Washington Elk — GMU 124
Mount Spokane
Washington GMU 124 covers 493,391 acres and lies 16 miles north of Spokane and 81 miles north of Pullman. 9% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (4%) and state land (3%). In 2025, hunters took 80 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 124 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Washington elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 449,751 ac · 91%
- State trust land 21,380 ac · 4%
- State land 15,808 ac · 3%
- County or city land 4,714 ac · 1%
- Other public 1,737 ac · 0%
Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels
How the hunting has gone
What Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 |
| 2024 | 47 |
| 2023 | 61 |
| 2022 | 61 |
| 2021 | 77 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 7 · 9% · 152 hunters, 5% success
- Firearm 62 · 81% · 482 hunters, 13% success
- Muzzleloader 8 · 10% · 76 hunters, 11% success
Boundary: WDFW Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon layer (WP_HuntPlanner/Regulation/MapServer/0)
Harvest: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)