Washington Elk · GMU 454 Issaquah
Washington GMU 454 covers 721,794 acres and lies 2 miles south-west of Bellevue. 10% of it is public land, mostly county or city land (5%) and state trust land (3%). In 2025, hunters took 106 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, muzzleloader hunter
5% Other public
721,794 acres
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 454 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 | 106 |
| 2024 | 153 |
| 2023 | 114 |
| 2022 | 158 |
| 2021 | 161 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 105 | — |
| General season · archery | 171 | 22 | 13% |
| General season · firearm | 92 | 18 | 20% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 219 | 57 | 26% |
| Special permit | — | 1 | — |
2025 split: archery 22 (23%) from 171 hunters, 13%, firearm 18 (19%) from 92 hunters, 20%, muzzleloader 57 (59%) from 219 hunters, 26%
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 | 651,977 ac | 90% |
| County or city land | 35,048 ac | 5% |
| State trust land | 23,135 ac | 3% |
| State land | 10,964 ac | 2% |
| Other public | 511 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 83 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 47 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 26 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 3
- 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
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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