Washington Deer · GMU 329 Quilomene

Washington GMU 329 covers 182,152 acres and lies 19 miles east of Ellensburg and 38 miles north-east of Yakima. 79% of it is public land, mostly state land (56%) and state trust land (19%). In 2025, hunters took 11 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1039, put up 20 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 1,260 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 329. 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.

NR Tags, 2025
28

3 licenses

Applicants
1,579

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
79%

75% State

Size
285 mi²

182,152 acres

Ellensburg 329

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.

Every License in GMU 329

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in GMU 329 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

1039 2% —
1082 4% —
1096 1% (small sample) —

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 11
2024 14
2023 13
2022 17
2021 15
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 0 —
Special permit — 11 —

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

State land 102,694 ac 56%
Private 38,244 ac 21%
State trust land 34,104 ac 19%
BLM 4,251 ac 2%
National Wildlife Refuge 2,409 ac 1%
County or city land 447 ac <1%

Source: WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'….

▸ Sources 5
  1. WDFW 2025 Deer individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. 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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