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Washington Elk Draw Odds

In the 2025 draw Washington offered 331 elk hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn by a lottery weighted by bonus points. At 0 points an applicant had at least an even chance in 1 hunt open to every hunter.

Applications Close
222 days
May 27

Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$838

Kept if you miss

Tags, All Residencies
4,579

2025 draw

Applicants
148,516

2025 draw, first choice

2026 draw pending — 2025 odds shown

Point only: $152.30 · on the draw application · apply by May 27, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Washington

How the Washington Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Bonus points (squared).

Every applicant gets points², counting the application you buy now entries in a random draw, so more points mean more chances, but never a guarantee.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Washington

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

Bull or Either-Sex

2819

GMU 653 · Bull rifle · White River · Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Western Firearm)

4%
Success
—
Public
54%
Season
Oct 12–Nov 6

2062

GMU 364 · Bull archery · Rimrock · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery)

3%
Success
—
Public
96%
Season
Sep 1–18

2004

GMU 157 · Bull rifle · Watershed · Quality Elk Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Eastern Archery, Firearm, or Muzzleloader)

3%
Success
—
Public
99%
Season
Oct 26–Nov 8

2034

GMU 556 · Bull rifle · Toutle · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Western Firearm)

3%
Success
—
Public
31%
Season
Nov 7–18

2812

GMU 418 · Bull rifle · Nooksack · Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Western Firearm)

1%
Success
—
Public
72%
Season
Oct 15–Nov 5

2056

GMU 328 · Bull archery · Colockum · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery)

<1%
Success
—
Public
72%
Season
Sep 1–18

Cow

2251

GMU 336 · Cow archery · Taneum Late · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery)

50%
Success
—
Public
56%
Season
Nov 25–Dec 6

2253

GMU 342 · Cow archery · Umtanum · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery)

40%
Success
—
Public
68%
Season
Nov 25–Dec 6

2709

GMU Region 6 · Cow rifle · Region 6 · Master Hunter Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Western Archery, Firearm, or Muzzleloader)

49%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Jul 1–Mar 31

2707

GMU Region 5 · Cow rifle · Region 5 · Master Hunter Elk Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods)

46%
Success
—
Public
—
Season
Aug 1–Mar 31

2252

GMU 340 · Cow archery · Manastash · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery)

30%
Success
—
Public
76%
Season
Sep 12–24

2704

GMU 372 · Cow rifle · Rattlesnake Hills · Master Hunter Elk Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods)

42%
Success
—
Public
17%
Season
Aug 1–Mar 31

Every Hunt at 0 Points

331 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 4 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies

Last year's odds were off by about 1 percentage point for applicants near the points needed. How we check

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
2200 GMU 101 +2 · Cow rifle · North Half · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 3% —
2262 GMU 101 +2 · Cow muzzleloader · North Half · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 12% —
2201 GMU 108 · Cow rifle · Douglas · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 4% —
2263 GMU 108 · Cow muzzleloader · Douglas · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 16% —
2202 GMU 111 · Cow rifle · Aladdin · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 4% —
2264 GMU 111 · Cow muzzleloader · Aladdin · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 17% —
2401 Youth · GMU 111 · Cow rifle · Aladdin · Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 15% —
2203 GMU 113 · Cow rifle · Selkirk · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 3% —
2265 GMU 113 · Cow muzzleloader · Selkirk · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 11% —
2402 Youth · GMU 113 · Cow rifle · Selkirk · Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 9% —
2500 65+ · GMU 113 +1 · Cow rifle · Northeast · Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 4% —
2600 Disability permit · GMU 113 +1 · Cow rifle · Northeast · Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 7% (small sample) —
2204 GMU 117 · Cow rifle · 49 Degrees North · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 2% —
2266 GMU 117 · Cow muzzleloader · 49 Degrees North · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 10% —
2403 Youth · GMU 117 · Cow rifle · 49 Degrees North · Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 5% —
2205 GMU 121 · Cow rifle · Huckleberry · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 3% —
2267 GMU 121 · Cow muzzleloader · Huckleberry · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 10% —
2404New 2025 Youth · GMU 121 · Cow rifle · Huckleberry · Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 7% —
2601New 2025 Disability permit · GMU 121 · Cow rifle · Huckleberry · Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 7% —
2011 GMU 145 +1 · Bull rifle · Peola · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 2% (small sample) —
2012 GMU 145 +1 · Bull rifle · Peola · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 2% (small sample) —
2054 GMU 145 +1 · Bull archery · Peola · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) 8% (small sample) —
2077 GMU 145 +1 · Bull muzzleloader · Peola · Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) 4% (small sample) —
2209 GMU 145 +1 · Cow rifle · Mayview–Peola · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 7% —
2274 GMU 145 +1 · Cow muzzleloader · Mayview–Peola · Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 21% —

Showing 1–25 of 331 · sorted by GMU · 84 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 331 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
—
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the GMU who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole GMU's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth
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tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 192 GMUs

Each GMU has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 5 West Region 6 101 Sherman 73% public 105 Kelly Hill 44% public 108 Douglas 24% public 111 Aladdin 66% public 113 Selkirk 78% public 117 49 Degrees North 42% public 121 Huckleberry 15% public 124 Mount Spokane 9% public 127 Mica Peak 5% public 130 Cheney 10% public 133 Roosevelt 7% public 136 Harrington 11% public 139 Steptoe 3% public 142 Almota 5% public 145 Mayview 4% public 149 Prescott 5% public 154 Blue Creek 3% public 157 Mill Creek Watershed 99% public 162 Dayton 28% public 163 Marengo 5% public 166 Tucannon 96% public 169 Wenaha 100% public 172 Mountain View 55% public 175 Lick Creek 94% public 178 Peola 5% public 181 Couse 13% public 186 Grande Ronde 56% public 203 Pasayten 100% public 204 Okanogan East 48% public 209 Wannacut 27% public 215 Sinlahekin 74% public 218 Chewuch 95% public 224 Pearrygin 89% public 231 Gardner 89% public 233 Pogue 45% public 239 Chiliwist 52% public 242 Alta 87% public 243 Manson 65% public 244 Clark 100% public 245 Chiwawa 89% public 246 Slide Ridge 99% public 247 Entiat 76% public 248 Big Bend 26% public 249 Alpine 100% public 250 Swakane 65% public 251 Mission 59% public 254 Saint Andrews 15% public 260 Foster Creek 19% public 262 Withrow 6% public 266 Badger 8% public 269 Moses Coulee 22% public 272 Beezley 19% public 278 Wahluke 32% public 284 Ritzville 6% public 290 Desert 46% public 328 Naneum 72% public 329 Quilomene 79% public 330 West Bar 82% public 334 Ellensburg 5% public 335 Teanaway 72% public 336 Taneum 57% public 340 Manastash 76% public 342 Umtanum 68% public 346 Little Naches 93% public 352 Nile 95% public 356 Bumping 100% public 360 Bethel 97% public 364 Rimrock 96% public 368 Cowiche 43% public 371 Alkali 98% public 372 Rattlesnake Hills 17% public 373 Horse Heaven 11% public 379 Ringold 26% public 381 Kahlotus 12% public 382 East Klickitat 9% public 388 Grayback 11% public 407 North Sound 8% public 410 Islands 1% public 411 Orcas 16% public 412 Shaw 21% public 413 San Juan 4% public 414 Lopez 4% public 415 Blakely 0% public 416 Decatur 0% public 417 Cypress 94% public 418 Nooksack 72% public 419 Guemes 4% public 420 Whidbey 12% public 421 Camano 4% public 422 Vashon - Maury 6% public 423 Henry 6% public 424 Stuart 8% public 426 Diablo 88% public 437 Sauk 61% public 448 Stillaguamish 82% public 450 Cascade 100% public 454 Issaquah 10% public 460 Snoqualmie 64% public 466 Stampede 65% public 485 Green River 65% public 490 Cedar River 501 Lincoln 22% public 503 Randle 10% public 504 Stella 2% public 505 Mossyrock 4% public 506 Willapa Hills 16% public 510 Stormking 33% public 513 South Rainier 93% public 516 Packwood 93% public 520 Winston 14% public 522 Loo-wit 524 Margaret 25% public 530 Ryderwood 13% public 550 Coweeman 7% public 554 Yale 23% public 556 Toutle 31% public 560 Lewis River 91% public 564 Battle Ground 6% public 568 Washougal 53% public 572 Siouxon 92% public 574 Wind River 74% public 578 West Klickitat 28% public 601 Hoko 9% public 602 Dickey 33% public 603 Pysht 55% public 607 Sol Duc 77% public 612 Goodman 38% public 615 Clearwater 74% public 618 Matheny 99% public 621 Olympic 74% public 624 Coyle 5% public 627 Kitsap 9% public 633 Mason 14% public 636 Skokomish 56% public 638 Quinault Ridge 86% public 642 Copalis 19% public 648 Wynoochee 11% public 651 Satsop 3% public 652 Puyallup 16% public 653 White River 54% public 654 Mashel 22% public 655 Anderson Island 0% public 658 North River 14% public 660 Minot Peak 16% public 663 Capitol Peak 70% public 666 Deschutes 13% public 667 Skookumchuck 13% public 672 Fall River 26% public 673 Williams Creek 25% public 681 Bear River 7% public 684 Long Beach 26% public 699 Long Island 100% public Elk Area 1008 Wenaha West Elk Area 1009 Wenaha East Elk Area 1013 Mountain View Elk Area 1015 Turnbull Elk Area 1021 Fruitland Elk Area 1054 Blue Creek Elk Area 1075 Couse Elk Area 1081 Couse Elk Area 2032 Malaga Elk Area 2033 Peshastin Elk Area 3681 Cowiche Elk Area 3721 Corral Canyon Elk Area 5057 Carlton Elk Area 5058 West Goat Rocks Elk Area 5059 Mt. Adams Elk Area 5063 Pumice Plains Elk Area 5064 Upper Smith Creek Elk Area 5065 Mount Whittier Elk Area 5066 Norway Pass Elk Area 5090 JBH Hoof Disease Antlerless Elk Area 5099 Mudflow Elk Area 6010 Mallis Elk Area 6014 Puyallup Elk Area 6030 Joyce Elk Area 6054 Mashel Elk Area 6069 Hanaford Elk Area 6612 Forks Blackrock Ranches Centralia Mine CPWMA Columbia Plateau-WMA 1 King County Region 4 South Silver Dollar Skagit County Region 4 North Snohomish County Region 4 South Whatcom County Region 4 North
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.