Stormking GMU 510 deer hunting: harvest, seasons and permits

WDFW's harvest report shows 89 deer taken in GMU 510 Stormking in 2025, 2 of them on special permits. General-season hunters numbered 399 (WDFW's archery, modern firearm, muzzleloader and multiple-season counts added together), with 2,107 hunter days. GMU 510 is 32.6% public land open to hunting, the largest share DNR state trust land (30,692 acres), measured from WA DNR's public land maps.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: WDFW reports for 1997 to 2025. Seasons and permits: WDFW's 2026 pamphlet with its April 2026 corrections. Land: WA DNR, 2026-10.

Also for GMU 510: elk hunting, black bear hunting.

How many deer are taken in GMU 510?

WDFW reports 89 deer taken in GMU 510 in 2025, against 44 in 2024. The most in one year since 1997 was 344, in 1997. WDFW's figures average 57 a year for 2021 to 2025, against 60 a year for 2016 to 2020.

Source: WDFW Game Harvest Reports (deer, GMU 510, 1997 to 2025), read through WDFW's Hunt Planner harvest table. "All hunts" is WDFW's general plus special permit total where it publishes one (from 2008), otherwise the general season. Where WDFW gives no all-weapon hunter count, the hunters and days shown are its per-weapon counts added together. Deer per 100 general hunters is worked out from WDFW's own two figures. The averages above are of WDFW's yearly figures.

How did each weapon do in GMU 510 in 2025?

The modern firearm general season drew the most deer hunters in GMU 510 in 2025: 302, who took 75 (24.8% success by WDFW's count).

Source: WDFW Game Harvest Reports (deer general season, 2025).

What size bucks come out of GMU 510?

WDFW counts antlered deer by the points on one side. In 2025, the most common was 2-point: 46 of 86 antlered deer.

Source: WDFW Game Harvest Reports (deer, antler points).

When is deer season in GMU 510 in 2026?

General seasons for all hunters in GMU 510, by weapon: archery: Sept. 1-20 (any deer, black-tailed deer) and Nov. 25-Dec. 15 (late season, any deer, black-tailed deer); muzzleloader: Sept. 26-Oct. 4 (any buck, black-tailed deer); modern firearm: Oct. 17-Nov. 1 (any buck, black-tailed deer) and Nov. 19-22 (late season, any buck, black-tailed deer).

Source: WDFW 2026 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Regulations, pages 23, 24 and 25, with WDFW's April 2026 corrections. WDFW can change a season during the year: check WDFW's regulations page before you go.

Which special permit deer hunts include GMU 510?

WDFW's 2026 pamphlet lists 2 deer special permit hunts that take in GMU 510, with 6 permits in all. The applicant counts and average points are the ones WDFW prints for the 2025 drawing; the 2025 results are from WDFW's harvest report for each hunt number.

Sources: WDFW 2026 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Regulations, pages 28 and 36; WDFW Game Harvest Reports (deer individual hunts, 2025). A hunt's 2025 result is shown only where the 2025 hunt had the same number and name.

How much public land is in GMU 510?

32.6% of GMU 510 is public land open to hunting under its manager's rules: 42,801 of its 131,353 acres. The largest share is DNR state trust land, 30,692 acres or 23.4% of the unit. DNR trust land covers 30,692 acres; a Discover Pass is needed to hunt it.

Measured by FilledTag inside WDFW's GMU boundary (WDFW game management units, in effect April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027) from WA DNR Major Public Lands (non-DNR) and WA DNR Managed Land Parcels, read 2026-10. Tribal land is not counted as public. National wildlife refuges, military land and "other public" land (state parks, county, city and other agencies) are not counted as open to hunting: each sets its own rules.

How do you get to GMU 510?

Highways through the unit: SR 7 (about 12 miles inside it) and US 12 (about 4 miles inside it). Towns inside: Mineral. Nearby: Morton (on the line), Eatonville (8 miles) and Mossyrock (10 miles).

Which GMUs border GMU 510?

GMU 510 touches 6 other GMUs. Their public land and WDFW's 2025 deer numbers, for comparison:

Questions hunters ask

When is deer season in GMU 510 in 2026?

By WDFW's 2026 pamphlet, the general deer seasons open to all hunters in GMU 510 are archery: Sept. 1-20 (any deer, black-tailed deer) and Nov. 25-Dec. 15 (late season, any deer, black-tailed deer); muzzleloader: Sept. 26-Oct. 4 (any buck, black-tailed deer); modern firearm: Oct. 17-Nov. 1 (any buck, black-tailed deer) and Nov. 19-22 (late season, any buck, black-tailed deer).

How many deer are taken in GMU 510?

WDFW reports 89 deer taken in GMU 510 in 2025: 86 antlered and 3 antlerless. The most in one year since 1997 was 344, in 1997.

Which special permit deer hunts include GMU 510?

WDFW's 2026 pamphlet lists 2 deer permit hunts for GMU 510: 1054 Stormking (1 permit) and 1539 Stormking (5 permits). Applications for 2026 closed May 20.

How much public land is in GMU 510?

32.6% of GMU 510, 42,801 of its 131,353 acres, is national forest, BLM, DNR trust, WDFW, Reclamation or national recreation area land; the largest share is DNR state trust land. Measured by FilledTag from WA DNR's public land maps.

What town is closest to GMU 510?

Mineral is inside the unit. Just outside: Morton (on the line), Eatonville (8 miles) and Mossyrock (10 miles).

Where these numbers come from

• Harvest, hunters, days and success: WDFW Game Harvest Reports.
• Seasons, special permits, applicants and points: WDFW 2026 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Regulations.
• Public land: WA DNR Major Public Lands (non-DNR) and WA DNR Managed Land Parcels, read 2026-10. GMU boundary: WDFW game management units, in effect April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.
• Highways and towns: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary and secondary roads; U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, places.

FilledTag is not part of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Numbers are copied from WDFW and the State of Washington, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag. WDFW's regulations are the final word on every rule.

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