Idaho Deer 1005 — Unit 11A

Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 11A

What you may take
Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 11A
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 11A
1% public of 528,478 acres
Season (2026)
Nov 10–30, 2026
Tags (2026)
25
for 21 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
Hunter success here (2025)
33%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 21 first-choice applicants. Source: IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 10%

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)

Cash to apply
$203
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$203
Total if drawn
$554.75
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $2,483.25 (enough points to draw) to $2,483.25 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident controlled hunt application fee (per person, per species) - nonrefundable · paid at application $18 source
Nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt · paid at application $185 source
Nonresident deer tag (regular or white-tailed; general or controlled) - bought only if drawn, by Aug 1 · paid if drawn, refundable $351.75 source

Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.

Next application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 17. 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 (2026)

Split 1: Nov 10–30, 2026 p. number=1005

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 11A, Idaho Department of Fish and Game counted 858 hunters and 285 deer taken in 2025 — 33% of them killed something. Full Unit 11A profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type 1004 49 35 71%
Type 1005 20 8 40%
Type 1069 9 1 11%
Type 1100 25 18 72%
Type 1150 1 1 100%

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, deer 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables) Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2024 (general + controlled hunt tables)

As a lower choice

2nd choice
0%

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. Idaho runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Published odds Random pass Source
2026 25 21 0.8 10% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005
2025 25 20 0.8 5% 0 tags IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005
2024 25 27 1.1 7% 0 tags IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005
2023 25 9 0.4 22% 0 tags IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005
2022 25 8 0.3 25% 0 tags IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=1005

Other licenses valid in Unit 11A

Legal cartridges for deer in Idaho

From the Idaho hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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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