Idaho Elk — Unit 36A

Idaho Unit 36A covers 494,285 acres and lies 31 miles north of Ketchum and 43 miles north of Hailey. 97% of it is public land, mostly national forest (51%) and BLM (42%). In 2025, 696 people hunted elk here and took 138 — 20% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):20% Public land:97% Size:494,285 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 36A 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

Unit 36A within Idaho

Unit 36A and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 254,342 ac · 51%
BLM 209,430 ac · 42%
State land 16,168 ac · 3%
Private 13,856 ac · 3%
Other public 488 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's figures are counts from mandatory hunter reports and check stations rather than survey estimates, so they behave differently from the survey states.