Washington Deer — GMU 249
Alpine
Washington GMU 249 covers 227,188 acres and lies 32 miles west of Wenatchee and 44 miles north-west of Ellensburg. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%). In 2025, hunters took 7 deer here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered a deer license in GMU 249 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Washington deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 226,343 ac · 100%
- National Wildlife Refuge 845 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 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 0 · 0% · 13 hunters, 0% success
- Firearm 7 · 100% · 79 hunters, 9% success
- Muzzleloader 0 · 0% · 3 hunters, 0% success
Boundary: WDFW Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon layer (WP_HuntPlanner/Regulation/MapServer/0)
Harvest: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)