Washington Elk · GMU 243 Manson
Washington GMU 243 covers 227,186 acres and lies 43 miles north of Wenatchee and 73 miles south-west of Oroville. 65% of it is public land, mostly national forest (61%) and BLM (3%).
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
61% Forest Service
227,186 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 243 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.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 0 | — |
| General season · firearm | 22 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: firearm 0 from 22 hunters, 0%
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
| National Forest | 137,863 ac | 61% |
| Private | 78,510 ac | 35% |
| BLM | 5,945 ac | 3% |
| National Park Service | 2,270 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 2,022 ac | <1% |
| State land | 363 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 155 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 56 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 3
- 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
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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We don't take applications: check Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's site and apply there.
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