Washington Deer · GMU 262 Withrow

Washington GMU 262 covers 189,871 acres and lies 29 miles north-east of Wenatchee and 53 miles north-west of Moses Lake. 6% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (3%) and BLM (2%). In 2025, hunters took 78 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1426, put up 8 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 268 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 262. 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.

NR Tags, 2025
8

1 license

Applicants
268

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
27%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
6%

3% State

Size
297 mi²

189,871 acres

262
27%hunter success 2025

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in GMU 262

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in GMU 262 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

1426 3% —

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 78
2024 75
2023 78
2022 98
2021 116
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 72 —
General season · archery 7 2 29%
General season · firearm 181 48 27%
General season · muzzleloader 30 10 33%
Special permit — 6 —

2025 split: archery 2 (3%), firearm 48 (80%) from 181 hunters, 27%, muzzleloader 10 (17%) from 30 hunters, 33%

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 178,304 ac 94%
State trust land 5,977 ac 3%
BLM 4,587 ac 2%
County or city land 874 ac <1%
State land 127 ac <1%

Source: WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'….

▸ Sources 5
  1. WDFW 2025 Deer individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. 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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We don't take applications: check Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Washington deer hunts