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Washington Game Management Unit 501 (Lincoln)

Game Management Units (GMUs) · Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Simplified for the web from the public layer of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (source and terms). Units change with each season's regulations, and the legal boundary description in the regulations is what counts.

Legal shooting light this week

Washington's general big-game hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, worked out for the middle of the unit (46.718, -123.187) on local time. Times can be a minute or two off at the unit's edges.

Legal shooting light, sunrise and sunset for the next seven days
DayShooting light starts (PST)EndsSunriseSunset
6:26 AM5:25 PM6:55 AM4:55 PM
6:27 AM5:23 PM6:56 AM4:53 PM
6:29 AM5:22 PM6:58 AM4:52 PM
6:30 AM5:20 PM6:59 AM4:50 PM
6:32 AM5:19 PM7:01 AM4:49 PM
6:33 AM5:18 PM7:02 AM4:48 PM
6:34 AM5:16 PM7:03 AM4:46 PM

Washington publishes the hours as dated tables, which can differ from this by a minute or two.

Turkey, waterfowl, some public lands and opening days have their own hours. Always check the Washington regulations for your species (where this rule comes from).

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Curtis, WA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

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Blue Mountain, WA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

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Napavine, WA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

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