Washington Elk 2830 — GMU 636

Skokomish — Bull Elk Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Western Archery) · Skokomish

What you may take
Skokomish — Bull Elk Hunt, 3 pt. min. (Western Archery) (male)
Weapon
Archery
Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where
GMU 636 — Skokomish
56% public of 238,755 acres
Seasons (2026)
Sep 12–27, 2026 · Dec 1–15, 2026
Nonresident tags (2025)
7
for 245 first-choice applicants

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw · 2026 draw pending — showing 2025 odds

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 7 tags, 245 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2832 - Skokomish'.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0–10 3% the pool average — a floor for anyone holding points, since each point adds entries

Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries ((points + 1)²), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. How we compute these.

What it costs (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$837.90
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$837.90
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Nonresident special hunt permit application (per category) · paid at application $152.30 source
Nonresident elk license · paid at application $685.60 source

Next application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 30. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 12–27, 2026 p. LicenseYear=2026;PermitHuntNumber=2830
Split 2: Dec 1–15, 2026 p. LicenseYear=2026;PermitHuntNumber=2830

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 636, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife counted 0 elk taken in 2025. Full GMU 636 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type general_season 0
Type special_permit 0

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. Source: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2026 4 WDFW Hunt Planner 'Regulation'... · LicenseYear=2026;PermitHuntNumber=2830
2025 7 245 35.0 2025 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2832 - Skokomish'
2024 6 289 48.2 2024 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2828 - Skokomish'
2023 4 270 67.5 2023 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2828 - Skokomish'
2022 4 273 68.3 2022 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2828 - Skokomish'
2021 3 285 95.0 2021 Elk individual hunts —... · table '2828 - Skokomish'

Other licenses valid in GMU 636

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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