Washington Elk — GMU 130
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Washington GMU 130 covers 601,087 acres and lies 16 miles south-west of Spokane and 59 miles north-west of Pullman. 10% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (3%) and state trust land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 138 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 130 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 540,576 ac · 90%
- National Wildlife Refuge 16,727 ac · 3%
- State trust land 12,606 ac · 2%
- BLM 9,683 ac · 2%
- County or city land 8,471 ac · 1%
- State land 8,234 ac · 1%
- Department of Defense 4,769 ac · 1%
- Other public 17 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 | 138 |
| 2024 | 98 |
| 2023 | 128 |
| 2022 | 107 |
| 2021 | 83 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 14 · 11% · 68 hunters, 21% success
- Firearm 54 · 41% · 322 hunters, 17% success
- Muzzleloader 64 · 48% · 316 hunters, 20% 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)