Washington Elk · GMU 578 West Klickitat
Washington GMU 578 covers 292,326 acres and lies 57 miles east of Camas. 28% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (20%) and national forest (4%). In 2025, hunters took 47 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2236, put up 5 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 422 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 578. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Washington elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
22% State
292,326 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 6%
- Season
- Nov 25 – Dec 8
- Tags / Apps
- 25 / 293
- If Drawn
- $837.90
- Success
- 6%
- Season
- Dec 1 – Feb 28
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 47
- If Drawn
- $837.90
Every License in GMU 578
The last draw held in GMU 578 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2236 | West Klickitat — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Western Firearm) | 1% | — | |
| 2293 | West Klickitat — Antlerless Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Western Muzzleloader) | 9% | — | |
| 2427 · youth | West Klickitat — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Western Firearm) | 16% | — | |
| 2711 | Region 5 Southeast–Hoof Disease — Master Hunter Elk Hunt, Antlerless (All Methods) | 21% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $837.90 ($837.90 to apply). Open Apr 20 – May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 |
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2023 | 46 |
| 2022 | 38 |
| 2021 | 46 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 38 | — |
| General season · archery | 41 | 6 | 15% |
| General season · firearm | 326 | 19 | 6% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 165 | 13 | 8% |
| Special permit | — | 9 | — |
2025 split: archery 6 (16%) from 41 hunters, 15%, firearm 19 (50%) from 326 hunters, 6%, muzzleloader 13 (34%) from 165 hunters, 8%
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 | 210,013 ac | 72% |
| State trust land | 58,589 ac | 20% |
| National Forest | 11,102 ac | 4% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 6,531 ac | 2% |
| State land | 4,731 ac | 2% |
| BLM | 1,259 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 99 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 5
- WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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