Washington Deer — GMU 215

Sinlahekin

Washington GMU 215 covers 272,040 acres and lies 97 miles north of Wenatchee. 74% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (41%) and state land (14%). In 2025, hunters took 219 deer here. The 2026 draw put up 10 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):38 Firearm hunter success (2025):16% Public land:74% Size:272,040 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 215, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

7 licenses on offer · 38 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
  • 1024 Sinlahekin — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
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  • 1206 Sinlahekin — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 10 tags
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  • 1416 Sinlahekin — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
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  • 1513 Sinlahekin — Youth Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
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  • 1609 Sinlahekin — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
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  • 1709 Sinlahekin — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
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  • 1744 Sinlahekin — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Any Buck, Mule Deer or Any Deer (Muzzleloader) 3 tags
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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

Wenatchee Moses Lake Arlington Monroe Bellingham
GMU 215 within Washington
203 204 209 218 224 231 233 239 426
GMU 215 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

  • State trust land 110,394 ac · 41%
  • Private 71,188 ac · 26%
  • State land 38,617 ac · 14%
  • National Forest 35,291 ac · 13%
  • BLM 13,382 ac · 5%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 2,883 ac · 1%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 277 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 5 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 219
2024 258
2023 246
2022 287
2021 400

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 38 · 21% · 304 hunters, 13% success
  • Firearm 123 · 69% · 769 hunters, 16% success
  • Muzzleloader 17 · 10% · 44 hunters, 39% 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