Idaho Elk — Unit 31-3X
Idaho Unit 31-3X covers 242,142 acres and lies 13 miles north of Weiser and 25 miles north of Payette. 41% of it is public land, mostly BLM (23%) and national forest (17%). In 2022, 4 people hunted elk here and took 0 — 0% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 31-3X 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 141,203 ac · 58%
- BLM 54,576 ac · 23%
- National Forest 40,403 ac · 17%
- State land 4,265 ac · 2%
- Bureau of Reclamation 80 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 71 ac · 0%
- Other public 47 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 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 0 · 4 hunters, 0% 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)