Idaho Antelope (Pronghorn) · Unit 59-1

Idaho Unit 59-1 covers 490,945 acres and lies 48 miles north-west of St. Anthony. 78% of it is public land, mostly national forest (39%) and BLM (36%). In 2025, 49 people hunted pronghorn here and took 27, a 55% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 4021, put up 50 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 56 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

Tags, 2026
50

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
56

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
55%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
78%

39% Forest Service

Size
767 mi²

490,945 acres

Sugar City 59-1
55%hunter success 2025 · 49 hunters, 27 pronghorn

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Best Bets

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

Every License in Unit 59-1

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
4021 2% (small sample)

First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance.

Draw results: IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $545.75 ($203 to apply). Open May 1 – Jun 5, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Pronghorn Success
2025 (summed) 49 27 55%
2024 (summed) 48 39 81%
2023 (summed) 46 34 74%
2022 (summed) 52 32 62%
2021 (summed) 50 43 86%
2025 by LicenseHuntersPronghornSuccess
4021 49 27 55%

2025 split: firearm 27 (100%) from 49 hunters, 55%

What Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Idaho Department of Fish and Game publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. 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: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics; IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics; IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics.

The Ground

National Forest 191,590 ac 39%
BLM 177,213 ac 36%
Private 107,951 ac 22%
State land 10,160 ac 2%
Other public 3,536 ac <1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

What the Agency Says About the Area

All of Units 59 and 59A.

Source: IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics.

▸ Sources 9
  1. IDFG 2026 Hunt Planner drawing odds draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. IDFG 2026 License, Tag, and Permit Costs fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. IDFG 2025 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. IDFG 2024 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. IDFG 2023 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. IDFG 2022 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. IDFG 2021 Hunt Planner Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. IDFG 2025 Controlled hunt area boundaries boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from Idaho Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Idaho pronghorn hunts