Washington Deer · GMU 524 Margaret
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; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
23% Forest Service
59,573 acres
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 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.
Harvest
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 |
| 2024 | 51 |
| 2023 | 45 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2021 | 56 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 77 | — |
| General season · archery | 50 | 14 | 28% |
| General season · firearm | 212 | 63 | 30% |
2025 split: archery 14 (18%) from 50 hunters, 28%, firearm 63 (82%) from 212 hunters, 30%
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 | 44,647 ac | 75% |
| National Forest | 13,619 ac | 23% |
| State land | 1,284 ac | 2% |
| State trust land | 21 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 3
- WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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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