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; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, muzzleloader hunter
15% Other public
437,563 acres
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 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.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 |
| 2024 | 236 |
| 2023 | 233 |
| 2022 | 225 |
| 2021 | 197 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 216 | — |
| General season · archery | 350 | 71 | 20% |
| General season · firearm | 136 | 37 | 27% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 374 | 98 | 26% |
| Special permit | — | 6 | — |
2025 split: archery 71 (34%) from 350 hunters, 20%, firearm 37 (18%) from 136 hunters, 27%, muzzleloader 98 (48%) from 374 hunters, 26%
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 | 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 | <1% |
| State trust land | 481 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 13 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 6 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 3
- WDFW 2025 Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WDFW 2026 Hunt Planner 'UnitSpatial' polygon… boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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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