Washington hunting units

GMU 20

Makah Indian Reservation

The northwest tip of the Lower 48 — sovereign Makah tribal land, managed by the Tribe and closed to the general public's WDFW seasons.

GMU 21

Ozette Indian Reservation

A tiny, uninhabited tribal parcel on the wild Olympic coast — Makah trust land, not a public general-season hunt.

GMU 22

Quileute Indian Reservation

The Quileute Reservation at La Push — sovereign tribal land, closed to state-licensed hunting, managed by the Quileute Tribe.

GMU 23

Hoh Indian Reservation

Sovereign Hoh Tribal land at the mouth of the Hoh River — closed to the general public; not an open GMU.

GMU 24

Quinault Indian Reservation

The Quinault Indian Reservation — sovereign tribal land on the Pacific coast, closed to state-licensed hunting and managed by the Quinault Indian Nation.

GMU 41

Spokane Indian Reservation

A sovereign tribal unit above Lake Roosevelt — hunting here is closed to the general public and reserved for Spokane Tribal members.

GMU 51

North Cascades National Park

The North Cascades high country around Ross Lake — mostly locked-up national park, a hunt for the few who know where the closure lines are.

GMU 53

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier National Park: a federal wildlife sanctuary, closed to all hunting — a source herd, not a hunt unit.

GMU 101

Sherman

The Kettle Crest — District 1's best mule deer ground on a wall of Colville National Forest

GMU 105

Kelly Hill

Whitetail country between the Kettle and Columbia rivers — Colville NF up north, industrial timber down south

GMU 108

Douglas

District 1's highest deer success rate — a mostly-private whitetail unit around Colville

GMU 111

Aladdin

High-country whitetail unit in the far northeast corner — Abercrombie's peaks over a strong public-land road network, with a Selkirk moose draw.

GMU 113

Selkirk

The wildest unit in northeast Washington — 76% public Selkirk backcountry, Salmo-Priest Wilderness, and a moose draw, for hunters who want solitude and are willing to earn it.

GMU 117

49 Degrees North

District 1's volume whitetail unit — the most deer harvested, the district's best elk odds and one of its best bear densities, wrapped around a national wildlife refuge and the 49 Degrees North ridgeline.

GMU 121

Huckleberry

Private-ground whitetail kingpin of NE Washington — District 1's top deer unit, plus a coveted Shiras moose draw.

GMU 124

Mount Spokane

The Spokane doorstep whitetail unit — District 2's top deer harvest and heaviest hunting pressure, with a marquee Shiras moose draw on Mount Spokane.

GMU 127

Mica Peak

Small Mica Peak whitetail unit on the Idaho line — high per-hunter success on IEP timber, but almost no public land and foot-access only.

GMU 130

Cheney

Channeled Scablands mixed-deer unit around Cheney and Turnbull — the one District 2 GMU where mule deer outnumber whitetail in the bag, but the big public block is closed to hunting.

GMU 133

Roosevelt

Columbia breaks scabland unit with the state's only Lincoln Cliffs bighorn herd

GMU 136

Harrington

The district's top mule-deer scabland unit with the most open public ground

GMU 139

Steptoe

Idaho-border Palouse unit split between white-tailed ag ground and scabland mule deer

GMU 142

Almota

Dryland wheat and Snake River breaks — District 2's top mule deer unit and a rising elk sleeper, if you can unlock the private ground.

GMU 145

Mayview

One of District 3's most productive deer units — a small, nearly all-private slice of Snake River breaks where mule deer densities are high and access is the whole story.

GMU 149

Prescott

District 3's biggest unit and its top total deer harvest — a vast, tilled wheat basin where deer stack in the breaks and CRP, and elk are managed down to near zero.

GMU 154

Blue Creek

Walla Walla's foothill deer factory — District 3's top deer-harvest density and its densest bears, but 99% private and subdividing fast.

GMU 157

Mill Creek Watershed

Walla Walla's locked drinking-water watershed — a tiny, brutally steep permit-only elk unit closed to everyone but a handful of drawn tag holders.

GMU 162

Dayton

Blue Mountains foothill unit near Dayton — top general-season deer harvest, dense bears, tough elk.

GMU 166

Tucannon

Nearly all-public Tucannon River backcountry — District 3's top general-season deer success rate, wilderness-edge elk, dense bears.

GMU 169

Wenaha

100% public, roadless Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness — a backpack/horse-only backcountry unit with wilderness bighorn and low-density elk.

GMU 172

Mountain View

Oregon-border Mountain View unit — best elk success of the district's forested GMUs, but half private with tough public timber and the 4-O Ranch Wildlife Area at its heart.

GMU 163

Marengo

Private Palouse-and-breaks deer ground north of Dayton — an improving whitetail/mule deer unit where elk are a nuisance, not a season.

GMU 175

Lick Creek

The public-land anchor of the Asotin Creek high country — WDFW's highest-access Blues unit, elk-first with the district's densest road net.

GMU 178

Peola

Palouse-edge deer factory — one of District 3's best mule and whitetail units, but it's private ground and you hunt it by permission.

GMU 181

Couse

Couse Creek to the Snake — a mostly-private deer standout with a public 'hidden gem' in the George Creek Unit of the Asotin Creek Wildlife Area.

GMU 186

Grande Ronde

Tiny, steep canyon unit in Washington's far SE corner — District 3's top elk-success GMU, but the private ground is essentially locked.

GMU 203

Pasayten

Washington's ultimate high-country mule deer wilderness — 800+ square miles of roadless Pasayten, all public, all earned on foot or horseback.

GMU 204

Okanogan East

District 6's biggest unit and its top overall deer producer — a public/private checkerboard of mule deer, whitetail and the district's only real elk herd.

GMU 209

Wannacut

The county's driest, most private corner — a small border unit where public BLM pockets and the Sinlahekin tip carry a modest mule deer hunt.

GMU 215

Sinlahekin

Border-country deer factory where a state wildlife area, Loomis State Forest and the Cascade crest stack mule deer and valley whitetail into one high-public-access unit.

GMU 218

Chewuch

A backpacker's mule deer unit above Winthrop — 95% public national forest, half of it reborn in fire, best hunting in the high burns.

GMU 224

Pearrygin

High-country Methow mule deer unit above Winthrop — big public timber, migratory bucks, and a grizzly-recovery-zone backdrop.

GMU 231

Gardner

Steep, roadless high-country above Twisp — backpack-and-horseback mule deer under the Gardner peaks and the Sawtooth crest.

GMU 233

Pogue

Fire-reworked mule deer winter range on the Okanogan River's west benches — half public, three wildlife areas, migratory bucks that show up with the snow.

GMU 239

Chiliwist

Carlton Complex burn country between the Methow and the Okanogan — a big, public unit still rebuilding a thin mule deer herd, best as a late-season winter-range hunt.

GMU 242

Alta

Lower Methow mule-deer country from Alta Lake up the Twisp River — high-public east-slope Cascade unit with a healthy dose of whitetail and the Golden Doe winter range.

GMU 243

Manson

North-shore Lake Chelan mule-deer unit — District 7's best deer GMU and its most whitetail-rich, split between a road-accessed east half and the roadless Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness.

GMU 244

Clark

A nearly all-wilderness high-buck unit — no roads, no vehicles, just Glacier Peak Wilderness and the head of Lake Chelan for the foot-and-horse mule deer hunter.

GMU 245

Chiwawa

USFS-dominated Chiwawa and White River timber country: transitional mule deer, top-tier Chelan County black bear.

GMU 246

Slide Ridge

99%-public high-country backcountry: uncrowded summer-range mule deer and a genuine high-buck escape.

GMU 247

Entiat

Wildfire-mosaic mule deer winter range between the Entiat River, Lake Chelan, and the Columbia

GMU 248

Big Bend

Shrub-steppe and coulee country: Douglas County's top mule deer producer and its best public bear, chukar, and pheasant.

GMU 249

Alpine

Roadless Alpine Lakes Wilderness — a pure backpack-and-horseback high-buck unit on the Cascade crest.

GMU 250

Swakane

District 7's top mule-deer producer — Columbia-breaks winter range, the world-record Swakane bighorn herd, and the best bear year in the county.

GMU 251

Mission

District 7's #1 elk unit and the northern tip of the Colockum herd — plus high-buck-quality mule deer and top-tier black bear, on a public/private checkerboard.

GMU 254

Saint Andrews

District 7's most accessible mule deer unit — the highest number of enrolled private-access properties in the district, wrapped around Jameson and Grimes lakes.

GMU 260

Foster Creek

Big ranches and big views wrapped by the Columbia on three sides — three WDFW wildlife units, dense mule deer, and District 7's best waterfowl at Bridgeport Bar.

GMU 262

Withrow

The heart of Douglas County's dryland wheat — open-country mule deer and great upland birds, but barely 10% public land, so access permission is the whole game.

GMU 266

Badger

Waterville Plateau wheat-and-sage — private-ground mule deer above the Columbia at Orondo

GMU 269

Moses Coulee

The most dramatic coulee in the district — mule deer and chukar in the basalt breaks of Moses Coulee

GMU 272

Beezley

Beezley Hills to the Potholes — snow-driven mule deer across the seep-lake heart of the Columbia Basin

GMU 278

Wahluke

Lower Crab Creek shrub-steppe and Saddle Mountain slope above the Columbia bend

GMU 284

Ritzville

The Basin's top mule-deer producer — a private wheat-and-scabland unit run on written permission

GMU 290

Desert

Special-permit Quality Deer unit in the Desert Unit dunes, seeps, and potholes

GMU 328

Naneum

Colockum-herd elk and high-density mule deer on big public ground north of Ellensburg.

GMU 329

Quilomene

Big-public shrubsteppe breaks above the Columbia: Colockum-herd elk, the Quilomene bighorn herd, and District 8's top black bear unit.

GMU 330

West Bar

A tiny, nearly all-public sliver on the Columbia at Crescent Bar: bighorn-herd country with sparse deer and elk.

GMU 334

Ellensburg

Private farm-country unit around Ellensburg: crop-drawn deer and depredation-managed elk that live and die on landowner permission.

GMU 335

Teanaway

District 8's top mule deer, bear, and turkey unit — steep, forested Teanaway backcountry north of Cle Elum.

GMU 336

Taneum

Small, checkerboarded Yakima-herd unit at the gateway to the L.T. Murray — Taneum Creek forest and Peaches Ridge.

GMU 340

Manastash

Big-public Yakima-herd unit on the L.T. Murray — Manastash Ridge timber down to BLM scabland and the Yakima River.

GMU 342

Umtanum

Yakima Canyon breaks — shrub-steppe mule deer, Yakima-herd elk, and the state's premier bighorn ground

GMU 346

Little Naches

High Cascade headwaters and the Little Naches OHV country — public-land Yakima-herd elk on burn browse

GMU 352

Nile

The Nile Valley — Yakima-herd elk winter range where national forest, DNR timber, and private ag collide

GMU 371

Alkali

Yakima Training Center shrub-steppe — glassable Yakima-herd elk on Army ground, permit-gated by a range flag

GMU 356

Bumping

High Cascade headwaters of the Bumping and American — public-land elk country you have to climb for

GMU 360

Bethel

Bethel Ridge and the Oak Creek feedground — winter range for the Yakima elk herd, scarred by the Retreat/Rimrock Fire

GMU 368

Cowiche

The Cowiche and Nasty Creek breaks west of Yakima — District 8's best of this cluster for deer, elk and bear

GMU 364

Rimrock

High Cascade Goat Rocks backcountry above Rimrock Lake — 96% public, Yakima elk herd country.

GMU 372

Rattlesnake Hills

Hanford-fringe elk — a 2,400-head herd that beds on a closed nuclear reservation by day

GMU 373

Horse Heaven

Horse Heaven Hills wheat country — CRP muleys on a nearly all-private, wind-farmed ridge

GMU 379

Ringold

Hanford Reach mule-deer wintering ground on the Columbia — a public-land island in a private-land county

GMU 381

Kahlotus

Snake & Palouse River breaks mule-deer wintering unit — high harvest, tight buck escapement, and a written-permission access game

GMU 382

East Klickitat

East Klickitat's oak-and-shrubsteppe mule-deer unit — a 3-point trophy GMU on almost entirely private ground

GMU 388

Grayback

Oak-and-ponderosa transition country in the Simcoe Mountains: a trophy-managed 3-point buck unit walled off by private land.

GMU 407

North Sound

The North Sound lowlands: the district's top blacktail producer, where deer are everywhere and access is everything.

GMU 410

Islands

The San Juan 'everything-else' unit — dozens of private, boat-only islands with almost no public hunting

GMU 411

Orcas

Orcas Island blacktails — dense island deer on a fjord-shaped rock, but almost all of it is private

GMU 412

Shaw

Shaw Island — a tiny, almost entirely private ferry island with essentially no public hunting

GMU 413

San Juan

Friday Harbor's home island — abundant black-tailed deer locked behind private fences and a no-rifle county

GMU 414

Lopez

Flattest of the big islands — Lopez black-tails with a few of the archipelago's only real public parcels

GMU 415

Blakely

A privately owned boat-in island — Blakely black-tails with essentially no public access

GMU 416

Decatur

Decatur Island Columbian blacktail: plentiful deer, but a private, permission-only rock in the San Juans.

GMU 423

Henry

A tiny, boat-only, all-private San Juan blacktail island

GMU 424

Stuart

Washington's northwesternmost blacktail island — boat-in, mostly private, with a sliver of BLM Monument ground

GMU 417

Cypress

Cypress Island: a rare boat-in PUBLIC blacktail hunt on mostly DNR-owned island wildland — deer only.

GMU 418

Nooksack

Nooksack: North Cascades trophy-bull elk (permit-only), a top District 14 bear unit, and rugged high-country blacktail under Mt. Baker.

GMU 419

Guemes

A tiny Skagit ferry-island blacktail unit — private ground and a shotgun-only rule

GMU 420

Whidbey

Abundant Whidbey blacktail on almost no public land — a scattered-parcel, no-rifle island hunt

GMU 421

Camano

Camano blacktail — abundant deer, a handful of open county parks, and a no-rifle rule

GMU 448

Stillaguamish

The Stillaguamish working forest — the district's most walk-in-accessible DIY blacktail unit behind a maze of timber gates

GMU 422

Vashon - Maury

An archery-only, network-your-way-in blacktail island in the middle of Puget Sound

GMU 426

Diablo

The North Cascades high country — glaciated, roadless, and mostly national park; a low-opportunity trophy-blacktail and backcountry unit

GMU 437

Sauk

Skagit Valley + the Sauk — the district's premier permit-only Roosevelt bull unit and its second-best general blacktail ground

GMU 450

Cascade

Big, wild, glaciated North Cascades backcountry — scenery and solitude far outrank deer numbers

GMU 454

Issaquah

Suburban blacktail and elk on the Issaquah/Sammamish fringe — a permission hunt, not a public-land hunt

GMU 460

Snoqualmie

Snoqualmie Valley to the Alpine Lakes crest — real public-land blacktail with a valley-bottom elk hunt

GMU 466

Stampede

The huntable wedge of west-Cascade timber between Seattle's and Tacoma's closed watersheds — steep, snowy, and the district's best shot at mountain elk.

GMU 485

Green River

Tacoma's locked-down Green River municipal watershed — a draw-permit-only trophy elk and quality-buck reserve behind a closed gate.

GMU 490

Cedar River

Seattle's Cedar River Municipal Watershed — a ~90,000-acre closed drinking-water reserve holding game but shut to all hunting and public entry.

GMU 501

Lincoln

Doty Hills blacktail country west of Chehalis — one of District 10's top buck units, thin on elk.

GMU 503

Randle

Small Cowlitz-valley unit at the Gifford Pinchot's edge — USFS access is the key to Randle's deer and elk.

GMU 504

Stella

Firearm-restricted Longview-area unit on the Columbia — archery/muzzleloader only, limited game, protected white-tailed deer.

GMU 522

Loo-wit

The Mount St. Helens crater unit — closed to almost everything except permit-only elk and a coveted goat tag.

GMU 524

Margaret

Weyerhaeuser St. Helens Tree Farm and the Green River — general-season blacktail and elk on pay-to-play timber, with a permit-only elk area to the east.

GMU 505

Mossyrock

A top-five District 10 blacktail unit on a jigsaw of small private ground around Riffe and Mayfield lakes.

GMU 510

Stormking

Steep, timbered Tilton River country north of Morton — half public, low harvest, an elbow-room grind.

GMU 506

Willapa Hills

Wet, brushy SW Washington coast range — Roosevelt elk and blacktails on a timber-company patchwork.

GMU 513

South Rainier

A near-wilderness national-forest unit under Mount Rainier's south face: wide-open public access, but thin, hard-won deer and elk.

GMU 516

Packwood

The district's biggest, wildest unit — Goat Rocks and Gifford Pinchot backcountry with open access but low deer and elk density.

GMU 520

Winston

Weyerhaeuser's St. Helens Tree Farm country — one of the district's top blacktail units, with a real Mount St. Helens elk herd, behind a paid-permit gate.

GMU 530

Ryderwood

A top-five District 10 blacktail unit with rising elk numbers on a Sierra Pacific / Weyerhaeuser timber patchwork.

GMU 550

Coweeman

District 10's #1 blacktail buck factory on Weyerhaeuser's Saint Helens Tree Farm — big deer numbers, permit-gated access, a struggling elk herd.

GMU 554

Yale

A small Clark County shotgun-only unit on the Lewis River reservoirs — walk-in PacifiCorp and DNR ground for blacktails and a few elk.

GMU 556

Toutle

Permit-only Mount St. Helens elk on a Weyerhaeuser tree-farm patchwork west of the volcano.

GMU 560

Lewis River

District 9's biggest, most public elk unit — Gifford Pinchot high country between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.

GMU 578

West Klickitat

Oak-pine-and-fir transition unit west of the Klickitat River: three-point blacktail, a productive Western-tag elk herd, and free walk-in timber under a Yakama 'Tract D' overlay.

GMU 564

Battle Ground

Firearm-restricted Clark County lowlands — a private-land, close-range blacktail and waterfowl unit around Vancouver.

GMU 568

Washougal

Clark County's home-ground blacktail unit — Yacolt Burn State Forest and a Weyerhaeuser-checkerboard on the west Cascade foothills.

GMU 572

Siouxon

Nearly all Gifford Pinchot public land — a productive Mount St. Helens elk unit reshaped by the 2020 Big Hollow Fire.

GMU 574

Wind River

Public Wind River country between the Columbia Gorge and Gifford Pinchot — a productive Mount St. Helens elk unit with good road access.

GMU 601

Hoko

Northwest-corner timber unit on the Strait of Juan de Fuca: Roosevelt elk on paper, but low bull harvest, sparse deer, and gated private ground.

GMU 602

Dickey

West-end Roosevelt elk unit from the Pacific to the interior — one of District 16's top elk and bear producers, but a fractured private/state checkerboard.

GMU 603

Pysht

The north-shore timber strip — District 16's best blacktail buck harvest, but the deer ground is walk-in only

GMU 607

Sol Duc

Forks-to-Sappho Roosevelt elk country — one of District 16's top bull units, with real public timber to hunt

GMU 612

Goodman

La Push-to-Forks rainforest between the Hoh and the coast — high-harvest Roosevelt elk on public timber

GMU 615

Clearwater

The west Olympic coast's top elk unit — District 16's #1 Roosevelt harvest, big bears, thin deer.

GMU 618

Matheny

A tiny, near-all-public mature-bull elk unit wedged against Olympic National Park.

GMU 638

Quinault Ridge

National-forest ridge country above Lake Quinault: District 17's go-to unit for a mature Roosevelt bull, with genuinely good public access.

GMU 621

Olympic

Big east-Olympic unit: sea-level Hood Canal to alpine peaks — top blacktail and bear, permit-only elk.

GMU 624

Coyle

Toandos, Coyle and Dabob Bay — a walk-in blacktail unit where Rayonier owns the roads

GMU 627

Kitsap

A blacktail island in the suburbs — Green Mountain State Forest and Rayonier woods surrounded by saltwater and city

GMU 633

Mason

Shelton-country blacktail — Green Diamond and Manke timber with DNR's Tahuya Peninsula in the middle

GMU 636

Skokomish

Skokomish and upper Wynoochee timber-and-forest country: one of District 15's few reliable Roosevelt elk units, with strong low-elevation blacktail.

GMU 642

Copalis

Low coastal Rayonier timber above Copalis Beach: heavy-pressure blacktail and bear ground, District 17's top cougar producer, elk behind a Green Diamond permit.

GMU 648

Wynoochee

Coast-range industrial timber on the south Olympic Peninsula: heavy blacktail and bear, tough access.

GMU 651

Satsop

Green Diamond timber country south of the Olympics: one of District 15's few reliable elk units, popular blacktail, but access is pay-to-play.

GMU 652

Puyallup

Urban-edge farmland between Puyallup and Enumclaw: damage-hunt elk and rising blacktail on hard-won private ground.

GMU 655

Anderson Island

A ferry-access island of private woodlots: high blacktail success, tiny harvest, permission required.

GMU 653

White River

Rugged alpine north of Mount Rainier: a draw-only trophy elk hunt, high-country blacktail, and half public national forest.

GMU 654

Mashel

Eatonville–Ashford timber and Rainier foothills: District 11's top elk unit with a high-country blacktail bonus.

GMU 658

North River

Coastal Willapa Hills timber between the harbors: District 17's #2 elk unit with a WDFW 'Good' access rating.

GMU 672

Fall River

Weyerhaeuser's Pe Ell permit country — a top-tier Willapa blacktail unit with a productive Roosevelt elk herd, if you buy the limited permit.

GMU 673

Williams Creek

District 17's #1 Roosevelt elk unit — the heart of the productive Willapa Hills herd, hidden behind Hancock non-motorized gates and FIA leases.

GMU 681

Bear River

The best elk unit on the south Willapa Bay: a productive Roosevelt herd on checkerboard industrial timber.

GMU 684

Long Beach

The Long Beach Peninsula: a tiny, mostly-private coastal unit with high deer success, refuge elk, and a real bear.

GMU 699

Long Island

A boat-in federal island: archery-only Willapa refuge hunting for Roosevelt elk, blacktail, and bear.

GMU 660

Minot Peak

Weyerhaeuser-locked Willapa Hills timber: a top-tier blacktail and bear unit that also carries the Willapa North elk sub-herd — if you can get in.

GMU 663

Capitol Peak

Capitol State Forest — the rare Willapa-country unit that is mostly public, roads open, and still a top blacktail producer.

GMU 666

Deschutes

Urbanizing Thurston County: high-success blacktail in a fragmented private landscape, with damage-area elk you can only reach by knocking on doors.

GMU 667

Skookumchuck

The Vail Tree Farm blacktail machine — District 11's top deer unit gated behind a Weyerhaeuser permit, with a growing South Rainier elk sub-herd on the coal mine.

Deer Area 1008

West Wenaha

The western half of Washington's Wenaha wilderness: a limited-draw, pack-in area for Blues bulls and rut-window mule deer.

Deer Area 1009

East Wenaha

The deep east half of the Wenaha wilderness — bigger, wilder, and farther from any road: Washington's premier pack-in bull country.

Deer Area 1010

Ten Ten

The private wheat-and-foothill country around Dayton — a small antlerless damage-management deer area, not a destination hunt.

Elk Area 1013

Mountain View

Private wheat-and-canyon country of the Mountain View GMU, carved out so antlerless elk hunting happens where the crop damage does.

Elk Area 1015

Turnbull

Draw-only elk hunting inside Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge — a sanctuary herd in channeled-scablands pine and wetland country.

Elk Area 1021

Fruitland

A brand-new antlerless elk damage area on private ranch country between Lake Roosevelt and the Huckleberry foothills.

Deer Area 1031

Parker Lake

A draw-only whitetail muzzleloader hunt inside the Air Force survival-school closure on the Colville National Forest.

Elk Area 1054

Blue Creek

Winter-wheat and foothill country on Walla Walla's doorstep, where the Blues' state-line elk herd meets the plow.

Elk Area 1081

Couse

Couse Creek canyon-and-wheat country above the Snake, where hunters are the tool for moving elk off the crops.

Elk Area 2032

Malaga

Antlerless damage-control permits where the Colockum elk herd spills into Stemilt Basin orchards south of Wenatchee.

Elk Area 2033

Peshastin

Midwinter orchard-fringe elk hunts — including a real any-bull permit — on the Mission Creek side of the Wenatchee Valley.

Deer Area 3071

Whitcomb

Permit-only refuge island hunt: mule deer working crop circles and river-bottom thickets on Umatilla NWR's Whitcomb Unit.

Deer Area 3072

Paterson

A walk-in slough-and-shoreline refuge strip east of Paterson: quiet, small, special-permit mule deer water on Umatilla NWR.

Elk Area 3681

Ahtanum

Fence-line damage management on the Yakima herd's winter front — Ahtanum high country down to the Cowiche feed-site edge.

Elk Area 5064

Upper Smith Creek

Foot-only permit elk on the volcano's east flank: pumice flats of the Plains of Abraham dropping into Smith Creek canyon.

Elk Area 5065

Mount Whittier

A single trail-ringed basin below the Spirit Lake rim: foot-only permit elk between Coldwater Peak and Mount Whittier.

Elk Area 5066

Norway Pass

The Mount Margaret backcountry as an elk unit: lakes-basin cirques and Green River headwaters, permit-only and foot-only.

Elk Area 5099

Mudflow

Walk-in permit elk hunt on the 1980 eruption's mudflow plain below Mount St. Helens — iconic herd, unsigned boundaries, honest odds.

Elk Area 6010

Mallis

Antlerless damage-control elk permits along the SR 6 dairy-valley corridor between Frances and Menlo — knock on doors, then hunt.

Elk Area 6014

Puyallup

Winter damage-control elk on the Buckley–Enumclaw farm plateau — a knock-on-doors permission hunt, not a timber hunt.

Elk Area 6030

Joyce

A small permission-first cow hunt on the Joyce coastal strip, where a rebounding North Olympic elk herd meets pastures along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Elk Area 6054

Puyallup River

Damage-hunt cow elk in the timbered Nisqually–Mashel–upper Puyallup triangle below Mount Rainier — gated tree farms, fee permits, and a shrinking welcome.

Elk Area 6612

Forks

Eight square miles of pasture elk wrapped around Forks — the ultimate town-fringe cow tag, and nearly all of it needs a landowner's blessing.