Idaho Bighorn Sheep 7001
Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 40 in Unit 40, any legal weapon, Aug 30 – Oct 8, 2025. 76% public land, mostly BLM.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game held its 2026 bighorn sheep draw without 7001. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2025 draw
about 1 in 98, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 1 tag (all residencies) went to 98 nonresident first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- Tags
- 1
- Nonresident Applicants
- 98
- Success
- 100%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 10%. Success: California bighorn hunter, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2022–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 1% to 1% across 2022–2025.
One per lifetime: draw this tag and you cannot apply for bighorn sheep here again.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
The $45.75 nonresident moose/sheep/goat controlled hunt application fee - nonrefundable, paid with the tag fee is not refunded. The $185 nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt is not refunded. The $2,626.75 nonresident bighorn sheep tag - entire amount submitted with the application, refunded if not drawn is refunded if you miss.
Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident moose/sheep/goat controlled hunt application fee - nonrefundable, paid with the tag fee · paid at application $45.75 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
- Nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt · paid at application $185 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
- Nonresident bighorn sheep tag - entire amount submitted with the application, refunded if not drawn · paid at application, refundable $2,626.75 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 1% (small sample) | — | 1 |
First-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published. A dash means Idaho Department of Fish and Game did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 7001 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| California bighorn | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| All of Unit 40 · california bighorn | 1 | 1 | — |
Adding up Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published lines for Unit 40 gives 1 hunter and 1 california bighorn taken in 2025 (sum of published weapon rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Idaho's figures are counts from mandatory hunter reports and check stations rather than survey estimates, so they behave differently from the survey states. Source: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags (All Res.) | Nonresident Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 98 | — | 1% | IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2024 | 1 | 96 | — | 1% | IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2023 | 1 | 92 | — | 1% | IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2022 | 1 | 86 | — | 1% | IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
▸ Sources 26
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner drawing odds earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner drawing odds earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner drawing odds earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Moose, Bighorn Sheep & Mountain Goat &… draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner hunt list seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2020 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2019 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2018 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2017 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2016 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2015 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2014 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2013 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2012 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2011 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2010 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2009 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published results (first-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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Prior-draw odds from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Idaho bighorn sheep hunts