Washington Elk — GMU 142
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Washington GMU 142 covers 493,395 acres and lies 20 miles west of Pullman and 56 miles north-east of Walla Walla. 5% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (3%) and other public land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 26 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 142 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 467,572 ac · 95%
- State trust land 16,999 ac · 3%
- Other public 5,806 ac · 1%
- State land 1,911 ac · 0%
- BLM 961 ac · 0%
- County or city land 145 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 | 26 |
| 2024 | 28 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2022 | 22 |
| 2021 | 44 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 0 · 0% · 20 hunters, 0% success
- Firearm 15 · 58% · 99 hunters, 15% success
- Muzzleloader 11 · 42% · 26 hunters, 42% 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)