Idaho Elk — Unit 77-1X
Idaho Unit 77-1X covers 168,463 acres and lies 9 miles north-east of Preston and 24 miles south-west of Montpelier. 48% of it is public land, mostly national forest (42%) and BLM (4%). In 2022, 11 people hunted elk here and took 7 — 64% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has not offered an elk license in Unit 77-1X 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
- Private 88,318 ac · 52%
- National Forest 70,465 ac · 42%
- BLM 6,198 ac · 4%
- Bureau of Reclamation 1,943 ac · 1%
- State land 1,446 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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 7 | 64% |
| 2021 | 12 | 9 | 75% |
What people carried (2022 harvest)
- Firearm 7 · 100% · 11 hunters, 64% 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)