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Western Oregon · WMU 10

Saddle Mtn Unit (10): tags, seasons and 2025 harvest

Everything ODFW prints for WMU 10: 19 drawn hunts, 6 general big game rows and how the 2025 seasons went across Clatsop County, Columbia County and Tillamook County.

Tags by seriesHarvest
1,032Square miles
19Hunt numbers
WesternSide
ACougar zone

Photo: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mapping the Saddle Mtn Unit

ODFW's unit layer gives the Saddle Mtn Unit 1,032 square miles (662,604 acres) on the Western Oregon side of the Cascade split, and 80% of it is in Clatsop County. A hunter in the Saddle Mtn Unit can be standing in any of 4 counties, with Clatsop the largest at 828 square miles. Washington shows up with under 2% of the Saddle Mtn Unit; check the ODFW unit map there.

CountySquare milesOf the unitOf the county
Clatsop County827.980%88%
Columbia County171.917%26%
Tillamook County27.73%2%
Washington County2.90.3%0.4%

2 ODFW wildlife districts reach into the Saddle Mtn Unit; the phone numbers below are the district offices.

DistrictBased inPhoneUnit %
North CoastTillamook503-842-274182%
Shared North Coast-North WillametteShared Newport-Sauvie Islandmultiple5%
1,032Square miles
662,604Acres
WestODFW region
4Counties
North CoastMain district

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 Saddle Mtn Unit

A · quota 180Cougar zone
2Rifle limits
1Road closures
NoElk damage area
  • The general cougar tag works all year, but Zone A closes once 180 cougars are reported from its 16 units. 576 cougar hunters took 8 here in 2025.
  • The Saddle 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 Saddle Mtn Unit only with a matching big game tag, used or unused.
  • 1 cooperative road closure area cover parts of the Saddle Mtn Unit; check dates before driving in.
  • The Saddle Mtn Unit touches Northwest Permit Zone (Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Washington) 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 (Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Washington).
  • 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)
TMANameIn effect
10A
North Coast /
Access Area
3 days prior to
the opening of archery
season through close of
all bull elk ALW
seasons. Access may be
closed during extreme fire
danger.

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 Saddle Mtn Unit

The Saddle Mtn Unit sits inside 19 hunt areas: 14 elk, 2 antlerless deer, 1 spring bear, 1 premium deer and 1 premium elk. Hunt 710A drew 1,749 first choices in 2025, the most of any hunt here; it has 1,430 tags for 2026. The tightest hunt is 210, about 64 applicants per tag. The * on 11 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)

HuntNameTypeDatesBagTags 20261st choice 2025Units
610
Saddle Mtn Unit
Any legal weapon
Oct 3–Nov 6
One antlerless deer
4081,735This unit only
610T
Saddle Mtn Unit
Youth
Youth only
Oct 3–Nov 8
One antlerless deer
83133This unit only

Premium deer, L hunts (1)

HuntNameTypeDatesBagTags 20261st choice 2025Units
L10
Saddle 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 (14)

HuntNameTypeDatesBagTags 20261st choice 2025Units
200R *
Oregon Youth Bow
Youth only
Aug 29–Sep 27
One elk
33012462 units
210
Saddle Mtn Unit
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–Mar 31 2027
One antlerless elk
11707This unit only
210A1 *
W Saddle Mtn
No. 1
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–31
One antlerless elk
42302
10, 12
210A2 *
W Saddle Mtn
No. 2
Any legal weapon
Jan 1–31
One antlerless elk
42278
10, 12
210B1 *
Central Saddle Mtn
No. 1
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–31
One antlerless elk
39223This unit only
210B2 *
Central Saddle Mtn
No. 2
Any legal weapon
Jan 1–31
One antlerless elk
38206This unit only
210C1 *
Upper Nehalem No.
1
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–Jan 31 2027
One antlerless elk
82240
10, 11
210C2 *
Upper Nehalem No.
2
Any legal weapon
Feb 1–Mar 31
One antlerless elk
82203
10, 11
210D *
Lower Columbia
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–Mar 31 2027
One antlerless elk
83255This unit only
210T
Saddle Mtn Unit
Youth
Youth only
Aug 15–Dec 31
One antlerless elk
11132This unit only
210X
Saddle Mtn Unit
No. 1
Any legal weapon
Nov 14–17
One 3 pt+ bull
elk
1,3201,278This unit only
210Y
Saddle Mtn Unit
No. 2
Any legal weapon
Nov 21–27
One 3 pt+ bull
elk
1,3201,064This unit only
212A1 *
Miami-Nehalem No. 1
Any legal weapon
Dec 1–Jan 31 2027
One antlerless elk
3795
10, 12
212A2 *
Miami-Nehalem No. 2
Any legal weapon
Feb 1–Mar 31
One antlerless elk
3973
10, 12

Premium elk, M hunts (1)

HuntNameTypeDatesBagTags 20261st choice 2025Units
M10
Saddle 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)

HuntNameTypeDatesBagTags 20261st choice 2025Units
710A *
NW Oregon
Any legal weapon
Apr 1–May 31
—1,4301,749
10, 11, 12, 14,
15, 16, 19

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.

Saddle Mtn Unit hunts without a draw

Besides drawn tags, the Saddle Mtn Unit offers 6 general big game rows covering deer, elk, black bear and cougar. Elk seasons open to general tag holders in the Saddle Mtn Unit: Archery elk – Western Oregon.

General tags (6)

SpeciesSeasonTagAreaDatesBagNow
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 tagUnits 10-30
Oct 3–Nov 6
One buck with visible
antler
Deer
Youth extension –
Western Oregon general
buck deer
General tagUnits 10-30
Nov 7–8
One buck with visible
antler
Elk
General archery elk
– Western Oregon
General tag
Units 10 and 24
Aug 29–Sep 27
One bull 3 pt.+
Black bear
General fall black
bear (statewide)
General tagStatewide
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 tagStatewide
Jan 1–Dec 31
One cougar per tag;
unlawful to take spotted
kittens or females with
spotted kittens

18 bird and furbearer rows also apply here. Not shown: 13 falconry or pursuit rows.

Birds and small game (18)

SpeciesSeasonTagAreaDatesBagNow
Wild Turkey
Spring 2027: youth
spring wild turkey
hunt
General tagStatewide
Apr 10–11
Apr 15–May 31
One male or bearded
turkey per day
Wild Turkey
Spring 2027: spring
wild turkey
General tagStatewide
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
LicenseStatewide
Sep 1–Nov 15
5 daily, 15 in
possession
Ruffed Grouse
Ruffed grouse
ValidationStatewide
Sep 1–Jan 31 2027
3 daily, 9 in
possession
Blue Grouse
Blue grouse (dusky
and sooty)
ValidationStatewide
Sep 1–Jan 31 2027
3 daily, 9 in
possession
Chukar
Partridge (chukar and
Hungarian combined)
ValidationStatewide
Oct 10–Jan 31 2027
8 daily, 24 in
possession (combined)
Hungarian Partridge
Partridge (chukar and
Hungarian combined)
ValidationStatewide
Oct 10–Jan 31 2027
8 daily, 24 in
possession (combined)
Pheasant
Rooster pheasant
ValidationStatewide
Oct 10–Dec 31
2 daily, 8 in
possession
Ducks
Youth waterfowl hunt
(ducks, mergansers, coots,
geese)
ValidationStatewide
Sep 26–27
Regular bag limits
Ducks
Veterans and active
military personnel waterfowl
hunt
ValidationStatewide
Feb 6
Regular bag limits
Band-tailed Pigeon
Band-tailed pigeon
PermitStatewide
Sep 15–23
2 daily, 6 in
possession
Crow
Crow
ValidationStatewide
Oct 1–Jan 31 2027
No limit
Brant
Brant
PermitStatewide
Nov 28–Dec 13
2 daily, 6 in
possession
Gray Fox
Gray fox
FurtakerStatewide
Oct 15–Feb 28 2027
—
Muskrat
Muskrat and mink
FurtakerStatewide
Nov 15–Mar 31 2027
—
Mink
Muskrat and mink
FurtakerStatewide
Nov 15–Mar 31 2027
—
Raccoon
Raccoon
FurtakerStatewide
Nov 15–Mar 15 2027
—
River Otter
River otter
FurtakerStatewide
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.

Saddle Mtn Unit harvest in 2025

The 2025 table for the Saddle Mtn Unit lists 30 hunt rows; buck deer, any weapon tops it at 1,049.

Unit total, buck deer, any weapon: 1,049 animals, 3,528 hunters. Unit total, elk, any weapon: 807 animals, 2,400 hunters.

Rows with no hunters and no harvest are left out of the table.

What 2025 hunts in the Saddle Mtn Unit took05001,0001,5002,000Buck deer: 1,0491,049Buck deerBow deer: 1212Bow deerDoe deer: 206206Doe deerElk: 807807ElkBow elk: 258258Bow elkBear: 1313BearCougar: 88Cougar
KindHuntHuntersTaken%
Buck deer, any weapon
General Any Legal
Weapon Western Oregon
w/ 119A
23939%
Buck deer, any weapon
General Western Deer
3,5051,04030%
Deer, archery
Early Bow Deer
238105%
Deer, archery
Late Bow Deer
14522%
Antlerless deer
610 Saddle Mtn
Unit
31717856%
Antlerless deer
610T Saddle Mtn
Unit Youth
572850%
Elk, any weapon
210 Saddle Mtn
Unit
1218672%
Elk, any weapon
210A1 W Saddle
Mtn No. 1
383388%
Elk, any weapon
210A2 W Saddle
Mtn No. 2
403588%
Elk, any weapon
210B1 Central Saddle
Mtn No. 1
362674%
Elk, any weapon
210B2 Central Saddle
Mtn No. 2
291862%
Elk, any weapon
210C1 Upper Nehalem
No. 1
746080%
Elk, any weapon
210C2 Upper Nehalem
No. 2
776077%
Elk, any weapon
210D Lower Columbia
896574%
Elk, any weapon
210T Saddle Mtn
Unit Youth
10767%
Elk, any weapon
210X Saddle Mtn
Unit No. 1
93320722%
Elk, any weapon
210Y Saddle Mtn
Unit No. 2
94920622%
Elk, any weapon
212A1 Miami-Nehalem No.
1
22100%
Elk, any weapon
212A2 Miami-Nehalem No.
2
22100%
Elk, archery
200R Oregon Youth
Bow
11222%
Elk, archery
Western General Bow
Elk w/ 216R2
10222%
Elk, archery
Western General Bow
Elk w/ 217R
900%
Elk, archery
Western General Bow
Elk w/ 218R
9112%
Elk, archery
Western General Bow
Elk w/ 219R
22100%
Elk, archery
Western Elk Archery
1,42025118%
Black bear
710A NW Oregon
52611%
Black bear
Additional Fall Bear
800%
Black bear
Fall Bear
58771.3%
Cougar
Additional Cougar
800%
Cougar
Cougar
56881.3%
White-tailed deer doe in sunlit green brush
White-tailed deer doe in sunlit green brush

ODFW 2025 harvest estimates: Buck deer, any weapon, Deer, archery, Antlerless deer, Elk, any weapon, Elk, archery, Black bear, Cougar; checked November 8, 2026.

Saddle Mtn Unit wildlife areas and forests

6 land records cross into WMU 10, including 1 Access and Habitat or Open Fields area.

Each pin is a land or town page.

North Coast TMA-Law
Enforcement Project

A&H access area · 1,000,000 acres

Units 10, 11, 12,
14

Tillamook State Forest

State forest · 367,179 acres

Units 10, 11, 12,
14

Clatsop State Forest

State forest · 154,000 acres

Units 10, 12

Lewis and Clark
National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge · 13,048 acres

Only in WMU 10

Julia Butler Hansen
Refuge for the
Columbian White-Tailed Deer

Wildlife refuge · 3,150 acres

Units 10, 11

Jewell Meadows Wildlife
Area

Wildlife area · 2,947 acres

Units 10, 12

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 Saddle Mtn Unit sunrise and shooting times

Oregon clocks fall back on November 1, 2026 and spring forward on March 14, 2027, so the the Saddle Mtn Unit times below jump an hour across those dates.

DateOpenerRiseSetMammal hoursBird table
Aug 29, 2026Archery opener6:30 a.m.8:01 p.m.6:00 a.m. to 8:31 p.m.Not in table
Oct 3, 2026General buck opener7:14 a.m.6:53 p.m.6:44 a.m. to 7:23 p.m.6:46 a.m. to 6:44 p.m.
Oct 10, 2026
Duck opener
and upland opener
7:23 a.m.6:40 p.m.6:53 a.m. to 7:10 p.m.6:55 a.m. to 6:31 p.m.
Dec 21, 2026Shortest day7:54 a.m.4:31 p.m.7:24 a.m. to 5:01 p.m.7:15 a.m. to 4:37 p.m.
Apr 15, 2027Spring turkey6:30 a.m.8:00 p.m.6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Not in table

Spring turkey stops at sunset.

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.

Saddle Mtn Unit towns and neighbours

Astoria, Jeffers Gardens and Knappa lie in the unit. Clatskanie, Garibaldi and Barnesdale are close by.

If tags in the Saddle Mtn Unit run short, these units share its counties:

NeighbourSame countiesSq miHunt numbers
Wilson UnitClatsop, Tillamook, Washington57616
Scappoose UnitColumbia, Washington77113
Trask UnitTillamook, Washington1,31718
Willamette UnitWashington2,8936
Stott Mtn UnitTillamook49711

Towns and their units from Census places and the ODFW unit layer; checked November 8, 2026.

Units that ring the Saddle Mtn Unit

Next door to the Saddle Mtn Unit, by distance, with three hub links.

Wilson Unit (12)

55 season rows

Scappoose Unit (11)

53 season rows

Trask Unit (14)

60 season rows

Willamette Unit (15)

48 season rows

All unitsControlled hunt numbersRifle restrictions
Roosevelt elk bull watching over a pasture at the ODFW Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area
Roosevelt elk bull watching over a pasture at the ODFW Jewell Meadows Wildlife AreaPhoto: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Roosevelt elk herd in the meadows of Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area below forested hills
Roosevelt elk herd in the meadows of Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area below forested hillsPhoto: Jeff Gunn (CC BY 2.0)

Saddle Mtn Unit FAQ

Where is the nearest ODFW office to the Saddle Mtn Unit?

Tillamook hosts the main district office.

Which counties does the Saddle Mtn Unit cross?

Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook and Washington; Clatsop County holds 80% of its 1,032 square miles.

Which drawn hunts are valid in WMU 10?

19 hunt numbers (14 elk, 2 antlerless deer, 1 spring bear, 1 premium deer and 1 premium elk); the table lists each one.

Is elk hunting in the Saddle Mtn Unit general or controlled?

Both. General tags cover Archery elk – Western Oregon, and 15 controlled or premium elk hunts reach it.

Which cougar zone takes in the Saddle Mtn Unit?

Zone A, Coast/North Cascade.

What access limits apply in WMU 10?

2 rifle-restricted seasons and 1 travel management area.

Are there ODFW wildlife areas in the Saddle Mtn Unit?

Yes, 1 wildlife area.

Which towns make a good base for the Saddle Mtn Unit?

Astoria, Jeffers Gardens, Knappa and River Point.

Is the Saddle Mtn Unit a good unit?

It depends on the hunt; in 2025 the buck deer, any weapon report shows 1,049 taken.

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).