Idaho Elk — Unit 52-1X
Idaho Unit 52-1X covers 525,681 acres and lies 22 miles north-east of Gooding. 68% of it is public land, mostly BLM (65%) and state land (3%). In 2022, 52 people hunted elk here and took 18 — 35% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 52-1X 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 342,234 ac · 65%
- Private 166,279 ac · 32%
- State land 17,148 ac · 3%
- Bureau of Reclamation 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 52 | 18 | 35% |
| 2021 | 38 | 13 | 34% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 18 · 100% · 52 hunters, 35% 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)