Idaho Deer — Unit 73-1X
Idaho Unit 73-1X covers 132,538 acres and lies 6 miles west of Preston and 38 miles west of Montpelier. 15% of it is public land, mostly national forest (12%) and state land (2%). In 2023, 10 people hunted deer here and took 4 — 40% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered a deer license in Unit 73-1X in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Idaho deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 112,224 ac · 85%
- National Forest 16,258 ac · 12%
- State land 3,191 ac · 2%
- BLM 801 ac · 1%
Source: BLM Idaho Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 4 | 40% |
What people carried (2023 harvest)
- Firearm 4 · 100% · 10 hunters, 40% success
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Deer' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, deer 2023 (general + controlled hunt tables)