Washington Elk · GMU 139 Steptoe
Washington GMU 139 covers 849,124 acres and lies 25 miles north-west of Pullman and 45 miles south of Spokane. 3% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 59 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, muzzleloader hunter
3% State
849,124 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 139 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 | 59 |
| 2024 | 64 |
| 2023 | 52 |
| 2022 | 47 |
| 2021 | 32 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 59 | — |
| General season · archery | 20 | 6 | 30% |
| General season · firearm | 146 | 21 | 14% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 152 | 28 | 18% |
2025 split: archery 6 (11%) from 20 hunters, 30%, firearm 21 (38%) from 146 hunters, 14%, muzzleloader 28 (51%) from 152 hunters, 18%
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 | 820,144 ac | 97% |
| State trust land | 15,731 ac | 2% |
| State land | 6,478 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 6,128 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 606 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 35 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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