Idaho Bighorn Sheep — Unit 42-2
In 2022, 3 people hunted california bighorn here and took 1 — 33% of them killed something. The 2022 draw put up 3 tags here for 45 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every bighorn sheep license type on offer in Unit 42-2, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2022 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
2% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7005 ↗ Rams Only California bighorn sheep, any weapon, Hunt Area 42-2 | 2% Long shot | 0% | — | 3 / 45 | Sep 22 – Oct 8, 2022 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2022 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 —
- 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 —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2022 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- 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.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $2,857.50 | $230.75 | $2,857.50 |
Application window: opens Apr 1, closes Apr 30, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Idaho Department of Fish and Game does not publish a mapped boundary for Unit 42-2, so there is no map to draw.
How the hunting has gone
What Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. Idaho's figures are counts from mandatory hunter reports and check stations rather than survey estimates, so they behave differently from the survey states.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2009 | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| 2008 | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 1 · 100% · 3 hunters, 33% success
What the agency says about the area
All of Unit 42.
Source: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2022 (controlled hunt table)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2022 (controlled hunt table)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2021 (controlled hunt table)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, California bighorn sheep 2020 (controlled hunt table)