Washington Elk · GMU 178 Peola
Washington GMU 178 covers 177,011 acres and lies 27 miles south-west of Pullman and 50 miles north-east of Walla Walla. 5% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 12 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2209, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 141 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 178. 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.
9 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
4% State
177,011 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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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 178
The last draw held in GMU 178 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | 1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2012 | Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | 2% (small sample) | — | |
| 2054 | Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | 8% (small sample) | — | |
| 2077 | Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 4% (small sample) | — | |
| 2209 | Mayview–Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 7% | — | |
| 2274 | Mayview–Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 21% | — | |
| 2405 · youth | Mayview–Peola — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 10% (small sample) | — | |
| 2504 · hunters | Peola–Mayview — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 4% (small sample) | — | |
| 2606 · hunters | Peola–Mayview — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 8% (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. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: 2208/2022, 2209/2022, 2504/2021, 2605/2021.
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 | 12 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 5 | — |
| General season · archery | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| General season · firearm | 60 | 3 | 5% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 6 | 2 | 33% |
| Special permit | — | 7 | — |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%), firearm 3 (60%) from 60 hunters, 5%, muzzleloader 2 (40%)
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 | 168,965 ac | 95% |
| State trust land | 4,691 ac | 3% |
| State land | 2,642 ac | 1% |
| BLM | 410 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 250 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 26 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 25 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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