Washington Deer · GMU 142 Almota
Washington GMU 142 covers 493,395 acres and lies 20 miles west of Pullman and 56 miles north-east of Walla Walla. 5% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (3%) and other public land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 259 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 142. 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
4% State
493,395 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
- 26%
- Season
- Nov 7–19
- Tags / Apps
- 300 / 1,554
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Nov 25 – Dec 8
- Tags / Apps
- 200 / 466
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Oct 17–27
- Tags / Apps
- 350 / 1,638
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 142
The last draw held in GMU 142 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017 | Almota — Quality Deer Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Modern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 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% | — | |
| 1417/2025 | Almota — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 1455/2025 | Almota — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Archery) | 24% | — | |
| 1470/2025 | Almota — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) | 8% | — | |
| 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% | — | |
| 1608/2025 · hunters | Almota — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 10% | — | |
| 1705 · hunters | Washtucna — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, mule, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 24% | — | |
| 1708/2025 · hunters | Almota — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 56% | — |
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 | 259 |
| 2024 | 356 |
| 2023 | 379 |
| 2022 | 254 |
| 2021 | 392 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 224 | — |
| General season · archery | 43 | 2 | 5% |
| General season · firearm | 760 | 200 | 26% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 60 | 11 | 18% |
| Special permit | — | 35 | — |
2025 split: archery 2 (1%) from 43 hunters, 5%, firearm 200 (94%) from 760 hunters, 26%, muzzleloader 11 (5%) from 60 hunters, 18%
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 | 467,572 ac | 95% |
| State trust land | 16,999 ac | 3% |
| Other public | 5,806 ac | 1% |
| State land | 1,911 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 961 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 145 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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