Washington Deer — GMU 371

Alkali

Washington GMU 371 covers 341,264 acres and lies 21 miles north-east of Yakima and 48 miles south of Wenatchee. 98% of it is public land, mostly military (96%) and county or city land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 0 deer here. The 2024 draw put up 16 nonresident tags here for 1,208 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2024):19 Applicants:1,939 Public land:98% Size:341,264 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 371, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

3 licenses on offer · 19 tags · 1,939 applicants in the 2024 draw

Chances are from the 2024 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 1044/2024 Alkali — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 16 tags · 1,208 applicants
    1% Point builder
  • 1226/2024 Alkali — Buck Deer Hunt, Any buck (Archery) 2 tags · 349 applicants
    <1% Point builder
  • 1241/2024 Alkali — Buck Deer Hunt, Any buck (Muzzleloader) 1 tags · 382 applicants
    <1% Point builder
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2024 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 2024 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 (2024 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $545.30 $545.30 $545.30

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Yakima Ellensburg Wenatchee Richland Maple Valley
GMU 371 within Washington
278 290 329 334 340 342 352 360 368 372 Yakima Ellensburg
GMU 371 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

  • Department of Defense 326,547 ac · 96%
  • Private 6,367 ac · 2%
  • County or city land 3,536 ac · 1%
  • State land 3,125 ac · 1%
  • BLM 849 ac · 0%
  • State trust land 606 ac · 0%
  • Other public 231 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 0
2024 9
2023 8
2022 6
2021 6

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