Only in a place like WA would an auction tag not be good statewide.
Ain't that the truth.
You should see the fishing regs if you want a real laugh. Throw the wagon burners in the mix and it's a regular goat rodeo.
It is a Raffle Tag, not an Auction Tag, and
it is good for any area that is open to hunting of branched antler bulls statewide:
(a) Season dates: September 1 - December 31
(b) Hunt Area: Eastern Washington EXCEPT GMU 157, those GMUs closed to elk hunting, and those GMUs not opened to branch antlered bull elk hunting by the fish and wildlife commission.
FWIW, this same guy did purchase one of the Auction Tags in 2015 too. If anybody should be intimately familiar with this restriction, it would be this guy.
