Washington Deer · GMU 242 Alta
Washington GMU 242 covers 277,719 acres and lies 55 miles north of Wenatchee. 87% of it is public land, mostly national forest (83%) and state trust land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 129 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1029, put up 15 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 1,033 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 242. 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.
8 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
83% Forest Service
277,719 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
- 13%
- Season
- Nov 1–20
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 1,033
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 13%
- Season
- Nov 25–30
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 191
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 13%
- Season
- Nov 1–20
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 957
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 242
The last draw held in GMU 242 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1029 | Alta — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 1087 | Alta — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Muzzleloader) | 5% | — | |
| 1212 | Alta — Buck Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 1422 | Alta — Second Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 1519 · youth | Alta — Youth Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 4% | — | |
| 1572 · youth | Alta — Youth Deer Hunt, white-tailed, Any buck (Muzzleloader) | 23% (small sample) | — | |
| 1615 · hunters | Alta — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, white-tailed, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 4% | — | |
| 1715 · hunters | Alta — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, white-tailed, Any Buck, Mule Deer or Any Deer… | 15% | — |
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 | 129 |
| 2024 | 134 |
| 2023 | 141 |
| 2022 | 160 |
| 2021 | 199 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 109 | — |
| General season · archery | 13 | 2 | 15% |
| General season · firearm | 635 | 82 | 13% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 23 | 2 | 9% |
| Special permit | — | 20 | — |
2025 split: archery 2 (2%) from 13 hunters, 15%, firearm 82 (95%) from 635 hunters, 13%, muzzleloader 2 (2%) from 23 hunters, 9%
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 | 229,514 ac | 83% |
| Private | 36,419 ac | 13% |
| State trust land | 5,616 ac | 2% |
| BLM | 3,384 ac | 1% |
| State land | 2,604 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 180 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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