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

Idaho Elk Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw Idaho offered 182 elk hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn at random with no points. 44 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.

Applications Close
231 days
Jun 5

Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$203

Kept if you miss. Elk license $652 only if drawn

Tags, All Residencies
20,072

2026 draw · nonresidents capped at 10%

Nonresident Applicants
12,753

2026 draw, first choice

How the Idaho Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Random draw.

Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Idaho

Best Bets

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

Bull or Either-Sex

2119

Unit 63 · Either-sex · Antlerless or Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 63

100%
Success
31%
Public
65%
Season
Aug 1–30

2137

Unit 48 · Either-sex muzzleloader · Antlerless or Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 48

100%
Success
17%
Public
84%
Season
Nov 15–30

2145

Unit 70-1 · Either-sex muzzleloader · Antlerless/Antlerless or Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 70-1

57%
Success
35%
Public
33%
Season
Nov 16–Dec 31

2133

Unit 36A-3 · Either-sex muzzleloader · Antlerless or Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 36A-3

38%
Success
—
Public
96%
Season
Nov 1–30

2142

Unit 61 · Either-sex muzzleloader · Antlerless or Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 61

91%
Success
15%
Public
83%
Season
Nov 15–Dec 9

2132

Unit 33-2 · Bull muzzleloader · Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 33-2

36%
Success
27%
Public
97%
Season
Nov 10–30

Cow

2065

Unit 23-2 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 23-2

100% (small sample)
Success
32%
Public
91%
Season
Oct 5–Nov 5

2054

Unit 13 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 13

100%
Success
44%
Public
28%
Season
Oct 10–Nov 3

2099

Unit 62-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 62-1

100% (small sample)
Success
37%
Public
45%
Season
Oct 15–Nov 14

2097

Unit 60-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 60-1

100%
Success
29%
Public
80%
Season
Oct 25–Nov 14

2100

Unit 63 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 63

100%
Success
31%
Public
65%
Season
Sep 1–Dec 31

2056

Unit 18 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 18

58%
Success
48%
Public
80%
Season
Oct 20–Nov 10

Before You Apply

A Waiting Period After Drawing

Draw one and you wait 1 year before applying again.

Draw a limited antlered-only elk tag in the first period and you cannot apply for a first-period limited antlered-only elk hunt the following year; the second drawing and leftover tags are outside the rule.

Source: adminrules.idaho.gov

Limit
1-year wait

Every Hunt

182 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 56 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
2146 Youth · Unit 1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 1 (youth only) 100% (small sample)
2046 Unit 1-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 1-1 12% (small sample)
2109 Unit 1-2 · Either-sex · Antlerless or Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 1-2 <1% (small sample)
2147 Youth · Unit 2 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 2 (youth only) 100% (small sample)
2148 Youth · Unit 3 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 3 (youth only) 100% (small sample)
2047 Unit 3-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 3-1 0% (small sample)
2048 Unit 3-2 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 3-2 0% (small sample)
2149 Youth · Unit 4 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 4 (youth only) 0% (small sample)
2150 Youth · Unit 5 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 5 (youth only) 100% (small sample)
2049 Unit 5-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 5-1 32%
2151 Youth · Unit 6 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon/archery, Hunt Area 6 (youth only) 13% (small sample)
2050 Unit 8-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 8-1 10% (small sample)
2051 Unit 8-2 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 8-2 5% (small sample)
2128 Unit 10A · Antlerless muzzleloader · Antlerless elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 10A 40% (small sample)
2052 Unit 10A-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 10A-1 18% (small sample)
2001 Unit 11 · Bull · Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 11 2% (small sample)
2053 Unit 11A · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 11A 100% (small sample)
2054 Unit 13 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 13 100%
2110 Unit 13 · Either-sex · Antlerless or Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 13 28%
2055 Unit 16-1 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 16-1 100% (small sample)
2002 Unit 18 · Bull · Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 18 4%
2056 Unit 18 · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 18 58%
2121 Unit 18 · Bull archery · Antlered elk, archery, Hunt Area 18 3% (small sample)
2003 Unit 19A · Bull · Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 19A 4% (small sample)
2057 Unit 19A · Antlerless · Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 19A 25% (small sample)

Showing 1–25 of 182 · sorted by unit · 8 hunts not offered in 2026 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 182 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds
—
the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth
—
tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 142 Units

Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

1 9% success · 71% public 2 6% success · 21% public 3 9% success · 58% public 4 10% success · 80% public 5 17% success · 14% public 6 16% success · 57% public 10A 15% success · 50% public 11 56% success · 26% public 1-1 37% success · 75% public 11A 28% success · 1% public 1-2 70% success · 62% public 13 44% success · 28% public 18 48% success · 80% public 19A 11% success · 99% public 21A 31% success · 89% public 22 19% success · 73% public 23 18% success · 76% public 24X 29% success · 57% public 29 25% success · 80% public 30 37% success · 80% public 30A 20% success · 88% public 31 25% success · 49% public 3-1 68% success · 64% public 3-2 57% success · 38% public 36A 22% success · 97% public 36AX 74% success · 97% public 37 41% success · 90% public 37A 27% success · 94% public 39 13% success · 77% public 40 56% success · 76% public 41 19% success · 80% public 41X 49% success · 80% public 42 75% success · 96% public 43 12% success · 97% public 44 35% success · 51% public 45 22% success · 64% public 46 39% success · 83% public 48 17% success · 83% public 49 27% success · 65% public 51 28% success · 92% public 5-1 51% success · 14% public 5-1X 11% public 52 19% success · 68% public 54 43% success · 59% public 58 21% success · 97% public 61 15% success · 83% public 63 31% success · 65% public 63X 26% success · 65% public 66A 19% success · 81% public 68 27% success · 70% public 74X 20% success · 26% public 76 28% success · 56% public 8-1 40% success · 10% public 8-2 38% success · 6% public 10A-1 71% success · 33% public 10A-1X 33% public 14-1 76% success · 12% public 14-2 63% success · 8% public 16-1 41% success · 9% public 19A-1 21% success · 99% public 21A-1X 80% public 22-1 28% success · 72% public 22-2X 57% success · 51% public 23-1 37% success · 51% public 23-2 32% success · 91% public 23-3 26% success · 87% public 24-1 17% success · 65% public 24-1X 74% success · 57% public 24-2 17% success · 44% public 30-1 93% success · 85% public 30A-1 50% success · 72% public 31-1X 58% success · 24% public 31-2X 64% success · 32% public 31-3X 41% public 32-1X 11% success · 22% public 32A-1 42% success · 72% public 32A-2X 17% success · 70% public 33-1 24% success · 97% public 33-1X 60% public 33-2 27% success · 97% public 36-1 30% success · 94% public 36A-1 45% success · 98% public 36A-1X 68% success · 91% public 36B-1 53% success · 64% public 36A-2 70% success · 95% public 36A-3 95% public 39-1 18% success · 86% public 39-1X 60% success · 43% public 39-2 23% success · 55% public 39-2X 68% success · 28% public 39-3 36% success · 67% public 40-1 25% success · 82% public 40-1X 63% success · 82% public 41-1X 56% success · 90% public 43-1 27% success · 75% public 44-1X 48% success · 44% public 45-1 24% success · 66% public 45-1X 27% success · 73% public 46-1 50% success · 82% public 46-1X 35% success · 68% public 48-1 31% success · 98% public 48-2 32% success · 67% public 48-3 35% success · 52% public 49-1X 52% success · 64% public 50-1 63% success · 81% public 50-1X 59% success · 83% public 51-1 64% success · 92% public 51-1X 62% success · 92% public 51-2X 92% public 52-1X 35% success · 68% public 52A-1 59% success · 80% public 54-1X 54% success · 71% public 55-1 72% success · 54% public 55-2 25% success · 57% public 56-1X 84% success · 55% public 58-1 49% success · 86% public 59-1 43% success · 78% public 60-1 29% success · 80% public 60-1X 69% public 60A-1X 56% public 60-2 43% success · 65% public 60A-2X 56% public 62-1 37% success · 45% public 62-1X 28% success · 25% public 62-2X 24% public 63-1X 39% success · 65% public 64-1 26% success · 52% public 66-1 53% success · 36% public 66A-1 51% success · 60% public 66A-1X 25% success · 81% public 66-2 34% success · 42% public 67-1 38% success · 85% public 68-1X 44% success · 70% public 69-1X 18% success · 23% public 70-1 35% success · 33% public 72-1X 33% public 74-1X 63% success · 29% public 75-1 71% success · 52% public 75-1X 59% success · 43% public 76-1 25% success · 77% public 76-1X 63% success · 56% public 77-1X 64% success · 48% public
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.