Washington Elk — GMU 224

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Washington GMU 224 covers 193,541 acres and lies 77 miles north of Wenatchee. 89% of it is public land, mostly national forest (74%) and state land (9%). In 2025, hunters took 0 elk here.

Firearm hunter success (2025):0% Public land:89% Size:193,541 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 224 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

Wenatchee Moses Lake Arlington Monroe Bellingham
GMU 224 within Washington
203 204 209 215 218 231 233 239 242 426
GMU 224 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

  • National Forest 143,963 ac · 74%
  • Private 21,573 ac · 11%
  • State land 17,549 ac · 9%
  • State trust land 5,850 ac · 3%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 3,035 ac · 2%
  • BLM 1,569 ac · 1%

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 · 20 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)

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