Idaho Elk — Unit 41-1X
Idaho Unit 41-1X covers 277,960 acres and lies 62 miles south-west of Buhl. 90% of it is public land, mostly BLM (83%) and state land (7%). In 2023, 34 people hunted elk here and took 19 — 56% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 41-1X 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
- BLM 230,611 ac · 83%
- Private 27,764 ac · 10%
- State land 19,477 ac · 7%
- Tribal 62 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 6 ac · 0%
Source: BLM Idaho Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 34 | 19 | 56% |
| 2022 | 140 | 70 | 50% |
| 2021 | 94 | 6 | 6% |
What people carried (2023 harvest)
- Firearm 19 · 100% · 34 hunters, 56% success
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Elk' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2023 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2022 (general + controlled hunt tables)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk 2021 (general + controlled hunt tables)