Washington Elk · GMU 460 Snoqualmie
Washington GMU 460 covers 592,604 acres and lies 21 miles east of Sammamish. 64% of it is public land, mostly national forest (52%) and state trust land (5%). In 2025, hunters took 63 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, archery hunter
52% Forest Service
592,604 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 460 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 | 63 |
| 2024 | 78 |
| 2023 | 78 |
| 2022 | 70 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 62 | — |
| General season · archery | 130 | 27 | 21% |
| General season · firearm | 114 | 13 | 11% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 89 | 14 | 16% |
| Special permit | — | 1 | — |
2025 split: archery 27 (50%) from 130 hunters, 21%, firearm 13 (24%) from 114 hunters, 11%, muzzleloader 14 (26%) from 89 hunters, 16%
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 | 305,920 ac | 52% |
| Private | 211,645 ac | 36% |
| State trust land | 29,839 ac | 5% |
| State land | 29,807 ac | 5% |
| County or city land | 14,451 ac | 2% |
| Other public | 695 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 245 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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