Washington Elk · GMU 368 Cowiche
Washington GMU 368 covers 225,640 acres and lies 14 miles west of Yakima and 31 miles south-west of Ellensburg. 43% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (33%) and state land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 195 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2811, put up 6 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 2,036 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 368. 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.
12 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
41% State
225,640 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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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 368
The last draw held in GMU 368 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cowiche — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Firearm) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2063 | Cowiche — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Archery) | 1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2087 | Cowiche — Quality Elk Hunt, Any bull (Eastern Muzzleloader) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 2229 | Cowiche — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 5% | — | |
| 2286 | Cowiche — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 9% | — | |
| 2412 · youth | Yakima South — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | 7% | — | |
| 2414 · youth | Yakima Late — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) | 100% | — | |
| 2417 · youth | Yakima South — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Eastern Muzzleloader) | 17% | — | |
| 2509 · hunters | Yakima South — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Firearm) | <1% | — | |
| 2511 · hunters | Yakima Late — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Eastern Archery) | 10% | — | |
| 2613 · hunters | Yakima South — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless… | 3% | — | |
| 2811 | Cowiche — 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.
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 | 195 |
| 2024 | 164 |
| 2023 | 214 |
| 2022 | 152 |
| 2021 | 129 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 107 | — |
| General season · archery | 182 | 2 | 1% |
| General season · firearm | 1,112 | 85 | 8% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 395 | 17 | 4% |
| Special permit | — | 88 | — |
2025 split: archery 2 (2%) from 182 hunters, 1%, firearm 85 (82%) from 1,112 hunters, 8%, muzzleloader 17 (16%) from 395 hunters, 4%
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 | 128,811 ac | 57% |
| State trust land | 74,746 ac | 33% |
| State land | 17,512 ac | 8% |
| National Forest | 3,200 ac | 1% |
| BLM | 865 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 467 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 35 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 2 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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