Washington Elk · GMU 448 Stillaguamish

Washington GMU 448 covers 718,243 acres and lies 23 miles north-east of Monroe. 82% of it is public land, mostly national forest (63%) and state trust land (11%).

Tags
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0 licenses

Applicants
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first choice, NR

Hunter Success
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not published

Public Land
82%

63% Forest Service

Size
1,122 mi²

718,243 acres

Monroe Arlington Redmond Issaquah 448

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

Licenses

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 448 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.

Harvest

Year Elk
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
General season — 0 —
General season · archery 6 0 0%
General season · firearm 4 0 0%
General season · muzzleloader 5 0 0%

2025 split: archery 0, firearm 0, muzzleloader 0

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 451,251 ac 63%
Private 130,002 ac 18%
State trust land 81,381 ac 11%
State land 41,017 ac 6%
County or city land 10,048 ac 1%
Department of Defense 4,225 ac <1%
BLM 251 ac <1%
Other public 65 ac <1%

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

▸ Sources 3
  1. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2026 WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands'… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

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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We don't take applications: check Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Washington elk hunts