What’s New for 2026 - Oregon Department of Fish Wildlife What’s New for 2026 New hunting and fishing regulations, changes for fees General News Download pdf 2026 BIG GAME HUNTING REGULATIONS What's New: Deer hunting in Eastern Oregon is changing Hunt names will change and hunts will be organized based on Deer Hunt Areas
OHA Deer Hunt Article - ODFW In June 2024, ODFW finalized the state’s Mule Deer Management Plan The plan focuses on managing and harvesting mule deer based on biological herd ranges ODFW utilized GPS collar data from more than 1,400 mule deer to delineate 22 unique mule deer herd ranges in eastern Oregon
Oregon Mule Deer Plan Implementation - Oregon Hunting Changes from the new plan include adjusting mule deer hunts and hunt areas to better align with biologically-defined herd ranges These new hunt areas will have new hunt numbers Plan-directed changes are not included in the 2025 Big Game Regulations, but are likely to occur for 2026
Oregon changes structure of deer hunts beginning in 2026 New hunting areas will likely be larger than the traditional WMUs – and larger hunt areas will also mean fewer individual hunts New hunts will apply to all eastern Oregon mule deer hunts: buck, doe and all weapon types
ODFW proposes changes to mule deer hunt units in 2026 The agency’s proposal is to set tag numbers and hunting area boundaries based on what biologists call “herd ranges” — where mule deer actually live during hunting seasons — rather than on the traditional units
Eastern Oregon Deer Hunts - Oregon Department of Fish Wildlife Use this map to compare new Deer Herd Ranges vs Wildlife Management Units Zoom in to see WMU boundaries which are in white View the interactive map The wildlife management units (WMUs) used to structure Oregon's big game hunts and collect population data were created in the 1950s
2026 Mule Deer Units | IFish Fishing Forum Predator hunting is one of the only tools we have at our disposal as regular citizens to help our deer and elk It’s just getting the vast majority of people who scream “predator management” to get off the couch and actually partake
Oregon Mule Deer: Sweeping Unit Boundary Changes - Rokslide Don is on the forefront of redesigning Oregon’s Wildlife Management Units to align with the latest research on Oregon mule deer herds These new “herd units” will replace the former unit boundaries and allow Oregon’s wildlife professionals to better manage mule deer