Washington Deer — GMU 105

Kelly Hill

Washington GMU 105 covers 176,776 acres and lies 89 miles north of Spokane. 44% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and state trust land (11%). In 2025, hunters took 176 deer here. The 2026 draw put up 5 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):6 Firearm hunter success (2025):24% Public land:44% Size:176,776 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 105, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

2 licenses on offer · 6 tags in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 1000 Kelly Hill White-tailed Buck — Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    Cut level
  • 1001 Kelly Hill Mule Deer Buck — Quality Deer Hunt, mule, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 1 tags
    Cut level
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $1,108.27 $1,108.27 $1,108.27

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Spokane Moses Lake Wenatchee Pasco Yakima
GMU 105 within Washington
101 108 111 113
GMU 105 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • Private 98,585 ac · 56%
  • National Forest 54,816 ac · 31%
  • State trust land 19,803 ac · 11%
  • BLM 3,449 ac · 2%
  • National Park Service 121 ac · 0%

Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels

How the hunting has gone

What Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Washington's figures come from mandatory hunter reports. WDFW credits a multi-GMU special-permit hunt's harvest to every GMU it spans rather than splitting it, so unit totals add up to more than the statewide total.

Season Harvest
2025 176
2024 282
2023 219
2022 199
2021 255

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 0 · 0% · 37 hunters, 0% success
  • Firearm 165 · 99% · 682 hunters, 24% success
  • Muzzleloader 1 · 1% · 8 hunters, 13% success

Boundary: WDFW Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon layer (WP_HuntPlanner/Regulation/MapServer/0)

Harvest: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)

How we compute draw odds · All Washington deer hunts