Washington Elk · GMU 186 Grande Ronde
Washington GMU 186 covers 34,238 acres and lies 49 miles south of Pullman and 61 miles east of Walla Walla. 56% of it is public land, mostly BLM (28%) and state land (22%). In 2025, hunters took 4 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2832, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2025 draw for 712 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 186. 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.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
28% BLM
34,238 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 186
The last draw held in GMU 186 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2801 | Grande Ronde — Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2821 | Grande Ronde — Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2832 | Grande Ronde — Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | <1% (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 | 4 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 3 | — |
| General season · archery | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| General season · firearm | 36 | 3 | 8% |
| Special permit | — | 1 | — |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%), firearm 3 (100%) from 36 hunters, 8%
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 | 15,224 ac | 44% |
| BLM | 9,661 ac | 28% |
| State land | 7,485 ac | 22% |
| State trust land | 1,867 ac | 5% |
▸ 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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