Washington Elk · GMU 666 Deschutes
Washington GMU 666 covers 233,654 acres and lies 3 miles east of Tumwater. 13% of it is public land, mostly military (7%) and state land (3%). In 2025, hunters took 35 elk here; hunter counts not published.
0 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
9% Other public
233,654 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 666 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 | 35 |
| 2024 | 61 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2022 | 45 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season | — | 35 | — |
| General season · archery | 83 | 3 | 4% |
| General season · firearm | 140 | 19 | 14% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 97 | 13 | 13% |
2025 split: archery 3 (9%) from 83 hunters, 4%, firearm 19 (54%) from 140 hunters, 14%, muzzleloader 13 (37%) from 97 hunters, 13%
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 | 202,636 ac | 87% |
| Department of Defense | 16,866 ac | 7% |
| State land | 5,922 ac | 3% |
| County or city land | 3,519 ac | 2% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 3,002 ac | 1% |
| Other public | 1,101 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 595 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 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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