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Hunt 272T Silvies Unit Youth: Oregon elk tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 272T, Silvies Unit Youth, is one antlerless elk, Aug. 15 to Dec. 31, with 11 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 58). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 10 of 18 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 10 hunters took 1 elk on this hunt in 2025, 10 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 Silvies Unit (72), where most hunt 272T hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

National forestBLMState forest and trust landOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 72Lake, reservoir or riverHighway

The hunt's own boundary is ODFW's written description, regulations pages 94 to 101.
Hunt 272T at a glance
Bag limitOne antlerless elk
2026 seasonAug. 15 - Dec. 31
WeaponYouth hunters only
2026 tags11
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw18 residents, 6 nonresidents
Drawn, 202611 (1 nonresident)
Harvested, 20251 by 10 hunters
Units72 Silvies

How hard is it to draw hunt 272T?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 18 residents and 6 nonresidents putting hunt 272T first for 11 tags; 10 residents drew, and 1 of 6 nonresidents. In the preference phase, which fills 75% of the tags, the residents who drew had 1 point or more. In 2025: 28 resident first-choice applicants, 9 drew, for 10 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
211
1106
070
Nonresidents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
411
310
210
120
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 272T?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 272T, year by year: 1 from 10 hunters in 2025, 0 from 7 hunters in 2024, 3 from 8 hunters in 2023 and 3 from 8 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedElk harvestedBullsAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
20251010810110
20247330000
202387130338
202287330338
202177510114

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 272T cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 272T hunters in 1 unit:

UnitHunters, 2025Elk harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 72 Silvies10166.9%

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 272T have?

ODFW lists 11 tags for hunt 272T (Silvies Unit 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 272T?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 272T with in the preference phase was 1 (6 of 10 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 272T?

ODFW estimates 1 elk from 10 hunters on hunt 272T in 2025, 10 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.