Washington Elk — GMU 381
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Washington GMU 381 covers 624,272 acres and lies 28 miles north-east of Pasco. 12% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (5%) and BLM (4%). In 2025, hunters took 27 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 381 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 552,503 ac · 89%
- State trust land 31,338 ac · 5%
- BLM 23,777 ac · 4%
- Bureau of Reclamation 10,443 ac · 2%
- State land 3,064 ac · 0%
- Other public 2,919 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 213 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 10 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 | 27 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 0 · 0% · 8 hunters, 0% success
- Firearm 26 · 96% · 65 hunters, 40% success
- Muzzleloader 1 · 4% · 13 hunters, 8% 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)