
Units12 Wilson, 10 Saddle Mountain

How hard is it to draw hunt 212A1?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 95 residents and 3 nonresidents putting hunt 212A1 first for 37 tags; 36 residents drew, and 1 of 3 nonresidents, the most ODFW issues to nonresidents in a deer or elk hunt (5% of tags). In the preference phase, which fills 75% of the tags, the residents who drew had 2 points or more. In 2025: 94 resident first-choice applicants, 37 drew, for 37 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
711
422
31515
22310
1350
0190
Nonresidents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
210
020

Source: ODFW 2026 Elk Preference Point Draw Report; ODFW 2025 Elk Preference Point Draw Report. The table is ODFW's preference point phase only; tags drawn at random (25%) are not printed by point level.

How many elk are taken on hunt 212A1?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 212A1, year by year: 20 from 28 hunters in 2025, 22 from 29 hunters in 2024, 24 from 33 hunters in 2023 and 23 from 31 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedElk harvestedBullsAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
2025281912002071
2024292332202276
2023333472402473
2022313032302374
2021262852102181

Source: ODFW harvest statistics (2021 to 2025). Where a hunt covers several units ODFW prints a row for each; these are added up.

Which units does hunt 212A1 cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 212A1 hunters in 2 units:

UnitHunters, 2025Elk harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 12 Wilson261866.2%
Unit 10 Saddle Mountain2222.7%

Public land measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land by manager, 2025) for the whole unit, not the hunt's own boundary.

Questions hunters ask

How many tags does hunt 212A1 have?

ODFW lists 37 tags for hunt 212A1 (Miami-Nehalem No. 1) in 2026, one antlerless elk, Dec. 1 - Jan. 31, 2027 (regulations page 49). ODFW's 2025 draw report lists 37 tags for 2025.

How many points do you need to draw hunt 212A1?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 212A1 with in the preference phase was 2 (10 of 23 at that level drew). The other 25% of tags are drawn at random among all first-choice applicants, whatever their points.

What is the success rate on hunt 212A1?

ODFW estimates 20 elk from 28 hunters on hunt 212A1 in 2025, 71 for every 100 hunters. In 2024: 22 from 29.

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Where these numbers come from

FilledTag is not part of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Every figure is ODFW's or measured from public maps.