Idaho Elk — Unit 31-1X
Idaho Unit 31-1X covers 90,887 acres and lies 7 miles north-west of Weiser and 19 miles north of Payette. 24% of it is public land, mostly BLM (21%) and state land (3%). In 2022, 114 people hunted elk here and took 66 — 58% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 31-1X 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 67,887 ac · 75%
- BLM 18,653 ac · 21%
- State land 2,729 ac · 3%
- National Wildlife Refuge 71 ac · 0%
- Other public 47 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 1,498 ac · 2%
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 | 114 | 66 | 58% |
| 2021 | 108 | 52 | 48% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 66 · 100% · 114 hunters, 58% 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)