Oregon supports healthy populations of elk and deer rolling around in its mountains, forests and steppe. Of your house a secretive black-tailed deer within a Coast Range jungle or perhaps a Rocky Mountain elk bull with a Blue Mountain bench, hunters within the Beaver State come with an exciting challenge in front of them.


Deer hunt
Hunters can target three varieties of deer in Oregon: the Odocoileus hemionus, which roams east with the Cascade Range crest; the black-tailed deer inhabiting the denser forests west from the crest; and white-tailed deer in aspects of northeastern and southwestern Oregon.

Elk Hunting
Roosevelt elk, largest with the elk subspecies, roam the deep forests west from the Cascade crest, while Rocky Mountain elk frequent the tableland and mountain forests of central and eastern Oregon.

Elk Hotspots
Roosevelt elk are especially plentiful within the northern Oregon Coast Range, even though the northeastern plateaus and canyons harbor a few of the densest Rocky Mountain elk populations in America.

Difficulty
Oregon's diverse terrain results in challenging hunting. Hunters within the rich conifer forests with the Coast Range and west-slope Cascades cope with devil's-club thickets and steep, tangled slopes, while rugged breaks and deadfall are obstacles in northeastern Oregon.

Regulations
Consult the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's annual "Oregon Big Game Regulations" manual, available online and in hard copy, for vital information.