Washington Deer · GMU 621 Olympic

Washington GMU 621 covers 416,564 acres and lies 26 miles north-west of Bremerton. 74% of it is public land, mostly national forest (54%) and state trust land (19%). In 2025, hunters took 448 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1312, put up 5 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 511 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 621. 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
60

6 licenses

Applicants
823

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
31%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
74%

54% Forest Service

Size
651 mi²

416,564 acres

Port Angeles Bremerton Edmonds Oak Harbor Kirkland 621
31%hunter success 2025

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

Best Bets at 0 Points

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

Every License in GMU 621

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

The last draw held in GMU 621 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

1097 16% —
1312 <1% —
1346 36% —
1554 · youth 17% —
1631 · hunters 6% —
1732 · hunters 16% —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: 1755/2024.

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 448
2024 492
2023 351
2022 351
2021 432
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General season — 438 —
General season · archery 178 51 29%
General season · firearm 1,135 347 31%
General season · muzzleloader 87 12 14%
Special permit — 10 —

2025 split: archery 51 (12%) from 178 hunters, 29%, firearm 347 (85%) from 1,135 hunters, 31%, muzzleloader 12 (3%) from 87 hunters, 14%

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 225,046 ac 54%
Private 109,364 ac 26%
State trust land 77,839 ac 19%
State land 3,137 ac <1%
County or city land 921 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 151 ac <1%
Other public 98 ac <1%
BLM 5 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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