Idaho Mountain Goat — Unit 36A-1
Idaho Unit 36A-1 covers 335,097 acres and lies 22 miles north of Ketchum and 33 miles north of Hailey. 95% of it is public land, mostly national forest (68%) and BLM (24%). In 2025, 1 person hunted mountain goat here and took 1. The 2026 draw put up 1 tag here for 7 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every mountain goat license type on offer in Unit 36A-1, 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-
0% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6009 ↗ Either-sex mountain goat, any weapon, Hunt Area 36A-1 | 0% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 7 | Aug 30 – Nov 12, 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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 228,901 ac · 68%
- BLM 80,549 ac · 24%
- Private 18,167 ac · 5%
- State land 7,479 ac · 2%
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 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 1 · 100% · 1 hunters, 100% success
What the agency says about the area
That portion of Unit 50 north of Trail Creek Road and west of U.S. 93, that portion of Unit 36A south and east of the East Fork of the Salmon River from and including the Herd Creek drainage upstream to and including the West Pass Creek drainage; and that portion of Unit 48 within the Big Wood River drainage east of State Highway 75 and downstream from and including the North Fork of the Big Wood River drainage.
Source: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, mountain goat 2025 (controlled hunt table)
Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Goat' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, mountain goat 2025 (controlled hunt table)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, mountain goat 2024 (controlled hunt table)
Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, mountain goat 2023 (controlled hunt table)