Washington Elk · GMU 601 Hoko

Washington GMU 601 covers 74,254 acres and lies 50 miles west of Port Angeles. 9% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (8%) and state land (1%).

Tags
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0 licenses

Applicants
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first choice, NR

Hunter Success
0%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
9%

9% State

Size
116 mi²

74,254 acres

601
0%hunter success 2025

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 601 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 4
2023 1
2022 7
2021 5
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
General season — 0 —
General season · archery 20 0 0%
General season · firearm 24 0 0%
General season · muzzleloader 10 0 0%

2025 split: archery 0 from 20 hunters, 0%, firearm 0 from 24 hunters, 0%, muzzleloader 0 from 10 hunters, 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

Private 67,871 ac 91%
State trust land 5,594 ac 8%
State land 788 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