Washington Elk · GMU 260 Foster Creek

Washington GMU 260 covers 89,108 acres and lies 49 miles north-east of Wenatchee and 64 miles north of Moses Lake. 19% of it is public land, mostly state land (9%) and state trust land (5%).

Tags
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0 licenses

Applicants
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first choice, NR

Hunter Success
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not published

Public Land
19%

15% State

Size
139 mi²

89,108 acres

260

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 260 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 LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
General season — 0 —
General season · muzzleloader 2 0 0%

2025 split: muzzleloader 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

Private 72,340 ac 81%
State land 8,221 ac 9%
State trust land 4,669 ac 5%
BLM 3,093 ac 3%
County or city land 630 ac <1%
Department of Defense 153 ac <1%

Source: WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'….

▸ Sources 3
  1. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. 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.

Prior-draw odds from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Washington elk hunts