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Idaho Bighorn Sheep · Unit 55

Idaho Unit 55 spans 1,523,297 acres, centered 22 miles south-west of Burley. 56% of it is public land, mostly BLM (28%) and national forest (25%). In 2025, 2 people hunted california bighorn here and took 2 (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 7004, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 93 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

Tags, 2026
2

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
93

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
56%

28% BLM

Size
2,380 mi²

1,523,297 acres

Burley Kimberly Jerome Gooding 55

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Unit 55

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
7004 1% (small sample)

First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 7007.

Draw results: IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $2,857.50 ($2,857.50 to apply). Open Apr 1 – Apr 30, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Harvest Success
2025 (summed) 2 2 100%
2024 (summed) 2 2 100%
2023 (summed) 2 2 100%
2022 (summed) 2 2 100%
2021 (summed) 2 2 100%
2020 (summed) 2 2 100%
2019 (summed) 2 2 100%
2018 (summed) 2 2 100%
2017 (summed) 1 1 100%
2016 (summed) 1 1 100%
2015 (summed) 1 1 100%
2014 (summed) 1 1 100%
2013 (summed) 1 1 100%
2012 (summed) 1 1 100%
2011 (summed) 1 1 100%
2010 (summed) 1 1 100%
2009 (summed) 1 1 100%
2008 (summed) 2 2 100%
2007 (summed) 2 2 100%
2025 by LicenseHuntersHarvestSuccess
California bighorn 2 2 100%

2025 split: firearm 2 (100%)

What Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. 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; IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics.

The Ground

Private 665,223 ac 44%
BLM 426,009 ac 28%
National Forest 377,704 ac 25%
State land 45,782 ac 3%
National Park Service 8,104 ac <1%
Department of Defense 319 ac <1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

Next Door

What the Agency Says About the Area

All of Units 54 and 55.

Source: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics.

▸ Sources 23
  1. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. IDFG 2020 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. IDFG 2019 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. IDFG 2018 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. IDFG 2017 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. IDFG 2016 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. IDFG 2015 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. IDFG 2014 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. IDFG 2013 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. IDFG 2012 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  17. IDFG 2011 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  18. IDFG 2010 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  19. IDFG 2009 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  20. IDFG 2008 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  21. IDFG 2007 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  22. IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  23. 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 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published results. 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