Idaho Bighorn Sheep 7005 — Unit 42-2
Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 42-2
- What you may take
- Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 42-2
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Where
- Unit 42-2
- Season (2022)
- Sep 22 – Oct 8, 2022
- Tags (2022)
- 3
- for 45 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
- Hunter success here (2022)
- 33%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2022 draw
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 45 first-choice applicants. Source: IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=7005.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2% | — | — |
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. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
At the 2022 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $13,010.60 (enough points to draw) to $13,010.60 (lowest published odds).
Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.
Next application window: opens Apr 1, closes Apr 30, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 11. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.
Seasons (2022)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Unit 42-2, Idaho Department of Fish and Game counted 3 hunters and 1 bighorn sheep taken in 2022 — 33% of them killed something. Full Unit 42-2 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Hunters holding this license type (2022) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:
| What they hunted | Hunters | Harvest | Success | Days per animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California bighorn | 3 | 1 | 33% | — |
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: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2022 (controlled hunt table) Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2021 (controlled hunt table)
As a lower choice
Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Published odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | — | 2% | IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=7005 |
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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.
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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.