Washington Elk · GMU 149 Prescott
Washington GMU 149 covers 909,227 acres and lies 17 miles north of Walla Walla and 33 miles east of Pasco. 5% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (2%) and wildlife refuge (2%). In 2025, hunters took 17 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2210, put up 20 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 296 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 149. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Washington elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
3% State
909,227 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in GMU 149
The last draw held in GMU 149 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Prescott — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 2046 | Prescott — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | 4% (small sample) | — | |
| 2069 | Prescott — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 3% (small sample) | — | |
| 2210 | Prescott — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 7% | — | |
| 2501 · hunters | Prescott — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 4% (small sample) | — | |
| 2603 · hunters | Prescott — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 17% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $837.90 ($837.90 to apply). Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2022 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 10 | — |
| General season · archery | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| General season · firearm | 80 | 8 | 10% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Special permit | — | 7 | — |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%) from 10 hunters, 0%, firearm 8 (100%) from 80 hunters, 10%, muzzleloader 0 (0%)
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 | 861,215 ac | 95% |
| State trust land | 21,734 ac | 2% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 15,531 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 7,393 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 1,799 ac | <1% |
| State land | 814 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 554 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 184 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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