Idaho Elk · Unit 60-2

Idaho Unit 60-2 spans 1,025,217 acres, centered 13 miles north of St. Anthony. 65% of it is public land, mostly BLM (23%) and national forest (23%). In 2025, 476 people hunted elk here and took 205, a 43% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 2117, put up 100 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 57 nonresident first-choice applicants, 10 of whom drew.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

Tags, 2026
500

3 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
126

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
43%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
65%

23% BLM

Size
1,602 mi²

1,025,217 acres

St. Anthony Rexburg Rigby Iona Victor 60-2
43%hunter success 2025 · 476 hunters, 205 elk

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

Best Bets

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

Every License in Unit 60-2

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
2098 42%
2116 20%
2117 18%

First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance.

Draw results: IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $854.75 ($203 to apply). Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Elk Success
2025 (summed) 476 205 43%
2024 (summed) 389 321 83%
2023 (summed) 395 232 59%
2022 (summed) 402 362 90%
2021 (summed) 406 318 78%
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
2098 279 87 31%
2116 98 67 68%
2117 97 49 51%
2205 1 1 100%
2206 1 1 100%

2025 split: firearm 205 (100%) from 476 hunters, 43%

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 2025; 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 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk; IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk.

The Ground

Private 359,478 ac 35%
BLM 239,325 ac 23%
National Forest 238,197 ac 23%
State land 156,051 ac 15%
Other public 27,973 ac 3%
Bureau of Reclamation 4,124 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 68 ac <1%
National Park Service 0 ac <1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

What the Agency Says About the Area

All of Units 60, 60A and 62A.

Source: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk.

▸ Sources 9
  1. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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