Idaho Elk — Unit 31-2X
Idaho Unit 31-2X covers 118,950 acres and lies 17 miles north of Weiser and 28 miles north of Payette. 32% of it is public land, mostly BLM (30%) and state land (1%). In 2022, 61 people hunted elk here and took 39 — 64% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 31-2X 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 81,070 ac · 68%
- BLM 36,126 ac · 30%
- State land 1,647 ac · 1%
- Bureau of Reclamation 80 ac · 0%
- National Forest 28 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 | 61 | 39 | 64% |
| 2021 | 61 | 34 | 56% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 39 · 100% · 61 hunters, 64% 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)