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Hunt 237T1 Ochoco Unit No. 1 Youth: Oregon elk tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 237T1, Ochoco Unit No. 1 Youth, is one antlerless elk, Aug. 15 to Dec. 31, with 10 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 58). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 10 of 109 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 10 hunters took 6 elk on this hunt in 2025, 60 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 Ochoco Unit (37), where most hunt 237T1 hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

National park land (no hunting)National wildlife refugeNational forestBLMODFW landState forest and trust landBureau of ReclamationOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 37Lake, reservoir or riverHighway

The hunt's own boundary is ODFW's written description, regulations pages 94 to 101.
Hunt 237T1 at a glance
Bag limitOne antlerless elk
2026 seasonAug. 15 - Dec. 31
WeaponYouth hunters only
2026 tags10
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw109 residents, 4 nonresidents
Drawn, 202610
Harvested, 20256 by 10 hunters
Units37 Ochoco

How hard is it to draw hunt 237T1?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 109 residents and 4 nonresidents putting hunt 237T1 first for 10 tags; 10 residents drew, and 0 of 4 nonresidents. In the preference phase, which fills 75% of the tags, the residents who drew had 5 points or more. In 2025: 120 resident first-choice applicants, 10 drew, for 10 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
911
722
644
551
460
3160
2200
1160
0390
Nonresidents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
220
110
010

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 237T1?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 237T1, year by year: 6 from 10 hunters in 2025, 0 from 7 hunters in 2024, 7 from 10 hunters in 2023 and 1 from 9 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedElk harvestedBullsAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
2025104660660
20247760000
2023106770770
202296910111
202185020225

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 237T1 cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 237T1 hunters in 1 unit:

UnitHunters, 2025Elk harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 37 Ochoco10654%

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 237T1 have?

ODFW lists 10 tags for hunt 237T1 (Ochoco Unit No. 1 Youth) in 2026, one antlerless elk, Aug. 15 - Dec. 31 (regulations page 58). ODFW's 2025 draw report lists 10 tags for 2025.

How many points do you need to draw hunt 237T1?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 237T1 with in the preference phase was 5 (1 of 5 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 237T1?

ODFW estimates 6 elk from 10 hunters on hunt 237T1 in 2025, 60 for every 100 hunters. In 2024: 0 from 7.

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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.