Idaho Moose — Unit 8A

Idaho Unit 8A covers 467,982 acres and lies 25 miles north-west of Orofino and 35 miles south of St. Maries. 40% of it is public land, mostly national forest (27%) and state land (13%). In 2025, 8 people hunted moose here and took 8 — 100% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 8 tags here for 7 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):8 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:7 Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:40% Size:467,982 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every moose license type on offer in Unit 8A, 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

3029 Antlered moose, any weapon, Hunt Area 8A 8 tags · 7 applicants

0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
3029 ↗ Antlered moose, any weapon, Hunt Area 8A	0% Long shot	0%	—	8 / 7	Aug 30 – Nov 23, 2025

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.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$2,857.50	$230.75	$2,857.50

Application window: opens Apr 1, closes Apr 30, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Unit 8A within Idaho

Unit 8A 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 277,869 ac · 59%
National Forest 124,786 ac · 27%
State land 59,078 ac · 13%
Other public 3,585 ac · 1%
Tribal 2,584 ac · 1%
BLM 78 ac · 0%

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
2025	8	8	100%
2024	8	8	100%
2023	8	7	88%
2022	8	8	100%
2021	8	6	75%
2020	8	5	63%
2019	8	8	100%
2018	16	13	81%
2017	16	12	75%
2016	16	13	81%
2015	16	13	81%
2014	16	12	75%
2013	16	16	100%
2012	12	11	92%
2011	12	11	92%
2010	12	11	92%
2009	12	9	75%
2008	12	12	100%
2007	12	11	92%
2006	12	10	83%
2005	12	12	100%