This GMU is predominantly private land with a few far and is in between state and BLM sections. Unfortunately, some of the state, DNR and BLM are landlocked from public access. On the bright side, landowners tend to allow significant access throughout the GMU and there are numerous landowners who participate in WDFW private lands access programs, specifically in the southwestern portion of the unit. With a large amount of private, it’s no surprise that elk numbers are managed to minimize numbers due to conflict with agricultural activities, this simply makes elk hunting highly variable with hunter having private land access and knowledge of herd movements. Both mule deer and whitetail deer hunting are good given the land access opportunities and offer great hunting success for those willing to do a bit of pre-season work. Pataha Creek cuts the western portion in half with large farms on both sides. From the bluffs, the land slowly tapers its way to Pomeroy with miles of tilled land in between. Alpowa Creek parallels to the east; from there, numerous gorges point east to vast grain fields eventually ending at Clarkston on the Snake River, which is also the Idaho border.

Elk are rarely found on the Hunt by Written Permission ground in this unit.