Idaho Elk — Unit 22-2X
Idaho Unit 22-2X covers 1,852,551 acres and lies 26 miles north-east of Weiser and 36 miles north-east of Fruitland. 51% of it is public land, mostly national forest (28%) and BLM (15%). In 2022, 149 people hunted elk here and took 85 — 57% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 22-2X in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Idaho elk 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 906,817 ac · 49%
- National Forest 527,924 ac · 28%
- BLM 284,141 ac · 15%
- State land 121,456 ac · 7%
- Bureau of Reclamation 5,797 ac · 0%
- Other public 4,093 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 115 ac · 0%
Source: BLM Idaho Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)
Nearby areas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 149 | 85 | 57% |
| 2021 | 106 | 41 | 39% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 85 · 100% · 149 hunters, 57% success
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Elk' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2022 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2021 (general + controlled hunt tables)