Washington Elk — GMU 642
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Washington GMU 642 covers 177,729 acres and lies 54 miles west of Tumwater. 19% of it is public land, mostly county or city land (10%) and national forest (4%). In 2025, hunters took 5 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 642 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 144,768 ac · 81%
- County or city land 17,051 ac · 10%
- National Forest 6,996 ac · 4%
- State trust land 5,274 ac · 3%
- State land 3,408 ac · 2%
- Other public 116 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 69 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 45 ac · 0%
Source: WA DNR 'Non-DNR Major Public Lands' (NDMPL) layer, federal/state/county/city ownership parcels
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 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 7 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 3 · 60% · 19 hunters, 16% success
- Firearm 0 · 0% · 64 hunters, 0% success
- Muzzleloader 2 · 40% · 14 hunters, 14% 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)