Washington Elk · GMU 602 Dickey

Washington GMU 602 covers 182,234 acres and lies 46 miles west of Port Angeles. 33% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (29%) and national forest (3%). In 2025, hunters took 14 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 2041, put up 4 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 253 first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2025.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 602. 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.

NR Tags, 2025
26

12 licenses

Applicants
984

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
7%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
33%

30% State

Size
285 mi²

182,234 acres

602
7%hunter success 2025

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

Every License in GMU 602

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in GMU 602 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

2041 2% (small sample) —
2067 1% (small sample) —
2093 1% (small sample) —
2430 · youth 6% (small sample) —
2437 · youth 67% (small sample) —
2438 · youth 9% (small sample) —
2517 · hunters 3% (small sample) —
2520 · hunters 5% (small sample) —
2521 · hunters 1% (small sample) —
2618 · hunters 5% (small sample) —
2619 · hunters 3% (small sample) —
2620 · hunters 5% (small sample) —

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 14
2024 8
2023 19
2022 20
2021 27
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
General season — 14 —
General season · archery 28 0 0%
General season · firearm 115 8 7%
General season · muzzleloader 56 6 11%

2025 split: archery 0 (0%) from 28 hunters, 0%, firearm 8 (57%) from 115 hunters, 7%, muzzleloader 6 (43%) from 56 hunters, 11%

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 121,526 ac 67%
State trust land 53,259 ac 29%
National Forest 5,645 ac 3%
County or city land 982 ac <1%
State land 769 ac <1%
BLM 50 ac <1%

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

▸ Sources 5
  1. WDFW 2025 Elk individual hunts draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. 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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We don't take applications: check Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's site and apply there.

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