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Washington Elk — GMU 615

Clearwater

Washington GMU 615 covers 205,245 acres and lies 44 miles south-west of Port Angeles and 68 miles west of Bremerton. 74% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (70%) and state land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 42 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 5 nonresident tags here.

Nonresident tags (2026):17 Firearm hunter success (2025):4% Public land:74% Size:205,245 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 615, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

7 licenses on offer · 17 tags in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 2431 Clearwater — Youth Elk Hunt, Antlerless (Western Firearm) 5 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2517 Peninsula — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Western Firearm) 3 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2520 Peninsula — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Western Archery) 2 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2521 Peninsula — Elk Hunters 65 Years And Older, Antlerless (Western Muzzleloader) 2 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2618 Peninsula — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Western Firearm) 3 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2619 Peninsula — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Western Muzzleloader) 1 tags
    — Cut level
  • 2620 Peninsula — Elk Hunters with Disabilities, Antlerless (Western Archery) 1 tags
    — Cut level
What these columns mean
Your odds
—
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
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plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $837.90 $837.90 $837.90

Application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Port Angeles Bremerton Olympia Edmonds Mount Vernon
GMU 615 within Washington
607 612 618 636 638
GMU 615 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns the ground

  • State trust land 144,376 ac · 70%
  • Private 54,277 ac · 26%
  • State land 3,948 ac · 2%
  • National Forest 2,626 ac · 1%
  • BLM 17 ac · 0%

Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.

Season Harvest
2025 42
2024 29
2023 38
2022 55
2021 51

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 14 · 40% · 176 hunters, 8% success
  • Firearm 11 · 31% · 292 hunters, 4% success
  • Muzzleloader 10 · 29% · 171 hunters, 6% success

Boundary: WDFW Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon layer (WP_HuntPlanner/Regulation/MapServer/0)

Harvest: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)

How we compute draw odds · All Washington elk hunts