Idaho Deer 1062

Antlerless deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 55 in Unit 55, any legal weapon, Nov 1–14, 2026. 52% public land, mostly BLM.

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

Your odds · 2026 draw

40% (small sample) Same for everyone

100 tags (all residencies) for 5 nonresident first-choice applicants

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 100 tags (all residencies) went to 5 nonresident first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

Tags
100
Nonresident Applicants
5
Success
100%

First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 10%. Success: 1044 hunters, 2025.

Odds by Year

Not enough years with tags and applicants to chart.

Wait 1 year after drawing before applying again.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Jun 5 · 230 days
Cost to Apply
$203
If You Miss
$203
If You Draw
$554.75

The $18 nonresident controlled hunt application fee (per person, per species) - nonrefundable is not refunded. The $185 nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt is not refunded. Drawing adds the $351.75 nonresident deer tag (regular or white-tailed; general or controlled) - bought only if drawn, by Aug 1.

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

Opens
May 1, 2027
Closes
Jun 5, 2027
Results
about Jun 17

Next application window: Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes 2027.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
Burley Kimberly American Falls Jerome 55
33%hunter success 2025 · 1,161 hunters, 383 deer
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Details

Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone 40% (small sample) — 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. As a lower choice, 1062 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.

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

How It Hunted, 2025

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
1044 25 25 100%
1045 301 215 71%
1062 86 70 81%
1180 2 1 50%
All of Unit 55 1,161 383 33%

Adding up Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published lines for Unit 55 gives 1,161 hunters and 383 deer taken in 2025, and 33% of them took a deer (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, deer; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 2 draws

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Idaho files a second pass separately; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags (All Res.) Nonresident Applicants Per Tag Published Odds Random Pass Source
2026 100 5 — 40% — IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds
2025 100 3 — 67% 0 tags IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds

Earlier Years, When This Number Was a Different Hunt

Idaho reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 1062 stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · What It Was Tags Applicants Per Tag Source
2024 · Unit 45 250 4 — IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner drawing odds
2023 · Unit 52 100 1 — IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner drawing odds
2022 · Unit 45 250 6 — IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner drawing odds

Other Licenses Valid in Unit 55

  • 1044 Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 55 Aug 15 – Sep 24 · 25 tags · 120 applied 2% (small sample)
  • 1045 Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 55 Oct 5–31 · 320 tags · 351 applied 9%

Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Idaho deer
▸ Sources 12
  1. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Idaho Department of Administration, Office of Administrative Rules / Idaho Fish and Game Commission 2026 IDAPA 13.01.04 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner hunt list seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  11. IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  12. 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 (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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