Washington Deer · GMU 356 Bumping

Washington GMU 356 covers 180,253 acres and lies 37 miles west of Yakima and 50 miles south-east of Bonney Lake. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%). In 2025, hunters took 4 deer here; hunter counts not published.

Tags
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0 licenses

Applicants
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first choice, NR

Hunter Success
2%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
100%

100% Forest Service

Size
282 mi²

180,253 acres

356
2%hunter success 2025

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Licenses

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered a deer license in GMU 356 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.

Harvest

Year Deer
2025 4
2024 5
2023 4
2022 4
2021 2
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 4 —
General season · archery 23 2 9%
General season · firearm 118 2 2%
General season · muzzleloader 16 0 0%

2025 split: archery 2 (50%) from 23 hunters, 9%, firearm 2 (50%) from 118 hunters, 2%, muzzleloader 0 (0%) from 16 hunters, 0%

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 180,085 ac 100%
Private 167 ac <1%

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

▸ Sources 3
  1. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

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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We don't take applications: check Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Washington deer hunts