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Washington Deer — GMU 163

Marengo

Washington GMU 163 covers 96,015 acres and lies 35 miles north-east of Walla Walla and 63 miles east of Pasco. 5% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (3%) and state land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 97 deer here. The 2026 draw put up 60 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):150 Firearm hunter success (2025):21% Public land:5% Size:96,015 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 163, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

8 licenses on offer · 150 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
  • 1201 Blue Mtns. Foothills West — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) 60 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1233 Marengo — Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader) 10 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1305 Marengo — Antlerless Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 15 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1306 Marengo — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1339 Marengo — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1501 Blue Mtns. Foothills West — Youth Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 30 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1606 Blue Mtns. Foothills — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 15 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1706 Blue Mtns. Foothills — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 10 tags
    — Cut level
What these columns mean
Your odds
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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
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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
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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
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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

Walla Walla Moses Lake Spokane Yakima Wenatchee
GMU 163 within Washington
145 162 166 175 178
GMU 163 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 91,408 ac · 95%
  • State trust land 2,957 ac · 3%
  • State land 1,649 ac · 2%

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

Nearby areas

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 97
2024 168
2023 136
2022 121
2021 152

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 5 · 6% · 50 hunters, 10% success
  • Firearm 73 · 94% · 355 hunters, 21% 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