Washington Deer · GMU 346 Little Naches

Washington GMU 346 covers 152,236 acres and lies 31 miles west of Ellensburg and 43 miles north-west of Yakima. 93% of it is public land, mostly national forest (86%) and state land (6%). In 2025, hunters took 34 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1094, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 101 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 346. 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
2

1 license

Applicants
101

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
4%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
93%

86% Forest Service

Size
238 mi²

152,236 acres

346
4%hunter success 2025

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

Every License in GMU 346

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

The last draw held in GMU 346 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

1094 2% (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 34
2024 27
2023 44
2022 20
2021 39
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 34 —
General season · archery 82 9 11%
General season · firearm 534 23 4%

2025 split: archery 9 (28%) from 82 hunters, 11%, firearm 23 (72%) from 534 hunters, 4%

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 131,290 ac 86%
Private 10,645 ac 7%
State land 8,667 ac 6%
State trust land 1,632 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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