Washington Deer · GMU 166 Tucannon
Washington GMU 166 covers 84,920 acres and lies 34 miles east of Walla Walla and 70 miles east of Pasco. 96% of it is public land, mostly national forest (80%) and state land (15%). In 2025, hunters took 46 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 166. 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.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
80% Forest Service
84,920 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
- 10%
- Season
- Nov 20 – Dec 8
- Tags / Apps
- 45 / 264
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 10%
- Season
- Nov 7–19
- Tags / Apps
- 60 / 2,492
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 166
The last draw held in GMU 166 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1019 | Tucannon — Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 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% | — | |
| 1234 | Tucannon — Buck Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Muzzleloader) | 4% | — | |
| 1508 · youth | Tucannon — Youth Deer Hunt, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | 5% | — |
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 | 46 |
| 2024 | 77 |
| 2023 | 51 |
| 2022 | 30 |
| 2021 | 43 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 42 | — |
| General season · archery | 14 | 2 | 14% |
| General season · firearm | 393 | 40 | 10% |
| Special permit | — | 4 | — |
2025 split: archery 2 (5%) from 14 hunters, 14%, firearm 40 (95%) from 393 hunters, 10%
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
| National Forest | 67,878 ac | 80% |
| State land | 12,872 ac | 15% |
| Private | 3,147 ac | 4% |
| State trust land | 1,021 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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