Washington Deer · GMU 247 Entiat
Washington GMU 247 covers 142,386 acres and lies 27 miles north of Wenatchee and 58 miles north of Ellensburg. 76% of it is public land, mostly national forest (60%) and state land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 135 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1033, put up 15 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 4,421 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 247. 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
60% Forest Service
142,386 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.
Every License in GMU 247
The last draw held in GMU 247 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1033 | Entiat — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | <1% | — | |
| 1078 | Entiat — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Archery) | 3% | — | |
| 1521 · youth | Entiat — Youth Deer Hunt, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 1617 · hunters | Entiat — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 1717 · hunters | Entiat — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | 2% (small sample) | — | |
| 1747 · hunters | Entiat — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) | 20% (small sample) | — |
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 | 135 |
| 2024 | 148 |
| 2023 | 207 |
| 2022 | 203 |
| 2021 | 276 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 104 | — |
| General season · archery | 64 | 11 | 17% |
| General season · firearm | 811 | 81 | 10% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Special permit | — | 31 | — |
2025 split: archery 11 (12%) from 64 hunters, 17%, firearm 81 (88%) from 811 hunters, 10%, muzzleloader 0 (0%)
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 | 85,004 ac | 60% |
| Private | 34,517 ac | 24% |
| State land | 11,776 ac | 8% |
| BLM | 5,891 ac | 4% |
| State trust land | 4,471 ac | 3% |
| County or city land | 686 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 35 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 3 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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