Idaho Elk · Unit 76-1
Idaho Unit 76-1 covers 46,026 acres and lies 32 miles north-east of Soda Springs and 43 miles north of Montpelier. 77% of it is public land, mostly national forest (71%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 72 people hunted elk here and took 18, a 25% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 2108, put up 100 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 8 nonresident first-choice applicants.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
71% Forest Service
46,026 acres
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 76-1
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2108 | Antlerless elk, any weapon, Hunt Area 76-1 | 100% |
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) | 72 | 18 | 25% |
| 2024 (summed) | 72 | 30 | 42% |
| 2023 (summed) | 81 | 27 | 33% |
| 2022 (summed) | 76 | 26 | 34% |
| 2021 (summed) | 80 | 24 | 30% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2108 | 72 | 18 | 25% |
2025 split: firearm 18 (100%) from 72 hunters, 25%
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
| National Forest | 32,582 ac | 71% |
| Private | 10,324 ac | 22% |
| BLM | 3,071 ac | 7% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
What the Agency Says About the Area
That portion of Unit 66A within the following boundary: Beginning at the Wyoming-Idaho border and Jackknife Road, then west on Jackknife Road, then south on the Cabin Creek-Haderlie Ridge Trail (Forest Service Trail 460) to the intersection of State Highway 34, then east to the Wyoming border, then north to the Jackknife Road; and that portion of Unit 76 within the following boundary: Beginning at the intersection of State Highway 34 and the Idaho-Wyoming border, then west approximately four miles to the mouth of the South Fork of Tincup Creek and Forest Service Trail 008, then south on Trail 008 to the Stump Creek Road, then south and east along Stump Creek Road to the Idaho-Wyoming border, then north along the Idaho-Wyoming border the junction of State Highway 34. May also be described as: That portion of Unit 66A beginning at the Wyoming border east along the Jackknife Road, the Jacknife creek drainage east of the mouth of Squaw Creek, and east of the Cabin Creek-Haderlie Ridge Trail (Forest Service Trail 619), and that portion of Unit 76 within the following boundary: Beginning at the intersection of State Hwy 34 and the Idaho-Wyoming border, then west approximately four miles to the mouth of the South Fork of Tincup Creek and Forest Service Trail 014, then south up Trail 014 to the Stump Creek Road, then south and east along Stump Creek Road to the Idaho-Wyoming border, then north along the border to the junction of State Hwy 34, the point of beginning.
▸ Sources 9
- IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, elk harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
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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