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Idaho Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds

Enter your points, see your chance of drawing every bighorn sheep tag in Idaho — straight from the 2026 draw results.

Next application:opens Apr 1, closes Apr 30, 2027 (expected) Cost to apply:$2,857.50 ($230.75 if you miss) Tags (2026):98 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:2,335

* Projected from this year's calendar; the agency sets next year's exact dates.

How the Idaho draw works (30-second version)

Random draw.

Every applicant has the same chance: tags ÷ applicants. Points don't exist or don't matter here.

Full mechanics, fees, and deadlines →

How much these move year to year: last year's odds missed by <1% for the typical applicant (most people sit right at the cut). Details

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 5001 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 11 2 tags · 460 applicants
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5002 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 19 4 tags · 34 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5003 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 19A 3 tags · 63 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5004 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 20 2 tags · 25 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5005 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 20A 4 tags · 40 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5006 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 21 3 tags · 132 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5007 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 26 4 tags · 41 applicants
    2% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5008 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 27-1 12 tags · 61 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5009 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 27-2 6 tags · 49 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5010 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 27-3 5 tags · 52 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5011 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 27-4 4 tags · 71 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5012 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 28-1 3 tags · 22 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5013 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 28-2 2 tags · 103 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5014 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 36 1 tags · 18 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5015 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 36A 2 tags · 40 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5016 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 36B 4 tags · 48 applicants
    2% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5017 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 37 6 tags · 283 applicants
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5018 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 37 6 tags · 191 applicants
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5019 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 37A 2 tags · 51 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5020 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 51 2 tags · 36 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5021 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 17L 1 tags · 9 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5022 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 20AL 2 tags · 19 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5023 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 21L 2 tags · 58 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5024 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 26L 3 tags · 16 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5025 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 27L 2 tags · 53 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5026 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 28-1L 2 tags · 20 applicants
    5% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5027 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 37L 3 tags · 104 applicants
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5028 Rams Only Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 37AL 1 tags · 27 applicants
    0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 7003 Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 42 3 tags · 116 applicants
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 7004 Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 55 2 tags · 93 applicants
    1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
What these columns mean
Your odds
—
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
—
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice
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Idaho lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
5 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

Browse by hunt area

Each area has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

Not an application service

This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.