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ODFW East Region · 555 sq mi
Hunting the Lookout Mtn Unit (64) in Oregon
555 square miles of Eastern Oregon, 15 hunt numbers and 4 public land pages, managed from the Baker City office.
Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington (CC BY 2.0)
Counties inside the Lookout Mtn Unit
Measured on the ODFW Wildlife Management Unit layer, unit 64 runs to 355,685 acres, mostly in Baker County (100%), and it sits in Eastern Oregon. The Lookout Mtn Unit crosses into 2 counties. By area the split runs Baker 100% and Malheur 0.1%. Treat the Malheur overlap as a boundary sliver (below 2% of the unit).
| County | Sq mi in unit | Share of unit | Share of county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County | 554.5 | 100% | 18% |
| Malheur County | 0.4 | 0.1% | — |
Call 541-523-5832 for the Baker City biologists, who manage the largest part of the Lookout Mtn Unit (100%).
| District | Office | Phone | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker City | Baker City | 541-523-5832 | 100% |
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.
Lookout Mtn Unit unit-level rules
- Zone E (Blue Mountains) takes in WMU 64 and 19 other units under a quota of 270. The 2025 cougar report credits the unit with 0 animals.
- Herd ranges overlapping WMU 64: South Wallowas (SW: SW01, SW02). No general buck tag works in Eastern Oregon.
- The centerfire rifle restriction covers WMU 64 during Eastern Buck Deer, Rocky Mtn Bull Elk 1st Season and Rocky Mtn Bull Elk 2nd Season.
- No cooperative travel management area is printed for the Lookout Mtn Unit.
- ODFW maps the Grande Ronde Baker Keating Valleys antlerless elk damage area across WMU 64.
- Check the ODFW waterfowl map for the Lookout Mtn Unit: its counties fall in map-only goose and duck zones.
- Game bird hours table zone for this unit: Zone D (Baker, Malheur).
- Testing continues statewide and no chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Oregon.
| When rifles are limited |
|---|
Eastern Buck Deer (Oct. 3 – Oct. 14) |
Rocky Mtn Bull Elk (controlled) 1st Season (Oct. 28 – Nov. 1) |
Rocky Mtn Bull Elk 2nd Season (Nov. 7 – Nov. 15) |
| Mule deer range | Prefix | Areas |
|---|---|---|
| South Wallowas | SW | SW01, SW02 |
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.
Lookout Mtn Unit hunt numbers
Apply for any of these 15 hunts to carry a drawn tag in the Lookout Mtn Unit. Tag counts total 1,552, though multi-unit hunts spread them wider. The most-requested hunt touching the unit is 464 Lookout Mtn Unit, with 486 first-choice applicants in 2025 for 7 tags this year. New in 2026: SW101 and SW101R. Hunts with * (1) are limited to part of the area named.
Results came out by June 12. Sheep, goat and premium hunts are drawn fully at random, with no preference points. Read each row as 2026; 2027 hunts come with the next booklet.
Buck deer, 100 series (2)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW101 new | South Wallowas 01 | Any legal weapon | Oct 3–14 | One buck with visible antler | 248 | — | This unit only |
| SW101R new | South Wallowas 01 Bow | Archery | Aug 29–Sep 27 | One buck with visible antler | 154 | — | This unit only |
Premium deer, L hunts (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSW01 | South Wallowas 01 | 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 (7)
| 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 |
| 264A1 | Lookout Mtn Unit No. 1 | Any legal weapon | Oct 18–Nov 30 | One antlerless elk | 165 | 125 | This unit only |
| 264A2 | Lookout Mtn Unit No. 2 | Any legal weapon | Dec 1–Jan 31 2027 | One antlerless elk | 165 | 149 | This unit only |
| 264A3 | Lookout Mtn Unit No. 3 | Any legal weapon | Dec 18–31 | One elk | 110 | 182 | This unit only |
| 264T | Lookout Mtn Unit Youth | Youth only | Aug 15–Dec 31 | One antlerless elk | 40 | 36 | This unit only |
| 264X | Lookout Mtn Unit No. 1 | Any legal weapon | Oct 28–Nov 1 | One elk | 138 | 182 | This unit only |
| 264Y | Lookout Mtn Unit No. 2 | Any legal weapon | Nov 7–15 | One elk | 138 | 169 | This unit only |
Premium elk, M hunts (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M64 | Lookout 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 |
Pronghorn, 400 series (2)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464 | Lookout Mtn Unit | Any legal weapon | Aug 15–23 | One buck pronghorn | 7 | 486 | This unit only |
| 464R | Lookout Mtn Unit Bow | Archery | Sep 5–13 | One pronghorn either sex | 11 | 38 | This unit only |
Premium pronghorn, N hunts (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N64 | Lookout 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 (1)
| Hunt | Name | Type | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | 1st choice 2025 | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 764 | Lookout Mtn Unit | Any legal weapon | Apr 1–May 31 | — | 43 | 61 | This unit only |
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.
Seasons open in the Lookout Mtn Unit
The Lookout Mtn Unit has 4 general big game rows, none of them for buck deer, which is drawn by hunt area east of the Cascades. General elk options here: Archery elk – Eastern Oregon.
General big game (4)
| Species | Season | Tag | Area | Dates | Bag | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk | General season antlerless elk damage | General tag | Halfway Valley; Richland Valley; Ukiah and Heppner; Walla Walla; Wallowa Valley; John Day Valley ; Grande Ronde Baker Keating Valleys | Aug 1–Nov 30 | One antlerless elk | |
| Elk | General archery elk – Eastern Oregon | General tag | Units 35, 38, 40-45, southern Unit 51 | Aug 29–Sep 27 | One 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 |
Non-big-game hunting in the Lookout Mtn Unit runs to 19 season rows, from grouse and turkey to raccoon and otter. The table skips 13 falconry and pursuit seasons.
Game birds and furbearers (19)
| Species | Season | Tag | Area | Dates | Bag | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Turkey | Fall wild turkey | General tag | WMUs 36, 37 | Oct 10–Nov 30 Dec 1–Jan 31 2027 | One wild turkey of either sex | |
| 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.
Last season in the Lookout Mtn Unit
558 hunters took 154 elk, any weapon in the Lookout Mtn Unit in 2025, the top line in the table.
211 buck deer, any weapon hunters took 117. 558 elk, any weapon hunters took 154.
Figures are ODFW estimates from mandatory hunter reports, by hunt within the unit.
| ODFW report | Hunt | Hunters | Animals | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck deer, any weapon | 164 Lookout Mtn Unit | 211 | 117 | 55% |
| Deer, archery | 164R Lookout Mtn Unit Bow | 87 | 25 | 29% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264A1 Lookout Mtn Unit No. 1 | 104 | 21 | 20% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264A2 Lookout Mtn Unit No. 2 | 109 | 23 | 21% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264A3 Lookout Mtn Unit No. 3 | 99 | 22 | 22% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264T Lookout Mtn Unit Youth | 26 | 6 | 22% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264X Lookout Mtn Unit No. 1 | 111 | 41 | 37% |
| Elk, any weapon | 264Y Lookout Mtn Unit No. 2 | 109 | 41 | 38% |
| Elk, archery | 200R Oregon Youth Bow | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Elk, archery | Eastern General Bow Elk w/ 218R | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Elk, archery | Eastern General Bow Elk w/ 221R | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Elk, archery | Eastern Elk Archery | 175 | 51 | 29% |
| Elk damage tags | General Season Antlerless Elk Damage | 22 | 15 | 69% |
| Pronghorn | 464 Lookout Mtn Unit | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| Pronghorn | 464R Lookout Mtn Unit Bow | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| Black bear | Fall Bear | 46 | 1 | 3.2% |
| Cougar | Cougar | 36 | 0 | 0% |
ODFW 2025 harvest estimates: Buck deer, any weapon, Deer, archery, Elk, any weapon, Elk, archery, Elk damage tags, Pronghorn, Black bear, Cougar; checked November 8, 2026.
Land records in the Lookout Mtn Unit
The Lookout Mtn Unit overlaps 4 mapped lands, from wildlife areas (0) to forest units (0) and BLM ground (2). Also present: Bureau of Land Management Oregon public lands.
Troy Ranches Access Area
M.R. King Ranches Access Area
BLM Vale District
BLM Baker Field Office
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.
Legal hours around the Lookout Mtn Unit
Spring turkey hunters near the Lookout Mtn Unit start half an hour before sunrise but must stop at sunset, earlier than deer and elk hunters on the same evening.
| Day | Why it matters | Sun up | Sun down | Deer and elk | Upland and ducks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | Archery opener | 6:08 a.m. | 7:35 p.m. | 5:38 a.m. to 8:05 p.m. | Not in table |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Eastern buck rifle | 6:49 a.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 6:19 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. | 6:27 a.m. to 6:24 p.m. |
| Oct 10, 2026 | Duck opener and upland opener | 6:58 a.m. | 6:17 p.m. | 6:28 a.m. to 6:47 p.m. | 6:35 a.m. to 6:12 p.m. |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:24 a.m. | 4:12 p.m. | 6:54 a.m. to 4:42 p.m. | 6:55 a.m. to 4:18 p.m. |
| Apr 15, 2027 | Spring turkey | 6:08 a.m. | 7:34 p.m. | 5:38 a.m. to 8:04 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.
Towns and units near the Lookout Mtn Unit
0 towns on our list sit inside the Lookout Mtn Unit, and 2 mores lie within 10 miles.
- Baker CityBaker County
- HainesBaker County
Units that share a county with the Lookout Mtn Unit, closest first:
| Unit | Counties shared | Size, sq mi | Hunts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keating Unit | Baker | 607 | 19 |
| Sumpter Unit | Baker, Malheur | 1,523 | 29 |
| Pine Creek Unit | Baker | 378 | 18 |
| Starkey Unit | Baker | 806 | 18 |
| Beulah Unit | Baker, Malheur | 2,738 | 38 |
| Catherine Creek Unit | Baker | 662 | 26 |
| Owyhee Unit | Malheur | 3,019 | 22 |
| Desolation Unit | Baker | 670 | 19 |
Towns and their units from Census places and the ODFW unit layer; checked November 8, 2026.
Lookout Mtn Unit questions
Where can I get fuel and food near the Lookout Mtn Unit?
Baker City and Haines.
Is any national forest inside the Lookout Mtn Unit?
Not on our records.
Which ODFW district handles WMU 64?
Baker City.
What did 2025 hunts in the Lookout Mtn Unit take?
154 in elk, any weapon, the largest report.
How big is WMU 64, and where is it?
555 square miles over 2 counties, mostly Baker.
What deer hunt codes cover the Lookout Mtn Unit?
SW.
Is there a general buck deer season in the Lookout Mtn Unit?
No. Eastern Oregon buck deer is controlled only.
How many controlled hunts include the Lookout Mtn Unit?
15: 7 elk, 2 buck deer, 2 pronghorn, 1 spring bear, 1 premium deer, 1 premium pronghorn and 1 premium elk.
Are centerfire rifles restricted in the Lookout Mtn Unit?
Yes, during Eastern Buck Deer, Rocky Mtn Bull Elk 1st Season and Rocky Mtn Bull Elk 2nd Season, unless you carry a valid big game tag.
When is cougar season in WMU 64?
January 1 to December 31 on a general tag, until Zone E hits 270.
Answers drawn from the ODFW sources cited on this page; checked November 8, 2026.
Other photos on this page: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (CC BY-SA 2.0).