Washington Deer · GMU 139 Steptoe
Washington GMU 139 covers 849,124 acres and lies 25 miles north-west of Pullman and 45 miles south of Spokane. 3% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 319 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1414, put up 350 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 1,638 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 139. 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.
12 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
3% State
849,124 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.
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 7–19
- Tags / Apps
- 300 / 1,554
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 25 – Dec 8
- Tags / Apps
- 200 / 466
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Oct 17–27
- Tags / Apps
- 350 / 1,638
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 139
The last draw held in GMU 139 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Steptoe — Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 1200 | Palouse — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | 19% | — | |
| 1334 | Washtucna — Antlerless Deer Hunt, mule, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) | 43% | — | |
| 1414 | Washtucna — Second Deer Hunt, mule, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 21% | — | |
| 1416/2025 | Steptoe — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 1454/2025 | Steptoe — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Archery) | 23% | — | |
| 1469/2025 | Steptoe — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) | 9% | — | |
| 1500 · youth | Washtucna — Youth Deer Hunt, Any deer (Modern Firearm) | 27% | — | |
| 1605 · hunters | Washtucna — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, mule, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 9% | — | |
| 1607/2025 · hunters | Steptoe — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 11% | — | |
| 1705 · hunters | Washtucna — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, mule, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 24% | — | |
| 1707/2025 · hunters | Steptoe — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 36% | — |
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 | 319 |
| 2024 | 460 |
| 2023 | 374 |
| 2022 | 307 |
| 2021 | 291 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 282 | — |
| General season · archery | 42 | 10 | 24% |
| General season · firearm | 747 | 224 | 30% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 128 | 29 | 23% |
| Special permit | — | 37 | — |
2025 split: archery 10 (4%) from 42 hunters, 24%, firearm 224 (85%) from 747 hunters, 30%, muzzleloader 29 (11%) from 128 hunters, 23%
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 | 820,144 ac | 97% |
| State trust land | 15,731 ac | 2% |
| State land | 6,478 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 6,128 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 606 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 35 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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