Washington Elk · GMU 130 Cheney
Washington GMU 130 covers 601,087 acres and lies 16 miles south-west of Spokane and 33 miles south of Deer Park. 10% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (3%) and state trust land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 138 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
4% State
601,087 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
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.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 |
| 2024 | 98 |
| 2023 | 128 |
| 2022 | 107 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 134 | — |
| General season · archery | 68 | 14 | 21% |
| General season · firearm | 322 | 54 | 17% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 316 | 64 | 20% |
| Special permit | — | 4 | — |
2025 split: archery 14 (11%) from 68 hunters, 21%, firearm 54 (41%) from 322 hunters, 17%, muzzleloader 64 (48%) from 316 hunters, 20%
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 | 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 | <1% |
▸ Sources 3
- 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
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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