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Hunt 623B2 N Bank Habitat No. 2: Oregon deer tags, draw and harvest

Oregon controlled hunt 623B2, N Bank Habitat No. 2, is one antlerless deer, Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, with 28 tags for 2026 (ODFW regulations, page 42). In ODFW's June 2026 draw, 28 of 69 residents who put it first drew a tag. ODFW estimates 22 hunters took 10 deer on this hunt in 2025, 45 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, 2020 to 2025.

Map of Oregon's Melrose Unit (23), where most hunt 623B2 hunters hunted in 2025, with public land by manager

National forestBLMState forest and trust landOther public (city, county, parks, military)Unit 23Lake, 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 623B2 at a glance
Bag limitOne antlerless deer
2026 seasonNov. 14 - Nov. 20
WeaponAny legal weapon
2026 tags28
First-choice applicants, 2026 draw69 residents
Drawn, 202628
Harvested, 202510 by 22 hunters
Units23 Melrose

How hard is it to draw hunt 623B2?

ODFW's 2026 report shows 69 residents putting hunt 623B2 first for 28 tags; 28 residents drew. In the preference phase, which fills 75% of the tags, the residents who drew had 2 points or more. In 2025: 78 resident first-choice applicants, 27 drew, for 28 tags.

Residents, 2026 preference point phase
PointsFirst-choice applicantsDrew in the preference phase
711
522
444
388
2126
1130
0290

Source: ODFW 2026 Antlerless Deer Preference Point Draw Report; ODFW 2025 Antlerless Deer 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 deer are taken on hunt 623B2?

ODFW's estimates for hunt 623B2, year by year: 10 from 22 hunters in 2025, 5 from 17 hunters in 2024, 7 from 19 hunters in 2023 and 8 from 14 hunters in 2022.

YearHuntersDays huntedDeer harvestedBucksAntlerlessPer 100 hunters
202522661001045
2024173251429
2023195770737
2022143280857
2021153892760
2020132040431

Source: ODFW harvest statistics (2020 to 2025). Where a hunt covers several units ODFW prints a row for each; these are added up.

Which units does hunt 623B2 cover?

ODFW's 2025 rows put hunt 623B2 hunters in 1 unit:

UnitHunters, 2025Deer harvested, 2025Public land in the unit
Unit 23 Melrose221015.4%

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 623B2 have?

ODFW lists 28 tags for hunt 623B2 (N Bank Habitat No. 2) in 2026, one antlerless deer, Nov. 14 - Nov. 20 (regulations page 42). ODFW's 2025 draw report lists 28 tags for 2025.

How many points do you need to draw hunt 623B2?

In ODFW's 2026 draw, the fewest points a resident drew hunt 623B2 with in the preference phase was 2 (6 of 12 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 623B2?

ODFW estimates 10 deer from 22 hunters on hunt 623B2 in 2025, 45 for every 100 hunters. In 2024: 5 from 17.

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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.