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Washington Deer — GMU 663

Capitol Peak

Washington GMU 663 covers 134,524 acres and lies 12 miles west of Tumwater. 70% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (68%) and county or city land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 388 deer here. The 2026 draw put up 8 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):35 Firearm hunter success (2025):21% Public land:70% Size:134,524 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 663, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

7 licenses on offer · 35 tags in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 1072 Capitol Peak — Quality Deer Hunt, Any buck (Modern Firearm) 8 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1321 Capitol Peak — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1354 Capitol Peak — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1565 Capitol Peak — Youth Deer Hunt, Any deer (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1641 Capitol Peak — Deer Hunters 65 Years and Over, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1739 Capitol Peak — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 1755 Capitol Peak — Deer Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Muzzleloader) 2 tags
    — Cut level
What these columns mean
Your odds
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the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
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plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $1,108.27 $1,108.27 $1,108.27

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Tumwater Bremerton Longview Edmonds Port Angeles
GMU 663 within Washington
651 501 655 666 660 648 Tumwater Olympia
GMU 663 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns the ground

  • State trust land 91,269 ac · 68%
  • Private 40,231 ac · 30%
  • County or city land 1,194 ac · 1%
  • State land 1,081 ac · 1%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 747 ac · 1%

Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels

Nearby areas

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 388
2024 437
2023 355
2022 294
2021 313

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 53 · 15% · 276 hunters, 19% success
  • Firearm 294 · 84% · 1,384 hunters, 21% success
  • Muzzleloader 4 · 1% · 19 hunters, 21% 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)

How we compute draw odds · All Washington deer hunts