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Idaho Deer · Unit 68

Idaho Unit 68 spans 1,163,239 acres, centered 24 miles north of American Falls. 70% of it is public land, mostly BLM (55%) and national park (7%). In 2025, 789 people hunted deer here and took 154, a 20% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 1095, put up 20 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 10 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.

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

Tags, 2026
20

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
10

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
20%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
70%

55% BLM

Size
1,818 mi²

1,163,239 acres

American Falls Blackfoot Shelley Rupert Rigby 68
20%hunter success 2025 · 789 hunters, 154 deer

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

Best Bets

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

1095
Standard · buck
20% (small sample)
Antlered deer (mule or white-tailed), muzzleloader, Hunt Area 68
Success
20%
Season
Nov 16–30
Tags / Apps
20 / 10
If Drawn
$554.75

Every License in Unit 68

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1095 20% (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) 789 154 20%
2024 686 168 24%
2023 (summed) 574 82 14%
2022 (summed) 570 86 15%
2021 (summed) 581 94 16%
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
1095 20 6 30%

2025 split: firearm 133 (86%) from 691 hunters, 19%, archery 15 (10%) from 78 hunters, 19%, muzzleloader 6 (4%) from 20 hunters, 30%

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 634,785 ac 55%
Private 346,809 ac 30%
National Park Service 78,162 ac 7%
Other public 74,199 ac 6%
State land 24,826 ac 2%
Bureau of Reclamation 4,087 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 369 ac <1%

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

Next Door

What the Agency Says About the Area

All of Unit 68. (Caution: Craters of the Moon National Park is CLOSED)

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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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