Idaho Moose 3029 — Unit 8A

Antlered moose, any weapon, Hunt Area 8A

What you may take
Antlered moose, any weapon, Hunt Area 8A
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 8A
40% public of 467,982 acres
Season (2025)
Aug 30 – Nov 23, 2025
Tags (2026)
8
for 7 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
Hunter success here (2025)
100%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 7 first-choice applicants. Source: IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0%

First-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published. A dash means Idaho Department of Fish and Game did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$2,857.50
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$230.75
Total if drawn
$2,857.50
Refunded if unsuccessful
$2,626.75
Nonresident moose/sheep/goat controlled hunt application fee - nonrefundable, paid with the tag fee · paid at application $45.75 source
Nonresident hunting license (adult; includes 3-day fishing) - required to apply for any controlled hunt · paid at application $185 source
Nonresident moose tag - entire amount submitted with the application, refunded if not drawn · paid at application, refundable $2,626.75 source

Optional, not counted above: Access / Depredation fee (charged with the first annual license of the year) $10.

Next application window: opens Apr 1, closes Apr 30, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 11. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.

Seasons (2025)

Split 1: Aug 30 – Nov 23, 2025 p. number=3029

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 8A, Idaho Department of Fish and Game counted 8 hunters and 8 moose taken in 2025 — 100% of them killed something. Full Unit 8A profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type 3029 8 8 100%

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: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, moose 2025 (controlled hunt table) Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, moose 2024 (controlled hunt table)

As a lower choice

2nd choice
0%

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Published odds Source
2026 8 7 0.9 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029
2025 8 9 1.1 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029
2024 8 9 1.1 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029
2023 8 9 1.1 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029
2022 8 8 1.0 0.00% IDFG Hunt Planner drawing odds... · CHunt=3029

Legal cartridges for moose in Idaho

From the Idaho hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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