Washington Elk — GMU 654
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Washington GMU 654 covers 207,633 acres and lies 22 miles south of Bonney Lake. 22% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (11%) and national forest (8%). In 2025, hunters took 97 elk here.
Your chance of drawing here
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 654 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 162,951 ac · 78%
- State trust land 23,293 ac · 11%
- National Forest 16,611 ac · 8%
- State land 4,519 ac · 2%
- County or city land 246 ac · 0%
- Other public 10 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 | 97 |
| 2024 | 109 |
| 2023 | 111 |
| 2022 | 171 |
| 2021 | 119 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 23 · 25% · 247 hunters, 9% success
- Firearm 31 · 34% · 297 hunters, 10% success
- Muzzleloader 38 · 41% · 254 hunters, 15% 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)