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49 Degrees North — Washington

41% public hunting land across 610,318 ac. Road access is easy — only 1% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Black bear draw odds (1)Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (3)Moose draw odds (5)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,570–6,800 ft

elevation range

41%

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

3,311 ac

landlocked public

3.12

road miles per mi²

719 mi

trails on public land

Computed from primary government data by the AGPL pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

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11 limited-entry black bear, deer, elk and moose hunts are drawn on GMU 117: apply in the Washington draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$42.47 resident · $458.40 nonresident

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$71.31 resident · $751.37 nonresident

Elk tag · 3 draw hunts (2026)$78.90 resident · $837.90 nonresident

Moose tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$467.01 resident · $2,431.30 nonresident

Plus: Washington big game hunting licence$61.70 resident · $599.07 nonresident

Season dates: see Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations

WDFW — Big game hunting licences and tags (2026) ↗

WDFW — Big game hunting licences and tags (2026) ↗Draw odds for Washington black bear →Draw odds for Washington deer →Draw odds for Washington elk →Draw odds for Washington moose →How the Washington draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2026, verified 2026-08-15 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a gmu that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: WDFW — Big game hunting licences and tags (2026) · WDFW — Special hunt permits.

Land & access

■ Forest Service 29%■ Wildlife refuge 7%■ State DNR 5%□ Private 59%

Unit area610,318 ac

Public hunting land250,744 ac (41%)

Parks & other public1,110 ac · City, County, State parks

Landlocked public3,311 ac (1.3%)

Black bear draw pressure0.26 tags/mi² public (0.10 of total area)

Deer draw pressure0.016 tags/mi² public (0.006 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.091 tags/mi² public (0.037 of total area)

Moose draw pressure0.072 tags/mi² public (0.029 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,974 mi

Mapped trails on public land719 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road2,797 ac (1% of public)

Road density3.12 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 178k ac · Wildlife refuge 41k ac · State DNR 28k ac

Elevation1,570–6,800 ft

Median elevation2,740 ft

Median slope10°

Where the ground sits

1,570 ft6,800 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 27%

S 24%

W 26%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

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8,930 ac of this gmu has burned — 1% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 44%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, 76 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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