Idaho Elk — Unit 3-2
Idaho Unit 3-2 covers 81,321 acres and lies 14 miles south of Coeur d'Alene. 38% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and state land (4%). In 2025, 47 people hunted elk here and took 27 — 57% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 50 tags here for 6 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 3-2, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2048 ↗ Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 3-2 | 0% Long shot | 0% | — | 50 / 6 | Aug 1 – Dec 31, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- Idaho lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $203 | $203 | $854.75 |
Application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | 27 | 57% |
| 2024 | 48 | 24 | 50% |
| 2023 | 42 | 22 | 52% |
| 2022 | 87 | 40 | 46% |
| 2021 | 89 | 49 | 55% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 27 · 100% · 47 hunters, 57% success
What the agency says about the area
That portion of Unit 3, that is south of Interstate 90 on or within one mile of private agricultural lands within the following boundary: beginning at 4th of July Pass on Interstate 90 take Forest Service Road 614 south to East Blue Lake Road, then south on Thompson Creek to Coeur d'Alene River then follow Coeur d'Alene River east to Evans Creek, then south to East Rainy Hill Road, then east to State Highway 3, then south on State Highway 3 to Mission Point on the St Joe River then follow east shoreline of Round and Coeur d'Alene Lakes to Interstate 90 then to point of beginning.
Source: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Elk' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2024 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2023 (general + controlled hunt tables)