Idaho Deer · Unit 28-1
Idaho Unit 28-1 covers 44,874 acres and lies 4 miles west of Salmon. 81% of it is public land, mostly national forest (71%) and BLM (8%). In 2025, 15 people hunted deer here and took 5, a 33% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 1101, put up 15 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 5 nonresident first-choice applicants.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
71% Forest Service
44,874 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 28-1
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 · youth | Antlerless or Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 28-1… | 0% (small sample) |
First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance.
Draw results: IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $554.75 ($203 to apply). Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 15 | 5 | 33% |
| 2024 (summed) | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| 2023 (summed) | 13 | 9 | 69% |
| 2022 (summed) | 19 | 3 | 16% |
| 2021 (summed) | 62 | 32 | 52% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | 15 | 5 | 33% |
2025 split: firearm 5 (100%) from 15 hunters, 33%
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, deer; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer; IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer.
The Ground
| National Forest | 31,789 ac | 71% |
| Private | 8,510 ac | 19% |
| BLM | 3,434 ac | 8% |
| State land | 779 ac | 2% |
| Other public | 359 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
What the Agency Says About the Area
That portion of Unit 28 within the following boundary: beginning on Williams Creek Road (Forest Road 21) at Shoup Bridge, then west on Forest Road 21 to Perreau Creek Road (Forest Road 27), then west on Forest Road 27 to Trail 6077, then west and north on Trail 6077 to its junction with Forest Road 26, then north and west on Forest Road 26 to Forest Road 020, then north on Forest Road 020 to Stormy Peak Road (Forest Road 023), then southeast on Forest Road 023 to U.S. Highway 93, then north on U.S. Highway 93 to the Salmon River, then south along the west bank of the Salmon River to the point of beginning.
▸ Sources 9
- IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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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