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Hunt 254Y2 Mt Emily Unit No. 3: Oregon elk tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 254Y2, Mt Emily Unit No. 3, is one spike elk, Nov. 7 to Nov. 15, with 231 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 53). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 220 of 245 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 149 hunters took 39 elk on this hunt in 2025, 26 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 Mt. Emily Unit (54), where most hunt 254Y2 hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

National forestBLMState forest and trust landOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 54Lake, reservoir or riverHighway

The hunt's own boundary is ODFW's written description, regulations pages 94 to 101.
Hunt 254Y2 at a glance
Bag limitOne spike elk
2026 seasonNov. 7 - Nov. 15
WeaponAny legal weapon
2026 tags231
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw245 residents, 16 nonresidents
Drawn, 2026231 (11 nonresidents)
Harvested, 202539 by 149 hunters
Units54 Mt. Emily

How hard is it to draw hunt 254Y2?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 245 residents and 16 nonresidents putting hunt 254Y2 first for 231 tags; 220 residents drew, and 11 of 16 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 1 point or more. In 2025: 197 resident first-choice applicants, 197 drew, for 231 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
1911
1411
1322
1211
1133
944
822
711
611
566
499
399
22020
15858
01270
Nonresidents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
199
070

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 254Y2?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 254Y2, year by year: 39 from 149 hunters in 2025, 70 from 221 hunters in 2024, 42 from 222 hunters in 2023 and 53 from 207 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedElk harvestedBullsAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
20251497473935426
20242211,1527068232
20232221,1154237519
20222071,0285351226
20212271,1225145622

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 254Y2 cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 254Y2 hunters in 1 unit:

UnitHunters, 2025Elk harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 54 Mt. Emily1493944.1%

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 254Y2 have?

ODFW lists 231 tags for hunt 254Y2 (Mt Emily Unit No. 3) in 2026, one spike elk, Nov. 7 - Nov. 15 (regulations page 53). ODFW's 2025 draw report lists 231 tags for 2025.

How many points do you need to draw hunt 254Y2?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 254Y2 with in the preference phase was 1 (58 of 58 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 254Y2?

ODFW estimates 39 elk from 149 hunters on hunt 254Y2 in 2025, 26 for every 100 hunters. In 2024: 70 from 221.

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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.