Washington Elk · GMU 272 Beezley
Washington GMU 272 spans 1,138,123 acres, centered 19 miles north of Moses Lake. 19% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (7%) and Bureau of Reclamation (7%). In 2025, hunters took 26 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
10% State
1,138,123 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 272 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 | 26 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 26 | — |
| General season · archery | 17 | 5 | 29% |
| General season · firearm | 43 | 13 | 30% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 15 | 6 | 40% |
2025 split: archery 5 (21%) from 17 hunters, 29%, firearm 13 (54%) from 43 hunters, 30%, muzzleloader 6 (25%) from 15 hunters, 40%
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 | 920,754 ac | 81% |
| State trust land | 81,810 ac | 7% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 76,840 ac | 7% |
| State land | 31,192 ac | 3% |
| BLM | 14,280 ac | 1% |
| County or city land | 6,681 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 6,278 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 270 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 14 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.
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