Washington Elk · GMU 117 49 Degrees North
Washington GMU 117 covers 608,995 acres and lies 24 miles north of Deer Park and 45 miles north of Spokane. 42% of it is public land, mostly national forest (30%) and wildlife refuge (7%). In 2025, hunters took 68 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2204, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 660 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 117. 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.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
30% Forest Service
608,995 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
- 6%
- Season
- Oct 31 – Dec 31
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 660
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 6%
- Season
- Oct 3 – Dec 31
- Tags / Apps
- 20 / 194
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 117
The last draw held in GMU 117 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2204 | 49 Degrees North — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 2% | — | |
| 2266 | 49 Degrees North — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 10% | — | |
| 2403 · youth | 49 Degrees North — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 5% | — | |
| 2500 · hunters | Northeast — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 4% | — | |
| 2600 · hunters | Northeast — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 7% (small sample) | — |
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 | 68 |
| 2024 | 88 |
| 2023 | 67 |
| 2022 | 90 |
| 2021 | 82 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 58 | — |
| General season · archery | 234 | 6 | 3% |
| General season · firearm | 653 | 37 | 6% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 174 | 13 | 7% |
| Special permit | — | 10 | — |
2025 split: archery 6 (11%) from 234 hunters, 3%, firearm 37 (66%) from 653 hunters, 6%, muzzleloader 13 (23%) from 174 hunters, 7%
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
| Private | 350,658 ac | 58% |
| National Forest | 180,233 ac | 30% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 40,912 ac | 7% |
| State trust land | 27,978 ac | 5% |
| County or city land | 5,445 ac | <1% |
| State land | 3,368 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 305 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 90 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 2 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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