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; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2806, put up 14 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 4,873 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 336. 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.

NR Tags, 2025
716

17 licenses

Applicants
12,999

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
2%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
57%

44% Forest Service

Size
218 mi²

139,327 acres

336
2%hunter success 2025

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.

Every License in GMU 336

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in GMU 336 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

2019 <1% (small sample) —
2058 <1% —
2082 <1% (small sample) —
2221 14% —
2250 29% —
2251 50% —
2280 28% —
2410 · youth 6% —
2413 · youth 100% —
2414 · youth 100% —
2415 · youth 23% —
2507 · hunters <1% —
2510 · hunters 9% —
2511 · hunters 10% —
2512 · hunters 2% —
2611 · hunters 4% —
2806 <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.

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 69
2024 69
2023 57
2022 70
2021 37
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
General season — 19 —
General season · archery 211 5 2%
General season · firearm 471 10 2%
General season · muzzleloader 172 4 2%
Special permit — 50 —

2025 split: archery 5 (26%) from 211 hunters, 2%, firearm 10 (53%) from 471 hunters, 2%, muzzleloader 4 (21%) from 172 hunters, 2%

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

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 <1%
BLM 75 ac <1%

Source: WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'….

▸ Sources 5
  1. WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. 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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