Idaho Elk · Unit 50-1X
Idaho Unit 50-1X spans 1,047,610 acres, centered 34 miles east of Ketchum. 83% of it is public land, mostly national forest (51%) and BLM (29%). In 2023, 32 people hunted elk here and took 19, a 59% success rate (sum of published weapon rows).
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
51% Forest Service
1,047,610 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 50-1X 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.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 32 | 19 | 59% |
| 2022 (summed) | 95 | 56 | 59% |
| 2021 (summed) | 25 | 22 | 88% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2282 | 32 | 19 | 61% |
2023 split: firearm 19 (100%) from 32 hunters, 59%
What Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes no whole-unit line for 2023; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Idaho's figures are counts from mandatory hunter reports and check stations rather than survey estimates, so they behave differently from the survey states. Source: IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk; IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk; IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk.
The Ground
| National Forest | 535,171 ac | 51% |
| BLM | 305,143 ac | 29% |
| Private | 180,518 ac | 17% |
| State land | 17,154 ac | 2% |
| National Park Service | 9,557 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 64 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 5
- IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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Prior-draw odds from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Idaho elk hunts