Washington Elk · GMU 334 Ellensburg
Washington GMU 334 covers 118,377 acres and lies 2 miles east of Ellensburg and 28 miles north of Yakima. 5% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 26 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2807, put up 12 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 4,245 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 334. 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.
9 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
2% State
118,377 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
- 7%
- Season
- Oct 26 – Nov 8
- Tags / Apps
- 21 / 3,896
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 7%
- Season
- Sep 1–18
- Tags / Apps
- 12 / 1,337
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 7%
- Season
- Sep 26 – Oct 2
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 1,650
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 7%
- Season
- Oct 26 – Nov 8
- Tags / Apps
- 12 / 4,245
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 334
The last draw held in GMU 334 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% | — | |
| 2020 | Observatory — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2056 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | <1% | — | |
| 2059 | Observatory — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | 1% | — | |
| 2080 | Colockum — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | <1% | — | |
| 2083 | Observatory — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 1% | — | |
| 2608 · hunters | Observatory — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Any bull… | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2807 | Observatory — Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: 2027/2024, 2066/2024, 2093/2024, 2612/2024.
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 | 26 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 24 | — |
| General season · archery | 33 | 5 | 15% |
| General season · firearm | 271 | 19 | 7% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| Special permit | — | 2 | — |
2025 split: archery 5 (21%) from 33 hunters, 15%, firearm 19 (79%) from 271 hunters, 7%, muzzleloader 0 (0%) from 25 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
| Private | 112,928 ac | 95% |
| County or city land | 2,035 ac | 2% |
| State land | 1,751 ac | 1% |
| State trust land | 1,026 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 311 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 141 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 98 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 83 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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