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Washington Deer Draw Odds

In the 2025 draw Washington offered 467 deer hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn by a lottery weighted by bonus points. At 0 points an applicant had at least an even chance in 25 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
222 days
May 27

Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$751

Kept if you miss

Tags, All Residencies
6,399

2025 draw

Applicants
118,484

2025 draw, first choice

2026 draw pending — 2025 odds shown

Point only: $152.30 · on the draw application · apply by May 27, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Washington

How the Washington Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Bonus points (squared).

Every applicant gets points², counting the application you buy now entries in a random draw, so more points mean more chances, but never a guarantee.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Washington

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

Buck or Either-Sex

1235

GMU 169 · Buck muzzleloader · Wenaha · Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader)

24%
Success
—
Public
100%
Season
Sep 26–Oct 4

1084

GMU 627 · Buck archery · Kitsap · Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Archery)

29%
Success
—
Public
9%
Season
Nov 2–18

1237

GMU 178 · Buck muzzleloader · Peola · Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader)

29%
Success
—
Public
5%
Season
Sep 26–Oct 4

1097

GMU 621 · Buck muzzleloader · Olympic · Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Muzzleloader)

16%
Success
—
Public
74%
Season
Nov 2–18

1085

GMU 667 · Buck archery · Skookumchuck · Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Archery)

22%
Success
—
Public
13%
Season
Nov 2–18

1236

GMU 172 · Buck muzzleloader · Mountain View · Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader)

16%
Success
—
Public
55%
Season
Sep 26–Oct 4

Doe

1449

GMU 417 · Doe archery · Cypress · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Archery)

100%
Success
—
Public
94%
Season
Sep 1–Dec 31

1452

GMU Deer Area 6020 · Doe archery · Miller · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Archery)

100%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Dec 15–31

1431

GMU 412 · Doe rifle · Shaw · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods)

100%
Success
—
Public
21%
Season
Sep 1–Dec 31

1430

GMU 411 · Doe rifle · Orcas · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods)

100%
Success
—
Public
16%
Season
Sep 1–Dec 31

1440

GMU 422 · Doe rifle · Vashon–Maury · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods)

100%
Success
—
Public
6%
Season
Aug 1–Dec 31

1465

GMU 421 · Doe muzzleloader · Camano · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader)

100%
Success
—
Public
4%
Season
Sep 26–Dec 15

Every Hunt at 0 Points

467 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 42 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies

Last year's odds were off by about 3 percentage points for applicants near the points needed. How we check

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
1000 GMU 105 · Buck rifle · Kelly Hill White-tailed Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 7% —
1001 GMU 105 · Buck rifle · Kelly Hill Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) <1% (small sample) —
1002 GMU 108 · Buck rifle · Douglas White-tailed Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 7% —
1003 GMU 108 · Buck rifle · Douglas Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 1% (small sample) —
1004 GMU 111 · Buck rifle · Aladdin White-tailed Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 7% —
1005 GMU 111 · Buck rifle · Aladdin Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 2% (small sample) —
1006 GMU 113 · Buck rifle · Selkirk Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) <1% (small sample) —
1007 GMU 117 · Buck rifle · 49 Degrees North White-tailed Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 4% —
1008 GMU 117 · Buck rifle · 49 Degrees North Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) <1% (small sample) —
1009 GMU 121 · Buck rifle · Huckleberry White-tailed Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 2% —
1010 GMU 121 · Buck rifle · Huckleberry Mule Deer Buck · Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) <1% (small sample) —
1011 GMU 124 · Buck rifle · Mt. Spokane · Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 3% —
1409 GMU 124 · Doe rifle · Mt. Spokane · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) <1% —
1443 GMU 124 · Doe archery · Mt. Spokane · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Archery) 3% —
1454 GMU 124 · Doe muzzleloader · Mt. Spokane · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) 5% —
1600 65+ · GMU 124 · Doe rifle · Mt. Spokane · Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 4% —
1700 Disability permit · GMU 124 · Doe rifle · Mt. Spokane · Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 9% —
1012 GMU 127 · Buck rifle · Mica Peak · Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 3% —
1200 GMU 127 +5 · Buck rifle · Palouse · Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 19% —
1410 GMU 127 · Doe rifle · Mica Peak · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 2% —
1444 GMU 127 · Doe archery · Mica Peak · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Archery) 7% —
1455 GMU 127 · Doe muzzleloader · Mica Peak · Second Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) 19% —
1601 65+ · GMU 127 · Doe rifle · Mica Peak · Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 15% —
1701 Disability permit · GMU 127 · Doe rifle · Mica Peak · Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 29% —
1013 GMU 130 · Buck rifle · Cheney · Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 4% —

Showing 1–25 of 467 · sorted by GMU · 18 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 467 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the GMU who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole GMU's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth
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tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 175 GMUs

Each GMU has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 5 Region 6 101 Sherman 73% public 105 Kelly Hill 44% public 108 Douglas 24% public 111 Aladdin 66% public 113 Selkirk 78% public 117 49 Degrees North 42% public 121 Huckleberry 15% public 124 Mount Spokane 9% public 127 Mica Peak 5% public 130 Cheney 10% public 133 Roosevelt 7% public 136 Harrington 11% public 139 Steptoe 3% public 142 Almota 5% public 145 Mayview 4% public 149 Prescott 5% public 154 Blue Creek 3% public 157 Mill Creek Watershed 99% public 162 Dayton 28% public 163 Marengo 5% public 166 Tucannon 96% public 169 Wenaha 100% public 172 Mountain View 55% public 175 Lick Creek 94% public 178 Peola 5% public 181 Couse 13% public 186 Grande Ronde 56% public 203 Pasayten 100% public 204 Okanogan East 48% public 209 Wannacut 27% public 215 Sinlahekin 74% public 218 Chewuch 95% public 224 Pearrygin 89% public 231 Gardner 89% public 233 Pogue 45% public 239 Chiliwist 52% public 242 Alta 87% public 243 Manson 65% public 244 Clark 100% public 245 Chiwawa 89% public 246 Slide Ridge 99% public 247 Entiat 76% public 248 Big Bend 26% public 249 Alpine 100% public 250 Swakane 65% public 251 Mission 59% public 254 Saint Andrews 15% public 260 Foster Creek 19% public 262 Withrow 6% public 266 Badger 8% public 269 Moses Coulee 22% public 272 Beezley 19% public 278 Wahluke 32% public 284 Ritzville 6% public 290 Desert 46% public 328 Naneum 72% public 329 Quilomene 79% public 330 West Bar 82% public 334 Ellensburg 5% public 335 Teanaway 72% public 336 Taneum 57% public 340 Manastash 76% public 342 Umtanum 68% public 346 Little Naches 93% public 352 Nile 95% public 356 Bumping 100% public 360 Bethel 97% public 364 Rimrock 96% public 368 Cowiche 43% public 371 Alkali 98% public 372 Rattlesnake Hills 17% public 373 Horse Heaven 11% public 379 Ringold 26% public 381 Kahlotus 12% public 382 East Klickitat 9% public 388 Grayback 11% public 407 North Sound 8% public 410 Islands 1% public 411 Orcas 16% public 412 Shaw 21% public 413 San Juan 4% public 414 Lopez 4% public 415 Blakely 0% public 416 Decatur 0% public 417 Cypress 94% public 418 Nooksack 72% public 419 Guemes 4% public 420 Whidbey 12% public 421 Camano 4% public 422 Vashon - Maury 6% public 423 Henry 6% public 424 Stuart 8% public 426 Diablo 88% public 437 Sauk 61% public 448 Stillaguamish 82% public 450 Cascade 100% public 454 Issaquah 10% public 460 Snoqualmie 64% public 466 Stampede 65% public 485 Green River 65% public 490 Cedar River 501 Lincoln 22% public 503 Randle 10% public 504 Stella 2% public 505 Mossyrock 4% public 506 Willapa Hills 16% public 510 Stormking 33% public 513 South Rainier 93% public 516 Packwood 93% public 520 Winston 14% public 522 Loo-wit 524 Margaret 25% public 530 Ryderwood 13% public 550 Coweeman 7% public 554 Yale 23% public 556 Toutle 31% public 560 Lewis River 91% public 564 Battle Ground 6% public 568 Washougal 53% public 572 Siouxon 92% public 574 Wind River 74% public 578 West Klickitat 28% public 601 Hoko 9% public 602 Dickey 33% public 603 Pysht 55% public 607 Sol Duc 77% public 612 Goodman 38% public 615 Clearwater 74% public 618 Matheny 99% public 621 Olympic 74% public 624 Coyle 5% public 627 Kitsap 9% public 633 Mason 14% public 636 Skokomish 56% public 638 Quinault Ridge 86% public 642 Copalis 19% public 648 Wynoochee 11% public 651 Satsop 3% public 652 Puyallup 16% public 653 White River 54% public 654 Mashel 22% public 655 Anderson Island 0% public 658 North River 14% public 660 Minot Peak 16% public 663 Capitol Peak 70% public 666 Deschutes 13% public 667 Skookumchuck 13% public 672 Fall River 26% public 673 Williams Creek 25% public 681 Bear River 7% public 684 Long Beach 26% public 699 Long Island 100% public Deer Area 1008 Wenaha West Deer Area 1009 Wenaha East Deer Area 1010 Ten Ten Deer Area 1031 Parker Lake Deer Area 2010 Benge Deer Area 2011 Lakeview Deer Area 2012 Methow Deer Area 2013 North Okanogan Deer Area 2014 Central Okanogan Deer Area 2015 Omak Deer Area 2016 Conconully Deer Area 2017 Lake Chelan North Deer Area 3071 Whitcomb Deer Area 3072 Paterson Deer Area 4541 North Issaquah Deer Area 5382 Simcoe Deer Area 6020 Miller Buckrun
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.