Washington Elk — GMU 652
Puyallup
Washington GMU 652 covers 437,563 acres and lies 7 miles south-west of Puyallup. 16% of it is public land, mostly military (14%) and state land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 222 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 652 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 365,705 ac · 84%
- Department of Defense 61,968 ac · 14%
- State land 6,239 ac · 1%
- County or city land 2,295 ac · 1%
- National Wildlife Refuge 854 ac · 0%
- State trust land 481 ac · 0%
- Other public 13 ac · 0%
- BLM 6 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 | 222 |
| 2024 | 236 |
| 2023 | 233 |
| 2022 | 225 |
| 2021 | 197 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 71 · 34% · 350 hunters, 20% success
- Firearm 37 · 18% · 136 hunters, 27% success
- Muzzleloader 98 · 48% · 374 hunters, 26% 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)