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, a 59% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 1114, put up 100 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 3 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.

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

Tags, 2026
100

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
3

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
59%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
59%

54% BLM

Size
643 mi²

411,829 acres

Kuna Garden City Mountain Home Emmett Fruitland 40-1X
59%hunter success 2025 · 91 hunters, 54 deer

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Unit 40-1X

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1114 · youth 67% (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) 91 54 59%
2024 (summed) 82 63 77%
2023 (summed) 92 58 63%
2022 (summed) 67 51 76%
2021 (summed) 82 53 65%
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
1114 91 54 59%

2025 split: firearm 54 (100%) from 91 hunters, 59%

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

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 <1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

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: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer.

▸ Sources 9
  1. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. 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.

Report an error on this page

Every report is checked against the agency source before we change anything.

We don't take applications: check Idaho Department of Fish and Game's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Idaho deer hunts