Idaho Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 36-1

Idaho Unit 36-1 covers 1,166,708 acres and lies 37 miles north of Ketchum and 49 miles north of Hailey. 97% of it is public land, mostly national forest (77%) and BLM (18%). In 2025, 230 people hunted pronghorn here and took 37 — 16% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 450 tags here for 18 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):450 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:18 Hunter success (2025):16% Public land:97% Size:1,166,708 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 36-1, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

1 license on offer · 450 tags · 18 applicants in the 2026 draw

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
  • 4029 Bucks Only pronghorn, archery, Hunt Area 36-1 450 tags · 18 applicants
    100% Undersubscribed
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.
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 $203 $203 $545.75

Application window: opens May 1, closes Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Ketchum Salmon Gooding Weiser Grangeville
Unit 36-1 within Idaho
28-1 29-1 30A 30A-1 36A-1 36B-1 37-1 39 43-1X 44-1 49 49-1 50 51 Ketchum Hailey McCall
Unit 36-1 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

  • National Forest 898,860 ac · 77%
  • BLM 209,430 ac · 18%
  • Private 35,284 ac · 3%
  • State land 18,195 ac · 2%
  • Other public 4,937 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Idaho Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)

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 230 37 16%
2024 235 28 12%
2023 220 21 10%
2022 227 21 9%
2021 177 29 16%

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 37 · 100% · 230 hunters, 16% success

What the agency says about the area

All of Units 36 and 36A.

Source: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, pronghorn 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)

Boundary: Controlled Hunts - All Species, BigGame='Pronghorn' AND Year=2025 (hunt-area boundaries)

Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, pronghorn 2025 (general + controlled hunt tables)

Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, pronghorn 2024 (general + controlled hunt tables)

Harvest: Idaho Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics, pronghorn 2023 (general + controlled hunt tables)

How we compute draw odds · All Idaho pronghorn hunts