At a Glance
Quick Tips
- Hunt edges of thick cover and be patient
- Stay with it after the opener




This long and narrow unit is bordered on the west by saltwater and dissected down the middle by I-5. There is very little public land within this GMU and what is available is largely divided and consisting of various state, county, reservation and wildlife areas. This unit has been heavily touched by the hand of man with major uses spread between urban sprawl, farming and rural residential properties. On average, deer success rates are low but the blacktail do very well in this high broken landscape where they have access to their favored thick cover. Elk are very nomadic in this GMU and can be here one day and gone the next.
Elk are around but few and far between while decent deer numbers are present but hard to hunt due to the thick vegetation.