Idaho Deer — Unit 1-2X
Idaho Unit 1-2X covers 387,090 acres and lies 10 miles north-east of Sandpoint and 24 miles south of Bonners Ferry. 50% of it is public land, mostly national forest (46%) and state land (3%). In 2025, 38 people hunted deer here and took 22 — 58% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 50 tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 1-2X, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
1123 Antlerless white-tailed deer, any weapon/archery/muzzleloader, Hunt Area 1-2X (extra tag) 50 tags · 0 applicants100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1123 ↗ Antlerless white-tailed deer, any weapon/archery/muzzleloader, Hunt Area 1-2X (extra tag) | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 50 / 0 | Aug 30 – Dec 31, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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 2026 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 | $203 | $203 | $554.75 |
Application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 22 | 58% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Muzzleloader 22 · 100% · 38 hunters, 58% success
What the agency says about the area
That portion of Unit 1 within Bonner County on or within one mile of private agricultural lands except that portion of the Priest River drainage and that portion within the Pend Oreille River drainage downstream of Priest River is closed. “Private agricultural lands” are defined as privately-owned lands dedicated to growing or storing plants for profit, either currently or in the most recent growing or grazing season, in the form of pasture or stored feed for animal production, croplands, nurseries, vineyards, or orchards, but which do not include private timberlands.
Source: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Deer' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)