Washington Elk — GMU 169
Wenaha
Washington GMU 169 covers 103,311 acres and lies 32 miles east of Walla Walla and 52 miles south-west of Pullman. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%). In 2025, hunters took 7 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 169 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
- National Forest 103,301 ac · 100%
- Private 9 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 | 7 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 13 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 0 · 0% · 15 hunters, 0% success
- Firearm 2 · 100% · 96 hunters, 2% 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)