Idaho Elk — Unit 69-1X

Idaho Unit 69-1X covers 925,359 acres and lies 15 miles south of Ammon. 23% of it is public land, mostly state land (15%) and BLM (4%). A further 19% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 34 people hunted elk here and took 6 — 18% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 75 tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):150 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:2 Hunter success (2025):18% Public land:23% Size:925,359 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 69-1X, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

2171 Antlerless elk, short-range weapons, Hunt Area 69-1X (extra tag) 75 tags · 2 applicants

100% Undersubscribed 91% as 2nd choice
2285 Antlerless elk, short-range weapons, Hunt Area 69-1X (extra tag) 75 tags · 0 applicants

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
2171 ↗ Antlerless elk, short-range weapons, Hunt Area 69-1X (extra tag)	100% Undersubscribed	91%	—	75 / 2 undersubscribed	Dec 1–31, 2026
2285 ↗ Antlerless elk, short-range weapons, Hunt Area 69-1X (extra tag)	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	75 / 0	Jan 1 – Feb 15, 2027

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Idaho lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$203	$203	$854.75

Application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Unit 69-1X

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

2255 — Antlerless elk, short-range weapons, Hunt Area 69-1X (extra tag) Standard

The country

Unit 69-1X within Idaho

Unit 69-1X 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

Private 534,972 ac · 58%
Tribal 176,082 ac · 19%
State land 142,544 ac · 15%
BLM 41,295 ac · 4%
National Forest 14,834 ac · 2%
Bureau of Reclamation 9,181 ac · 1%
Other public 6,607 ac · 1%

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 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.