Idaho Deer · Unit 55-1

Idaho Unit 55-1 covers 908,572 acres and lies 27 miles south-east of Burley. 57% of it is public land, mostly BLM (33%) and national forest (16%). In 2025, 79 people hunted deer here and took 60, a 76% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 1107, put up 40 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 59 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew.

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

Tags, 2026
90

2 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
61

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
76%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
57%

33% BLM

Size
1,420 mi²

908,572 acres

Burley American Falls Kimberly Jerome 55-1
76%hunter success 2025 · 79 hunters, 60 deer

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

Every License in Unit 55-1

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1107 · youth 7% (small sample)
1108 · youth 50% (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) 79 60 76%
2024 (summed) 77 55 71%
2023 (summed) 78 57 73%
2022 (summed) 86 60 70%
2021 (summed) 83 58 70%
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
1107 37 28 76%
1108 41 31 76%
1181 1 1 100%

2025 split: firearm 60 (100%) from 79 hunters, 76%

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

Private 393,742 ac 43%
BLM 295,982 ac 33%
National Forest 144,666 ac 16%
State land 33,095 ac 4%
Other public 32,775 ac 4%
National Park Service 8,104 ac <1%

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

What the Agency Says About the Area

All of Units 55 and 57. Most of the City of Rocks National Reserve is open to hunting. Information about hunting within the Reserve is available to permittees at IDFG offices or at the National Park Service office in Almo.

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.

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