Washington Elk — GMU 218
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Washington GMU 218 covers 301,881 acres and lies 85 miles north of Wenatchee and 94 miles east of Mount Vernon. 95% of it is public land, mostly national forest (93%) and state land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 0 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 218 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 280,038 ac · 93%
- Private 15,770 ac · 5%
- State land 5,522 ac · 2%
- State trust land 504 ac · 0%
- BLM 40 ac · 0%
- Other public 4 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 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 0 · 2 hunters, 0% success
- Muzzleloader 0 · 2 hunters, 0% 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)