Washington Elk · GMU 204 Okanogan East
Washington GMU 204 covers 637,370 acres and lies 20 miles south-east of Oroville. 48% of it is public land, mostly national forest (38%) and state trust land (7%). In 2025, hunters took 35 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2200, put up 10 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 301 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 204. 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.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
38% Forest Service
637,370 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.
- Success
- 9%
- Season
- Oct 31 – Nov 8
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 301
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 9%
- Season
- Oct 3–9
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 83
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 204
The last draw held in GMU 204 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 | North Half — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 3% | — | |
| 2262 | North Half — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 12% | — |
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: 2407, 2505, 2607.
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 | 35 |
| 2024 | 53 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2021 | 44 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 35 | — |
| General season · archery | 140 | 5 | 4% |
| General season · firearm | 263 | 23 | 9% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 82 | 7 | 9% |
2025 split: archery 5 (14%) from 140 hunters, 4%, firearm 23 (66%) from 263 hunters, 9%, muzzleloader 7 (20%) from 82 hunters, 9%
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 | 333,100 ac | 52% |
| National Forest | 239,473 ac | 38% |
| State trust land | 45,798 ac | 7% |
| State land | 11,650 ac | 2% |
| BLM | 7,123 ac | 1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 100 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 80 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 31 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 12 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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