Washington Deer · GMU 654 Mashel
Washington GMU 654 covers 207,633 acres and lies 22 miles south of Bonney Lake. 22% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (11%) and national forest (8%). In 2025, hunters took 165 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1318, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 215 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 deer draw without GMU 654. 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.
7 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
13% State
207,633 acres
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.
- Success
- 15%
- Season
- Nov 2–18
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 71
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 15%
- Season
- Oct 17 – Nov 1
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 215
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 15%
- Season
- Oct 15–29
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 45
- If Drawn
- $751.37
- Success
- 15%
- Season
- Sep 26 – Oct 4
- Tags / Apps
- 20 / 41
- If Drawn
- $751.37
Every License in GMU 654
The last draw held in GMU 654 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1070 | Mashel — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) | 14% | — | |
| 1318 | Mashel — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 5% | — | |
| 1329 | Mashel — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Archery) | 22% | — | |
| 1351 | Mashel — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) | 49% | — | |
| 1561 · youth | Mashel — Youth Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 38% | — | |
| 1638 · hunters | Mashel — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 22% | — | |
| 1736 · hunters | Mashel — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) | 63% | — |
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 | 165 |
| 2024 | 267 |
| 2023 | 167 |
| 2022 | 215 |
| 2021 | 179 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 162 | — |
| General season · archery | 100 | 11 | 11% |
| General season · firearm | 770 | 119 | 15% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 80 | 9 | 11% |
| Special permit | — | 3 | — |
2025 split: archery 11 (8%) from 100 hunters, 11%, firearm 119 (86%) from 770 hunters, 15%, muzzleloader 9 (6%) from 80 hunters, 11%
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 | 162,951 ac | 78% |
| State trust land | 23,293 ac | 11% |
| National Forest | 16,611 ac | 8% |
| State land | 4,519 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 246 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 10 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Deer individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
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.
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