Idaho Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 59A-1

Idaho Unit 59A-1 covers 871,131 acres and lies 55 miles north-west of Sugar City. 86% of it is public land, mostly BLM (41%) and national forest (40%). In 2025, 279 people hunted pronghorn here and took 27 — 10% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 357 tags here for 15 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):357 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:15 Hunter success (2025):10% Public land:86% Size:871,131 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 59A-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

4040 Bucks Only pronghorn, archery, Hunt Area 59A-1 357 tags · 15 applicants

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
4040 ↗ Bucks Only pronghorn, archery, Hunt Area 59A-1	100% Undersubscribed	—	357 / 15 undersubscribed	Aug 15 – Sep 15, 2026

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

Unit 59A-1 within Idaho

Unit 59A-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

BLM 354,532 ac · 41%
National Forest 349,250 ac · 40%
Private 119,762 ac · 14%
Other public 31,685 ac · 4%
State land 15,307 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.