Washington Elk · GMU 329 Quilomene
Washington GMU 329 covers 182,152 acres and lies 19 miles east of Ellensburg and 38 miles north-east of Yakima. 79% of it is public land, mostly state land (56%) and state trust land (19%). In 2025, hunters took 140 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2017, put up 21 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 3,896 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 329. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Washington elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
7 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
75% State
182,152 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 11%
- Season
- Sep 1–18
- Tags / Apps
- 12 / 1,337
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 11%
- Season
- Sep 26 – Oct 2
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 1,650
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 11%
- Season
- Sep 12–24
- Tags / Apps
- 75 / 1,026
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 11%
- Season
- Oct 3–9
- Tags / Apps
- 35 / 1,402
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 329
The last draw held in GMU 329 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2017 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% | — | |
| 2056 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | <1% | — | |
| 2080 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | <1% | — | |
| 2218 | Colockum — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 2248 | Colockum — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) | 7% | — | |
| 2278 | Colockum — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 3% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $837.90 ($837.90 to apply). Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 |
| 2024 | 108 |
| 2023 | 126 |
| 2022 | 69 |
| 2021 | 120 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 116 | — |
| General season · archery | 86 | 2 | 2% |
| General season · firearm | 851 | 91 | 11% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 206 | 21 | 10% |
| Special permit | — | 24 | — |
2025 split: archery 2 (2%) from 86 hunters, 2%, firearm 91 (80%) from 851 hunters, 11%, muzzleloader 21 (18%) from 206 hunters, 10%
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
| State land | 102,694 ac | 56% |
| Private | 38,244 ac | 21% |
| State trust land | 34,104 ac | 19% |
| BLM | 4,251 ac | 2% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 2,409 ac | 1% |
| County or city land | 447 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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