Washington Deer · GMU 162 Dayton
Washington GMU 162 covers 123,446 acres and lies 25 miles north-east of Walla Walla and 48 miles south-west of Pullman. 28% of it is public land, mostly national forest (26%) and state trust land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 200 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1201, put up 60 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 2,492 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 162. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Washington deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
26% Forest Service
123,446 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 18%
- Season
- Nov 20 – Dec 8
- Tags / Apps
- 45 / 264
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 18%
- Season
- Nov 7–19
- Tags / Apps
- 60 / 2,492
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 18%
- Season
- Sep 26 – Oct 4
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 123
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 18%
- Season
- Nov 7–19
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 958
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 162
The last draw held in GMU 162 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1018 | Dayton — Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 1086 | Blue Mtns. Foothills — Quality Deer Hunt, white-tailed, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader) | 17% | — | |
| 1201 | Blue Mtns. Foothills West — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 1232 | Dayton — Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader) | 12% | — | |
| 1303 | Dayton — Antlerless Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 1506 · youth | Dayton — Youth Deer Hunt, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | 3% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WDFW 2025 Deer individual hunts, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $751.37 ($751.37 to apply). Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 |
| 2024 | 233 |
| 2023 | 199 |
| 2022 | 203 |
| 2021 | 254 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 184 | — |
| General season · archery | 82 | 5 | 6% |
| General season · firearm | 984 | 176 | 18% |
| Special permit | — | 16 | — |
2025 split: archery 5 (3%) from 82 hunters, 6%, firearm 176 (97%) from 984 hunters, 18%
What Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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. Source: WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table.
The Ground
| Private | 89,222 ac | 72% |
| National Forest | 32,341 ac | 26% |
| State trust land | 1,374 ac | 1% |
| BLM | 396 ac | <1% |
| State land | 109 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 2 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Deer individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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