Washington Deer — GMU 524
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Washington GMU 524 covers 59,573 acres and lies 34 miles north-east of Longview and 51 miles north of Vancouver. 25% of it is public land, mostly national forest (23%) and state land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 77 deer here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered a deer license in GMU 524 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 44,647 ac · 75%
- National Forest 13,619 ac · 23%
- State land 1,284 ac · 2%
- State trust land 21 ac · 0%
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 | 77 |
| 2024 | 51 |
| 2023 | 45 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2021 | 56 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 14 · 18% · 50 hunters, 28% success
- Firearm 63 · 82% · 212 hunters, 30% 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)