Washington Deer — GMU 424
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Washington GMU 424 covers 1,843 acres and lies 34 miles west of Bellingham. 8% of it is public land, mostly state land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 10 deer here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered a deer license in GMU 424 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
- Private 1,688 ac · 92%
- State land 155 ac · 8%
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 | 10 |
| 2024 | 16 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 2 · 25% · 2 hunters, 100% success
- Firearm 4 · 50% · 6 hunters, 67% success
- Muzzleloader 2 · 25% · 3 hunters, 67% 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)