Washington Deer · GMU 233 Pogue
Washington GMU 233 covers 145,921 acres and lies 35 miles south of Oroville. 45% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (24%) and state land (10%). In 2025, hunters took 150 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1210, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 831 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 233. 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.
7 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
34% State
145,921 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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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.
Every License in GMU 233
The last draw held in GMU 233 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1028 | Pogue — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 1210 | Pogue — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 1420 | Pogue — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 1517 · youth | Pogue — Youth Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 6% | — | |
| 1570 · youth | Pogue — Youth Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Muzzleloader) | 21% (small sample) | — | |
| 1613 · hunters | Pogue — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 5% | — | |
| 1713 · hunters | Pogue — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Any Buck, Mule Deer or Any Deer… | 11% | — |
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 | 150 |
| 2024 | 203 |
| 2023 | 212 |
| 2022 | 214 |
| 2021 | 233 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 134 | — |
| General season · archery | 133 | 26 | 20% |
| General season · firearm | 637 | 77 | 12% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 41 | 10 | 24% |
| Special permit | — | 16 | — |
2025 split: archery 26 (23%) from 133 hunters, 20%, firearm 77 (68%) from 637 hunters, 12%, muzzleloader 10 (9%) from 41 hunters, 24%
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 | 80,155 ac | 55% |
| State trust land | 34,935 ac | 24% |
| State land | 14,694 ac | 10% |
| BLM | 7,881 ac | 5% |
| National Forest | 7,242 ac | 5% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 1,012 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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