Washington Elk — GMU 284
Ritzville
Washington GMU 284 covers 1,062,541 acres and lies 38 miles east of Moses Lake and 60 miles north-east of Pasco. 6% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (5%) and BLM (1%). In 2025, hunters took 15 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 284 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
- Private 997,683 ac · 94%
- State trust land 47,929 ac · 5%
- BLM 12,633 ac · 1%
- State land 2,736 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 1,557 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 | 15 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 0 · 0% · 2 hunters, 0% success
- Firearm 11 · 73% · 47 hunters, 23% success
- Muzzleloader 4 · 27% · 9 hunters, 44% 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)