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Hunt 215A Willamette Plus: Oregon elk tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 215A, Willamette Plus, is one elk (Spike or antlerless elk from Aug. 29 - Oct. 31 in Monroe Subunit) See William L. Finley NWR pg. 90, Aug. 1 to Mar. 31, 2027, with 83 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 49). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 82 of 358 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 166 hunters took 104 elk on this hunt in 2025, 63 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 Willamette Unit (15), where most hunt 215A hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

National wildlife refugeNational forestBLMODFW landState forest and trust landBureau of ReclamationOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 15Lake, 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 215A at a glance
Bag limitOne elk (Spike or antlerless elk from Aug. 29 - Oct. 31 in Monroe Subunit) See William L. Finley NWR pg. 90
2026 seasonAug. 1 - Mar. 31, 2027
WeaponAny legal weapon
2026 tags83
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw358 residents, 4 nonresidents
Drawn, 202683 (1 nonresident)
Harvested, 2025104 by 166 hunters
Units15 Willamette, 18 Alsea

How hard is it to draw hunt 215A?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 358 residents and 4 nonresidents putting hunt 215A first for 83 tags; 82 residents drew, and 1 of 4 nonresidents. In the preference phase, which fills 75% of the tags, the residents who drew had 4 points or more. In 2025: 362 resident first-choice applicants, 82 drew, for 83 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
1222
1122
1011
911
711
666
51111
44337
3640
2670
1840
0760
Nonresidents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
411
110
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 215A?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 215A, year by year: 104 from 166 hunters in 2025, 97 from 169 hunters in 2024, 60 from 156 hunters in 2023 and 71 from 147 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedElk harvestedBullsAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
20251661,476104911563
20241691,7719787857
20231561,4166053738
20221471,54471611048
20211561,71073621147

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 215A cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 215A hunters in 2 units:

UnitHunters, 2025Elk harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 15 Willamette161991.5%
Unit 18 Alsea5541.7%

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 215A have?

ODFW lists 83 tags for hunt 215A (Willamette Plus) in 2026, one elk (Spike or antlerless elk from Aug. 29 - Oct. 31 in Monroe Subunit) See William L. Finley NWR pg. 90, Aug. 1 - Mar. 31, 2027 (regulations page 49). ODFW's 2025 draw report lists 83 tags for 2025.

How many points do you need to draw hunt 215A?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 215A with in the preference phase was 4 (37 of 43 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 215A?

ODFW estimates 104 elk from 166 hunters on hunt 215A in 2025, 63 for every 100 hunters. In 2024: 97 from 169.

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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.