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.
Your chance of drawing here
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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns 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 · 0%
- State trust land 595 ac · 0%
- National Forest 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 | 35 |
| 2024 | 61 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2022 | 45 |
| 2021 | 27 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 3 · 9% · 83 hunters, 4% success
- Firearm 19 · 54% · 140 hunters, 14% success
- Muzzleloader 13 · 37% · 97 hunters, 13% 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)