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Wildlife Management Unit 17
Stott Mtn Unit (17): tags, seasons and 2025 harvest
Everything ODFW prints for WMU 17: 11 drawn hunts, 8 general big game rows and how the 2025 seasons went across Polk County and Lincoln County.
Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington (CC BY 2.0)
Stott Mtn Unit at a glance
ODFW's unit layer gives the Stott Mtn Unit 497 square miles (318,421 acres) on the Western Oregon side of the Cascade split, and 54% of it is in Polk County. A hunter in the Stott Mtn Unit can be standing in any of 3 counties, with Polk the largest at 266 square miles. Tillamook shows up with under 2% of the Stott Mtn Unit; check the ODFW unit map there.
| County | Square miles | Of the unit | Of the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 266.5 | 54% | 36% |
| Lincoln County | 227.3 | 46% | 23% |
| Tillamook County | 2.8 | 0.6% | 0.3% |
3 ODFW wildlife districts reach into the Stott Mtn Unit; the phone numbers below are the district offices.
| District | Office town | Phone | Part |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Coast | Newport | 541-867-0300 x281 | 56% |
| Mid Willamette | Corvallis | 541-757-4186 | 43% |
| North Coast | Tillamook | 503-842-2741 | 0.8% |
Plan around Grand Ronde Community, Grand Ronde Off-Reservation Trust Land, Siletz Off-Reservation Trust Land and Siletz Reservation: no state-licensed hunting is allowed there.
| Area | Status |
|---|---|
| Grand Ronde Community | Tribal land |
| Grand Ronde Off-Reservation Trust Land | Tribal land |
| Siletz Off-Reservation Trust Land | Tribal land |
| Siletz Reservation | Tribal land |
Area, side, county overlap and districts from the ODFW Wildlife Management Units layer and the ODFW wildlife district layer (overlay with Census county lines; GIS measures); closed places from the big game regulations and land manager sources; checked November 8, 2026.
Special areas and limits in the Stott Mtn Unit
- The general cougar tag works all year, but Zone A closes once 180 cougars are reported from its 16 units. 235 cougar hunters took 11 here in 2025.
- The Stott Mtn Unit is open to the Western Oregon general buck season (October 3 to November 6) with a youth extension on November 7 and 8.
- During Coast Bull Elk 1st Season and Coast Bull Elk 2nd Season, a centerfire rifle is legal in the Stott Mtn Unit only with a matching big game tag, used or unused.
- 1 cooperative road closure area cover parts of the Stott Mtn Unit; check dates before driving in.
- The Stott Mtn Unit touches Northwest Permit Zone (Polk, Lincoln, Tillamook) for geese; the Zone 1 and Zone 2 duck line is drawn only on a map.
- Game bird shooting hours come from ODFW's printed table: Zone A (Polk, Lincoln, Tillamook).
- Chronic wasting disease has not been detected in Oregon; ODFW listed 3,682 deer and 1,607 elk results as not detected on October 15, 2026.
| Rifle-restricted season |
|---|
Coast Bull Elk 1st Season (Nov. 14 – Nov. 17) |
Coast Bull Elk 2nd Season (Nov. 21 – Nov. 27) |
| TMA | Name | In effect |
|---|---|---|
| 17A | Mid Coast Access Area | Year round. Access limited to walk in only at fire level 3. No public access at fire level 4 and during active logging operations. |
Cougar zones, Eastern Oregon Deer Hunt Areas, centerfire rifle restrictions, travel management areas, antlerless elk damage areas, goose zones, game bird hours and CWD testing from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; checked November 8, 2026.
Controlled hunts in the Stott Mtn Unit
The Stott Mtn Unit sits inside 11 hunt areas: 5 elk, 2 antlerless deer, 2 spring bear, 1 premium deer and 1 premium elk. Hunt 617 drew 616 first choices in 2025, the most of any hunt here; it has 109 tags for 2026. The tightest hunt is 217A, about 6 applicants per tag. The * on 7 hunts means a partial hunt area.
Each series takes one application with up to five choices; points and the random pool apply only to the first choice. These are 2026 tags and dates.
Antlerless deer, 600 series (2)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 617 * | Stott Mtn Unit | Any legal weapon | Oct 3–Nov 6 | One antlerless deer | 109 | 616 | This unit only |
| 617T * | Stott Mtn Unit Youth | Youth only | Oct 3–Nov 8 | One antlerless deer | 55 | 52 | This unit only |
Premium deer, L hunts (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L17 | Stott Mtn | Premium (any legal weapon) | Aug 1–Nov 30 | One animal (either sex); premium deer tags are good for any species of deer hunted in that unit | 1 | — | This unit only |
Elk, 200 series (5)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200R * | Oregon Youth Bow | Youth only | Aug 29–Sep 27 | One elk | 330 | 124 | 62 units |
| 217A * | W Stott Mtn | Any legal weapon | Jan 1–Mar 31 | One antlerless elk | 39 | 237 | This unit only |
| 217B * | E Stott Mtn | Any legal weapon | Jan 1–Mar 31 | One antlerless elk | 11 | 51 | This unit only |
| 217R | Stott Mtn Unit Late Bow | Archery | Nov 28–Dec 13 | One antlerless elk | 275 | 40 | This unit only |
| 217T | Stott Mtn Unit Youth | Youth only | Aug 15–Dec 31 | One antlerless elk | 16 | 36 | This unit only |
Premium elk, M hunts (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M17 | Stott Mtn | Premium (any legal weapon) | Aug 1–Nov 30 | One animal (either sex); premium deer tags are good for any species of deer hunted in that unit | 1 | — | This unit only |
Spring bear, 2026 hunts (2)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 717A * | Alsea – Stott Mtn | Any legal weapon | Apr 1–May 31 | — | 273 | 586 | 17, 18 |
| 717T * | Alsea-Stott Mtn Youth | Youth only | Apr 1–May 31 | — | 55 | 30 | 17, 18 |
Hunt numbers, dates, bags, 2026 tags and 2025 first-choice applicants from the 2026 Oregon Big Game Hunting Regulations and the 2026-27 game bird regulations (sage-grouse); hunt areas from ODFW’s 2026 hunt boundary layers; draw rules from the controlled hunt pages; checked November 8, 2026.
Stott Mtn Unit hunts without a draw
Besides drawn tags, the Stott Mtn Unit offers 8 general big game rows covering deer, elk, black bear and cougar. Elk seasons open to general tag holders in the Stott Mtn Unit: Archery elk – Western Oregon, Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 1st season and Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 2nd season.
General tags (8)
| Species | Season | Tag | Area | Dates | Bag | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | General archery – Western Oregon deer | General tag | Units 10, 17, 18 and 20 | Aug 29–Sep 27 Nov 21–Dec 13 | One buck with visible antler | |
| Deer | General Western Oregon buck deer – Any legal weapon | General tag | Units 10-30 | Oct 3–Nov 6 | One buck with visible antler | |
| Deer | Youth extension – Western Oregon general buck deer | General tag | Units 10-30 | Nov 7–8 | One buck with visible antler | |
| Elk | General archery elk – Western Oregon | General tag | Units 11, 12, 14, 17, 18 and 27 | Aug 29–Sep 27 | One bull elk | |
| Elk | General Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 1st season | General tag | Coast (Units 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 28) | Nov 14–17 | One bull elk | |
| Elk | General Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 2nd season | General tag | Coast (Units 11, 15, 17, 18, 23, 28) | Nov 21–27 | One bull elk | |
| Black bear | General fall black bear (statewide) | General tag | Statewide | Aug 1–Dec 31 | One bear per tag; unlawful to take cubs less than one year old or sows with cubs less than one year old | |
| Cougar | General cougar (statewide, zone quotas) | General tag | Statewide | Jan 1–Dec 31 | One cougar per tag; unlawful to take spotted kittens or females with spotted kittens |
20 bird and furbearer rows also apply here. Not shown: 13 falconry or pursuit rows.
Birds and small game (20)
| Species | Season | Tag | Area | Dates | Bag | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Turkey | Fall wild turkey | General tag | WMUs 14-30 | Sep 1–Jan 31 2027 | Two wild turkeys of either sex | |
| Wild Turkey | Beardless wild turkey permit season | Permit | Private lands in WMUs 37 | Oct 1–Feb 28 2027 | 3 hen turkeys and/or turkeys without a visible beard per day; season limit 9 (3 permits) | |
| Wild Turkey | Spring 2027: youth spring wild turkey hunt | General tag | Statewide | Apr 10–11 Apr 15–May 31 | One male or bearded turkey per day | |
| Wild Turkey | Spring 2027: spring wild turkey | General tag | Statewide | Apr 15–May 31 | One male wild turkey or a wild turkey with a visible beard per day; season limit 3 | |
| Western Gray Squirrel | Western gray squirrel – remainder of state | License | Statewide | Sep 1–Nov 15 | 5 daily, 15 in possession | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Ruffed grouse | Validation | Statewide | Sep 1–Jan 31 2027 | 3 daily, 9 in possession | |
| Blue Grouse | Blue grouse (dusky and sooty) | Validation | Statewide | Sep 1–Jan 31 2027 | 3 daily, 9 in possession | |
| Chukar | Partridge (chukar and Hungarian combined) | Validation | Statewide | Oct 10–Jan 31 2027 | 8 daily, 24 in possession (combined) | |
| Hungarian Partridge | Partridge (chukar and Hungarian combined) | Validation | Statewide | Oct 10–Jan 31 2027 | 8 daily, 24 in possession (combined) | |
| Pheasant | Rooster pheasant | Validation | Statewide | Oct 10–Dec 31 | 2 daily, 8 in possession | |
| Ducks | Youth waterfowl hunt (ducks, mergansers, coots, geese) | Validation | Statewide | Sep 26–27 | Regular bag limits | |
| Ducks | Veterans and active military personnel waterfowl hunt | Validation | Statewide | Feb 6 | Regular bag limits | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Band-tailed pigeon | Permit | Statewide | Sep 15–23 | 2 daily, 6 in possession | |
| Crow | Crow | Validation | Statewide | Oct 1–Jan 31 2027 | No limit | |
| Brant | Brant | Permit | Statewide | Nov 28–Dec 13 | 2 daily, 6 in possession | |
| Gray Fox | Gray fox | Furtaker | Statewide | Oct 15–Feb 28 2027 | — | |
| Muskrat | Muskrat and mink | Furtaker | Statewide | Nov 15–Mar 31 2027 | — | |
| Mink | Muskrat and mink | Furtaker | Statewide | Nov 15–Mar 31 2027 | — | |
| Raccoon | Raccoon | Furtaker | Statewide | Nov 15–Mar 15 2027 | — | |
| River Otter | River otter | Furtaker | Statewide | Nov 15–Mar 15 2027 | — |
Season rows from the 2026 Oregon Big Game Hunting Regulations, the 2026-27 Oregon Game Bird Hunting Regulations and the furbearer regulations; general tag deadlines from the general season page; duck and dove zones on the ODFW waterfowl map; checked November 8, 2026.
Stott Mtn Unit harvest in 2025
The 2025 table for the Stott Mtn Unit lists 23 hunt rows; buck deer, any weapon tops it at 594.
Unit total, buck deer, any weapon: 594 animals, 1,566 hunters. Unit total, elk, any weapon: 134 animals, 922 hunters.
Rows with no hunters and no harvest are left out of the table.
| Kind | Hunt | Hunters | Taken | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck deer, any weapon | General Any Legal Weapon Western Oregon w/ 119A | 27 | 12 | 43% |
| Buck deer, any weapon | General Western Deer | 1,539 | 582 | 38% |
| Deer, archery | Late Bow Deer w/ 123R2 N Bank Habitat Bow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Deer, archery | Early Bow Deer | 59 | 5 | 10% |
| Deer, archery | Late Bow Deer | 65 | 7 | 11% |
| Antlerless deer | 617 Stott Mtn Unit | 92 | 49 | 53% |
| Antlerless deer | 617T Stott Mtn Unit Youth | 46 | 31 | 67% |
| Elk, any weapon | 217A W Stott Mtn | 54 | 34 | 62% |
| Elk, any weapon | 217B E Stott Mtn | 17 | 7 | 40% |
| Elk, any weapon | 217T Stott Mtn Unit Youth | 14 | 10 | 78% |
| Elk, any weapon | Coast 1st season | 393 | 52 | 13% |
| Elk, any weapon | Coast 2nd season | 444 | 31 | 7% |
| Elk, archery | 217R Stott Mtn Unit Late Bow | 69 | 2 | 4% |
| Elk, archery | Western General Bow Elk w/ 217R | 39 | 11 | 28% |
| Elk, archery | Western General Bow Elk w/ 218R | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Elk, archery | Western Elk Archery | 117 | 25 | 22% |
| Black bear | 717A Alsea – Stott Mtn | 36 | 12 | 35% |
| Black bear | 717T Alsea-Scott Mtn Youth | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Black bear | Additional Fall Bear | 3 | 2 | 50% |
| Black bear | Fall Bear | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Black bear | Fall Bear | 277 | 6 | 2.2% |
| Cougar | Additional Cougar | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Cougar | Cougar | 232 | 11 | 4.6% |
ODFW 2025 harvest estimates: Buck deer, any weapon, Deer, archery, Antlerless deer, Elk, any weapon, Elk, archery, Black bear, Cougar; checked November 8, 2026.
Stott Mtn Unit wildlife areas and forests
9 land records cross into WMU 17, including 3 Access and Habitat or Open Fields areas. The Stott Mtn Unit includes Bureau of Land Management Oregon public lands.
Willamette Private Timberlands Law Enforcement Project
Siuslaw National Forest
Lincoln County Forest Patrol Project
Mid Coast Access Area
Hebo Ranger District (Siuslaw National Forest)
BLM Marys Peak Field Office
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge
BLM Northwest Oregon District
Other ODF state forestlands (West Oregon, Western Lane, Coos and Southwest districts)
Land records and unit overlaps from ODFW, USFS, BLM, USFWS and ODF layers (see each land page); A&H and Open Fields access rules on the ODFW access program pages; checked November 8, 2026.
the Stott Mtn Unit sunrise and shooting times
Oregon clocks fall back on November 1, 2026 and spring forward on March 14, 2027, so the the Stott Mtn Unit times below jump an hour across those dates.
| Date | Opener | Rise | Set | Mammal hours | Bird table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | Archery opener | 6:33 a.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 6:03 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Not in table |
| Oct 3, 2026 | General buck opener | 7:14 a.m. | 6:54 p.m. | 6:44 a.m. to 7:24 p.m. | 6:46 a.m. to 6:44 p.m. |
| Oct 10, 2026 | Duck opener and upland opener | 7:23 a.m. | 6:41 p.m. | 6:53 a.m. to 7:11 p.m. | 6:55 a.m. to 6:31 p.m. |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:50 a.m. | 4:36 p.m. | 7:20 a.m. to 5:06 p.m. | 7:15 a.m. to 4:37 p.m. |
| Apr 15, 2027 | Spring turkey | 6:32 a.m. | 7:59 p.m. | 6:02 a.m. to 8:29 p.m. | Not in table |
Hours rules from the ODFW general hunting regulations; game bird times from the 2026-27 game bird shooting hours table; mammal sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Pacific Time); checked November 8, 2026. Legal hours for every county.
Stott Mtn Unit towns and neighbours
Towns tied to the Stott Mtn Unit: Lincoln City, Falls City, Dallas, Newport and Eola.
- Lincoln CityLincoln County
- Falls CityPolk County
- DallasPolk County
- NewportLincoln County
- EolaPolk County
- Lincoln BeachLincoln County
- NeskowinTillamook County
- RickreallPolk County
If tags in the Stott Mtn Unit run short, these units share its counties:
| Neighbour | Same counties | Sq mi | Hunt numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trask Unit | Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook | 1,317 | 18 |
| Alsea Unit | Lincoln, Polk | 1,955 | 12 |
| Willamette Unit | Polk | 2,893 | 6 |
| Wilson Unit | Tillamook | 576 | 16 |
| Saddle Mtn Unit | Tillamook | 1,032 | 19 |
Towns and their units from Census places and the ODFW unit layer; checked November 8, 2026.
Stott Mtn Unit answered
Is any national forest inside the Stott Mtn Unit?
Yes, 2 forest or ranger district records.
Which towns make a good base for the Stott Mtn Unit?
Lincoln City, Falls City, Dallas and Newport.
How did hunters do in the Stott Mtn Unit last season?
1,566 hunters took 594 buck deer, any weapon.
Where is the nearest ODFW office to the Stott Mtn Unit?
Newport hosts the main district office.
Which counties does the Stott Mtn Unit cross?
Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook; Polk County holds 54% of its 497 square miles.
Which drawn hunts are valid in WMU 17?
11 hunt numbers (5 elk, 2 antlerless deer, 2 spring bear, 1 premium deer and 1 premium elk); the table lists each one.
Is elk hunting in the Stott Mtn Unit general or controlled?
Both. General tags cover Archery elk – Western Oregon, Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 1st season and Western Oregon Coast bull elk – 2nd season, and 6 controlled or premium elk hunts reach it.
Which cougar zone takes in the Stott Mtn Unit?
Zone A, Coast/North Cascade.
Are centerfire rifles restricted in the Stott Mtn Unit?
Yes, during Coast Bull Elk 1st Season and Coast Bull Elk 2nd Season, unless you carry a valid big game tag.
Answers drawn from the ODFW sources cited on this page; checked November 8, 2026.
Other photos on this page: YellowstoneNPS (Public domain).