Washington Elk — GMU 336

Taneum

Washington GMU 336 covers 139,327 acres and lies 31 miles north-west of Ellensburg and 42 miles south-west of Wenatchee. 57% of it is public land, mostly national forest (44%) and state trust land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 69 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 230 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):992 Firearm hunter success (2025):2% Public land:57% Size:139,327 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 336, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

17 licenses on offer · 992 tags in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 2019 Peaches Ridge — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 4 tags
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  • 2058 Peaches Ridge — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) 22 tags
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  • 2082 Peaches Ridge — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) 17 tags
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  • 2221 Taneum — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 230 tags
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  • 2250 Taneum Early — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 130 tags
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  • 2251 Taneum Late — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 130 tags
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  • 2280 Taneum — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 130 tags
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  • 2410 Yakima North — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 40 tags
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  • 2413 Yakima Early — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 70 tags
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  • 2414 Yakima Late — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 50 tags
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  • 2415 Yakima North — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 30 tags
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  • 2507 Yakima North — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) 15 tags
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  • 2510 Yakima Early — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 20 tags
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  • 2511 Yakima Late — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) 15 tags
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  • 2512 Yakima North — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) 10 tags
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  • 2611 Yakima North — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Eastern Archery, Firearm, or Muzzleloader) 20 tags
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  • 2806 Peaches Ridge — Bull Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) 59 tags
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What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $837.90 $837.90 $837.90

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Ellensburg Wenatchee Maple Valley Yakima Redmond
GMU 336 within Washington
249 250 251 328 334 335 340 346 466 485 653 Ellensburg
GMU 336 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • National Forest 61,428 ac · 44%
  • Private 60,582 ac · 43%
  • State trust land 10,958 ac · 8%
  • State land 5,259 ac · 4%
  • Other public 813 ac · 1%
  • County or city land 209 ac · 0%
  • BLM 75 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 69
2024 69
2023 57
2022 70
2021 37

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 5 · 26% · 211 hunters, 2% success
  • Firearm 10 · 53% · 471 hunters, 2% success
  • Muzzleloader 4 · 21% · 172 hunters, 2% 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)

How we compute draw odds · All Washington elk hunts