Washington Elk · GMU 101 Sherman
Washington GMU 101 covers 702,840 acres and lies 44 miles east of Oroville and 73 miles north-west of Deer Park. 73% of it is public land, mostly national forest (66%) and state trust land (5%). In 2025, hunters took 10 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2200, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 301 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 101. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Washington elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
66% Forest Service
702,840 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 1%
- Season
- Oct 31 – Nov 8
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 301
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 1%
- Season
- Oct 3–9
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 83
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 101
The last draw held in GMU 101 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 | North Half — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 2262 | North Half — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 12% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $837.90 ($837.90 to apply). Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2024 | 37 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 10 | — |
| General season · archery | 84 | 4 | 5% |
| General season · firearm | 165 | 2 | 1% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 48 | 2 | 4% |
| Special permit | — | 0 | — |
2025 split: archery 4 (50%) from 84 hunters, 5%, firearm 2 (25%) from 165 hunters, 1%, muzzleloader 2 (25%) from 48 hunters, 4%
What Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table.
The Ground
| National Forest | 464,327 ac | 66% |
| Private | 190,906 ac | 27% |
| State trust land | 32,220 ac | 5% |
| BLM | 8,293 ac | 1% |
| State land | 7,012 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 50 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 28 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 1 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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