Washington Elk — GMU 139
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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, mostly state trust land (2%) and state land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 59 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns 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 · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 35 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 | 59 |
| 2024 | 64 |
| 2023 | 52 |
| 2022 | 47 |
| 2021 | 32 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 6 · 11% · 20 hunters, 30% success
- Firearm 21 · 38% · 146 hunters, 14% success
- Muzzleloader 28 · 51% · 152 hunters, 18% 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)