Idaho Elk 2170 — Unit 63X

Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 63X (extra tag)

What you may take
Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 63X (extra tag)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 63X
65% public of 1,286,054 acres
Season (2026)
Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
Tags (2026)
100
for 0 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
Hunter success here (2025)
26%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

No first-choice applicants: 100 tags on offer in 2026 and nobody listed this hunt first. Anyone who had would have drawn.

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 0 first-choice applicants. Source: IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=2170.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 100%

Fewer applicants than tags. A dash means Idaho Department of Fish and Game did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$203
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$203
Total if drawn
$854.75
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $854.75 (enough points to draw) .

Nonresident controlled hunt application fee (per person, per species) - nonrefundable · paid at application $18 source
Nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt · paid at application $185 source
Nonresident elk tag (general or controlled) - bought only if drawn, by Aug 1 · paid if drawn, refundable $651.75 source

Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.

Next application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 17. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026 p. number=2170

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 63X, Idaho Department of Fish and Game counted 160 hunters and 42 elk taken in 2025 — 26% of them killed something. Full Unit 63X profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type 2169 80 28 35%
Type 2170 80 14 18%

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: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables) Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2024 (general + controlled hunt tables)

As a lower choice

2nd choice
0%

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Idaho runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Published odds Random pass Source
2026 100 0 0.0 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=2170
2025 100 2 0.0 0.00% 0 tags IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=2170

Other licenses valid in Unit 63X

Legal cartridges for elk in Idaho

From the Idaho hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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