OR Mule Deer Unit ALSEA — Alsea

# ALSEA (OR) — MULE DEER TACTICAL ANALYSIS ## Terrain & Access This large Willamette Valley unit spans 1.25 million acres at modest elevation (-7 to 4,050 ft) with 48% public land access. Terrain is mixed forest and valley habitat typical of western Oregon's transition zones. Hunting conditions vary from low-elevation agricultural edges to higher-elevation mixed forest. ## Herd Quality & Population The herd shows volatile quality metrics: exceptional buck:doe ratio (36:100) in 2021, but that survey is flagged as a small sample and likely unreliable. More recent years (2022–2025) show good composition (24:100) to average (10:100 in 2024). The...