This heavily forested GMU is located on the western border of Mount Rainier National Park and is almost entirely private. Gifford Pinchot National Forest offers public access in the southeast corner, along with Snoqualmie National Forest in the northeast corner. Puyallup Reservation, state, city and Elbe Hills State Forest make up the bulk of the remaining public lands. There is access to private land; large tracks are owned by various timber companies and many offer some sort of limited public access. The western border loosely follows the Puyallup River and Lake Kapowsin. The Elbe Hills, Tahoma State Forest, and the U of W Charles Lathrop Pack Forest offer deer and elk hunting, best accessed by foot, bike and horse.

There is a lot of hunting pressure in this unit.