Idaho Elk 2127
Antlered elk, archery, Hunt Area 54 in Unit 54, archery only, Aug 30 – Sep 24, 2026. 59% public land, mostly National Forest.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Your odds · 2026 draw
about 1 in 262, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 20 tags (all residencies) went to 525 nonresident first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- Tags
- 20
- Nonresident Applicants
- 525
- Success
- 85%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 10%. Success: 2035 hunters, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2025–2026
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 4% to 5% across 2025–2026.
Wait 1 year after drawing before applying again.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Jun 5 · 230 daysThe $18 nonresident controlled hunt application fee (per person, per species) - nonrefundable is not refunded. Drawing adds the $81.75 nonresident archery permit (needed to hunt an archery-only controlled hunt; bowhunter education proof required). The $185 nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt is not refunded. Drawing adds the $651.75 nonresident elk tag (general or controlled) - bought only if drawn, by Aug 1.
Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.
- Opens
- May 1, 2027
- Closes
- Jun 5, 2027
- Results
- about Jun 17
Next application window: Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes 2027.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident controlled hunt application fee (per person, per species) - nonrefundable · paid at application $18 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
- Nonresident archery permit (needed to hunt an archery-only controlled hunt; bowhunter education proof required) · paid if drawn $81.75 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
- Nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt · paid at application $185 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
- Nonresident elk tag (general or controlled) - bought only if drawn, by Aug 1 · paid if drawn, refundable $651.75 IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | <1% (small sample) | — | 2 |
First-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published. A dash means Idaho Department of Fish and Game did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 2127 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2035 | 20 | 17 | 85% |
| 2092 | 119 | 39 | 33% |
| 2127 | 21 | 10 | 48% |
| 2140 | 20 | 12 | 60% |
| 2160 | 38 | 18 | 47% |
| 2199 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2200 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2201 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| All of Unit 54 | 233 | 101 | 43% |
Adding up Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published lines for Unit 54 gives 233 hunters and 101 elk taken in 2025, and 43% of them took an elk (sum of published weapon rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. 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, elk; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 2 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags (All Res.) | Nonresident Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 525 | — | 0.00% | IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2025 | 20 | 431 | — | 0.00% | IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
Earlier Years, When This Number Was a Different Hunt
Idaho reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 2127 stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.
| Year · What It Was | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Unit 36A-2, muzzleloader | 125 | 39 | — | IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2023 · Unit 36A-2, muzzleloader | 125 | 35 | — | IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
| 2022 · Unit 24, muzzleloader | 50 | 0 | — | IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner drawing odds |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 54
- 2035 Antlered elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 54 Oct 15 – Nov 10 · 20 tags · 866 applied <1% (small sample)
- 2092 Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 54 Oct 15 – Nov 10 · 125 tags · 27 applied 33%
- 2140 Antlered elk, muzzleloader, Hunt Area 54 Sep 25 – Oct 14 · 20 tags · 361 applied <1% (small sample)
- 2160 Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 54 (youth only)Youth only Aug 1–29 · 50 tags · 25 applied 20%
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 12
- IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner drawing odds earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Idaho Department of Administration, Office of Administrative Rules / Idaho Fish and Game Commission 2026 IDAPA 13.01.04 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner hunt list seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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 (first-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published). 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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