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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, mostly state trust land (3%) and state land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 12 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 10 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):25 Firearm hunter success (2025):5% Public land:5% Size:177,011 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 178, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

9 licenses on offer · 25 tags in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 2011 Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 1 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2012 Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 1 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2054 Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) 1 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2077 Peola — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) 1 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2209 Mayview–Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 10 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2274 Mayview–Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2405 Mayview–Peola — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 3 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2504 Peola–Mayview — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 2 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2606 Peola–Mayview — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 1 tags
    — Cut level
What these columns mean
Your odds
—
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
—
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
4 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $837.90 $837.90 $837.90

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in GMU 178

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

2208/2022 — Mayview-Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) Standard 2209/2022 — Mayview-Peola — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) Standard 2504/2021 — Peola — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) Standard 2605/2021 — Peola — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) Standard

The country

Walla Walla Spokane Moses Lake Yakima Wenatchee
GMU 178 within Washington
142 145 162 163 166 169 172 175 181
GMU 178 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • Private 168,965 ac · 95%
  • State trust land 4,691 ac · 3%
  • State land 2,642 ac · 1%
  • BLM 410 ac · 0%
  • Other public 250 ac · 0%
  • National Forest 26 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 25 ac · 0%

Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels

Nearby areas

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 12
2024 17
2023 9
2022 9
2021 7

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 0 · 0% · 6 hunters, 0% success
  • Firearm 3 · 60% · 60 hunters, 5% success
  • Muzzleloader 2 · 40% · 6 hunters, 33% 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)

How we compute draw odds · All Washington elk hunts