Washington Elk — GMU 379
Ringold
Washington GMU 379 covers 329,928 acres and lies 19 miles north of Richland. 26% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (18%) and Bureau of Reclamation (6%). In 2025, hunters took 22 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 379 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Washington elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 243,087 ac · 74%
- National Wildlife Refuge 58,277 ac · 18%
- Bureau of Reclamation 20,085 ac · 6%
- State trust land 5,020 ac · 2%
- State land 2,436 ac · 1%
- BLM 747 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 164 ac · 0%
- Other public 81 ac · 0%
- County or city land 27 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 | 22 |
| 2024 | 29 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2021 | 10 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 7 · 32% · 71 hunters, 10% success
- Firearm 4 · 18% · 52 hunters, 8% success
- Muzzleloader 11 · 50% · 42 hunters, 26% 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)