Washington Deer · GMU 503 Randle

Washington GMU 503 covers 36,307 acres and lies 48 miles south of Puyallup. 10% of it is public land, mostly national forest (10%). In 2025, hunters took 88 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1537, put up 5 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 15 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 503. 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
5

1 license

Applicants
15

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
21%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
10%

10% Forest Service

Size
57 mi²

36,307 acres

503
21%hunter success 2025

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

Every License in GMU 503

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

The last draw held in GMU 503 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

1537 · youth 33% —

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 88
2024 83
2023 65
2022 42
2021 30
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 86 —
General season · archery 33 0 0%
General season · firearm 365 78 21%
General season · muzzleloader 9 2 22%
Special permit — 2 —

2025 split: archery 0 (0%) from 33 hunters, 0%, firearm 78 (98%) from 365 hunters, 21%, muzzleloader 2 (3%)

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

Private 32,565 ac 90%
National Forest 3,689 ac 10%
County or city land 28 ac <1%
BLM 24 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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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