Washington Elk · GMU 654 Mashel
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; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
13% State
207,633 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 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.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 |
| 2024 | 109 |
| 2023 | 111 |
| 2022 | 171 |
| 2021 | 119 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 92 | — |
| General season · archery | 247 | 23 | 9% |
| General season · firearm | 297 | 31 | 10% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 254 | 38 | 15% |
| Special permit | — | 5 | — |
2025 split: archery 23 (25%) from 247 hunters, 9%, firearm 31 (34%) from 297 hunters, 10%, muzzleloader 38 (41%) from 254 hunters, 15%
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 | 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 | <1% |
| Other public | 10 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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