Idaho Deer — Unit 40-1X
Idaho Unit 40-1X covers 411,829 acres and lies 24 miles south of Kuna. 59% of it is public land, mostly BLM (54%) and state land (4%). In 2025, 91 people hunted deer here and took 54 — 59% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 100 tags here for 3 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 40-1X, 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-
1114 Antlerless deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 40-1X (youth only, extra tag) 100 tags · 3 applicants67% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1114 ↗ Antlerless deer (mule or white-tailed), any weapon, Hunt Area 40-1X (youth only, extra tag) | 67% Real chance | 0% | — | 100 / 3 | Oct 10 – Nov 24, 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.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 221,406 ac · 54%
- Private 168,278 ac · 41%
- State land 14,538 ac · 4%
- Bureau of Reclamation 6,516 ac · 2%
- Other public 1,091 ac · 0%
Source: BLM Idaho Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)
Nearby areas
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 | 91 | 54 | 59% |
| 2024 | 82 | 63 | 77% |
| 2023 | 92 | 58 | 63% |
| 2022 | 67 | 51 | 76% |
| 2021 | 82 | 53 | 65% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 54 · 100% · 91 hunters, 59% success
What the agency says about the area
Only that portion of Units 40 and 41 within the following boundary are open to youth antlerless hunting - starting at the Oregon border on the Snake River then upstream to the C.J. Strike Dam Road then south on C.J. Strike Dam Road to Highway 78 to Rim Rock High School, then east on Highway 78 to Highway 51, then south on Highway 51 to the Shoofly Cut-off Road and 3.5 miles west of Highway 51, then west on the Shoofly Cut-off Road to the Mudflat Road, then north on the Mudflat Road to Highway 78, continue west on Highway 78 to the powerline that crosses the Snake River about 3 miles south of the Walter's Ferry Bridge at the 22.5 mile marker, then north along the Oregon border to the Snake River, the point of beginning; and on cultivated fields in that portion of Unit 40 no more than 5 miles south or west of Highway 78.
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)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2024 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2023 (general + controlled hunt tables)