Idaho hunting units

Unit 1

1 (Panhandle)

Kootenai Valley whitetails between the Selkirks and the Cabinets — plus a once-in-a-lifetime moose lottery.

Unit 2

2 (Panhandle)

Farm-country whitetail on the Rathdrum Prairie with a hard-drawn moose bonus

Unit 3

3 (Panhandle)

Timbered Panhandle country south of Coeur d'Alene where whitetail rule the brushy draws and river bottoms.

Unit 4

4 (Panhandle)

Big-timber whitetails and trophy-cover bull elk in the wet Coeur d'Alene River country.

Unit 4A

4A (Panhandle)

Steep Cabinet Mountain timber above the east shore of Lake Pend Oreille — whitetails, a general elk grind, and a coveted moose draw.

Unit 5

5 (Panhandle)

Rolling Palouse-edge farm-and-timber country south of Coeur d'Alene — one of the Panhandle's best whitetail units.

Unit 6

6 (Panhandle)

Timbered St. Joe breaks and clearcut mosaics — a productive over-the-counter whitetail unit with a coveted moose draw.

Unit 7

7 (Panhandle)

The St. Joe River breaks and Bitterroot ridgelines — whitetails in the timber, a strong bear unit, and once-in-a-lifetime goat and moose tags on the Montana divide.

Unit 8

8 (Palouse)

Rolling Palouse farm country — a whitetail unit that is almost entirely private ground.

Unit 8A

8A (Palouse)

Where the Palouse wheat meets big timber — one of Idaho's top general whitetail units.

Unit 9

9 (Panhandle)

Remote Mallard-Larkins backcountry — heavy timber, big bulls and one of Idaho's best mountain-goat units.

Unit 10

10 (Lolo)

Steep, roadless Bitterroot backcountry — the storied Lolo elk country, now a hard-earned wilderness hunt.

Unit 10A

10A (Dworshak)

Roaded Dworshak Reservoir timber country — one of Idaho's best over-the-counter whitetail units.

Unit 11

11 (Hells Canyon)

River-breaks unit where whitetail, mule deer and bighorns share the canyon rims below Lewiston.

Unit 11A

11A (Palouse)

Rolling Palouse wheat hills and timbered draws that grow heavy-bodied whitetails.

Unit 12

12 (Lolo)

Steep, wolf-country Clearwater backcountry — the storied Lolo elk zone, now a bear-and-solitude unit.

Unit 13

13 (Hells Canyon)

Canyon-country mule deer and Hells Canyon elk in the Snake–Salmon river breaks

Unit 14

14 (Elk City)

The elk stronghold of the Elk City Zone, with whitetails, muleys, and canyon breaks

Unit 15

15 (Elk City)

Big, deep-timber whitetail country in the Nez Perce–Clearwater backcountry

Unit 16

16 (Elk City)

Roaded Nez Perce timber from the Clearwater farms up into the Selway breaks — a whitetail stronghold with general elk.

Unit 16A

16A (Selway)

A roadless Selway-Bitterroot foothold of steep timber and high ridges — backcountry deer, bears, and general elk for hunters willing to walk.

Unit 17

17 (Selway)

1,500 square miles of near-pure wilderness — a wolf-and-bear country deep-backcountry hunt with a once-in-a-lifetime bighorn draw.

Unit 18

18 (Hells Canyon)

Idaho's steepest classroom — trophy mule deer, controlled elk, and Seven Devils goats above the Snake

Unit 19

19 (Selway)

Deep-wilderness Salmon River breaks — general-season backcountry elk and deer with a coveted sheep draw

Unit 19A

19A (McCall)

McCall's wild backdoor — South Fork Salmon and Secesh country for DIY general-season elk and deer

Unit 20

20 (Selway)

Wilderness Salmon-River breaks country — earn-it backcountry mule deer, elk and river-canyon bighorns

Unit 20A

20A (Middle Fork)

Nearly all River of No Return wilderness — the deepest earn-it mule deer, elk, bear and canyon-bighorn country

Unit 21

21 (Salmon)

Steep, timbered Salmon River breaks against the Montana line — scattered game and one of Idaho's storied bighorn canyons.

Unit 21A

21A (Salmon)

North-of-Salmon foothills and sage benches — Idaho's best-known general pronghorn ground with OTC deer and elk on top.

Unit 22

22 (Weiser River)

The Weiser River Zone — big, mixed timber-and-rangeland country from Snake River canyon rims to the Cuddy and West Mountains, with liberal general elk.

Unit 23

23 (McCall)

Highway 95 canyon country where Salmon River whitetail meet high-country mule deer and elk

Unit 24

24 (McCall)

McCall's home unit — West Mountain timber and Cascade Reservoir farmland with a whitetail-and-muley deer mix

Unit 25

25 (McCall)

Roadless backcountry elk and mule deer in the burned, brushy South Fork high country east of McCall

Unit 26

26 (Middle Fork)

Big Creek backcountry — sheep, bears, and hard-won mule deer deep in the Frank

Unit 27

27 (Middle Fork)

The heart of the Frank — Middle Fork sheep, goats, and a whole backcountry menu

Unit 28

28 (Salmon)

Salmon breaks and high divides — a broad big-game menu on the east edge of the Frank

Unit 29

29 (Lemhi)

Steep Salmon-Challis breaks and arid foothills wrapping the upper Lemhi and Salmon River valleys.

Unit 30

30 (Beaverhead)

A narrow, arid strip of the Lemhi Valley climbing east into the steep Beaverhead Mountains on the Continental Divide.

Unit 30A

30A (Beaverhead)

High sagebrush valley climbing to the Montana divide — pronghorn on the flats, elk and mule deer up the breaks.

Unit 31

31 (Brownlee)

Snake River breaks and the Hitt Mountains — one of Idaho's better general units for quality bulls.

Unit 32

32 (Weiser River)

Big, mostly-private rangeland unit — a high-harvest mule deer and general-elk workhorse.

Unit 32A

32A (Weiser River)

Low foothill breaks and Weiser River farm-country edges where whitetail slip in alongside mule deer

Unit 33

33 (Sawtooth)

Garden Valley and Lowman timber where a big black bear harvest headlines the Sawtooth Elk Zone

Unit 34

34 (Sawtooth)

Remote, roadless high timber on the doorstep of the Frank Church wilderness — low harvest, real backcountry

Unit 35

35 (Sawtooth)

Steep, timbered Sawtooth-front country in the South Fork Payette drainage — a mule deer and zone-tag elk hunt at the edge of wilderness.

Unit 36

36 (Sawtooth)

Postcard high country around Stanley — Sawtooth peaks, White Cloud basins and a broad sage valley holding deer, zone elk, pronghorn and lottery sheep and goats.

Unit 36A

36A (Pioneer)

Sun Valley's back range — Antelope Flats sage to 12,000-foot Pioneer peaks, with elk the headline and pronghorn, mule deer, moose, sheep and goats in the mix.

Unit 36B

36B (Salmon)

Steep public-land breaks northwest of Challis with sheep, goats, and general mule deer

Unit 37

37 (Lemhi)

High-desert pronghorn stronghold flanked by the Lost River and Lemhi ranges

Unit 37A

37A (Lemhi)

High-country headwaters unit with goats, sheep, and quality general-season mule deer

Unit 38

38 (Owyhee)

High-desert mule deer and near-guaranteed pronghorn on the sagebrush sweep of the Owyhee Front.

Unit 39

39 (Boise River)

Boise's backyard giant — trophy-caliber muleys and general elk in the pressured Boise River foothills.

Unit 40

40 (Owyhee)

Big desert muleys, capped-zone bulls and Silver City high country above the Snake

Unit 41

41 (Owyhee)

Sagebrush pronghorn, canyon bighorn and capped-zone elk in the Bruneau desert

Unit 42

42 (Owyhee)

Remote wilderness desert of deep Owyhee gorges, big muleys and canyon sheep

Unit 43

43 (Smoky - Bennett)

High, near-solid-public Smoky Mountain country and the deer engine of the Smoky-Bennett zone

Unit 44

44 (Smoky - Bennett)

Split private-and-public prairie-to-mountain unit where pronghorn are the real draw

Unit 45

45 (Smoky - Bennett)

Big, BLM-dominated desert-mountain unit with sleeper trophy mule deer and the zone's best elk success

Unit 46

46 (South Hills)

Sprawling Snake River desert unit — pronghorn on the flats, mule deer in the canyon breaks

Unit 47

47 (South Hills)

Small sagebrush-steppe unit along the Jarbidge Road — pronghorn country with a light deer harvest

Unit 48

48 (Smoky - Bennett)

Timbered mountain unit in the Smoky-Bennett zone — strong mule deer, high-country elk and a rare Shiras moose tag

Unit 49

49 (Pioneer)

Sagebrush pronghorn flats rising into the glacier-carved Pioneer high country south of Sun Valley.

Unit 50

50 (Pioneer)

High Pioneer peaks over broad sage valleys — a premier pronghorn unit with capped, quality elk

Unit 51

51 (Lemhi)

Diamond Peak country — excellent pronghorn, drawn elk, and coveted sheep and goat tags

Unit 52

52 (Smoky - Bennett)

Big-buck desert hills between Fairfield and Gooding — drawn pronghorn, elk, and mule deer

Unit 52A

52A (Big Desert)

A vast BLM lava-and-sagebrush desert where pronghorn rule and desert elk hide in the lava flows.

Unit 53

53 (Snake River)

Snake River canyon rims and farm-country draws where mule deer key on the breaks and elk are a canyon bonus.

Unit 54

54 (South Hills)

A forested island in the desert — the South Hills mix aspen-and-fir uplands with sage foothills for pronghorn, deer, elk and a coveted moose tag.

Unit 55

55 (South Hills)

Granite high country over sage foothills — a mule deer opportunity unit crowned by Cache Peak and City of Rocks.

Unit 56

56 (South Hills)

A high-harvest mule deer numbers unit built on the Sublett Range and broad farm valleys.

Unit 57

57 (South Hills)

A small, public-heavy island of timbered mountains on the Idaho-Utah line south of Malta.

Unit 58

58 (Beaverhead)

A high sagebrush trough between the Lemhi Range and the Continental Divide — pronghorn country first, with backcountry mule deer and general elk in the timber above.

Unit 59

59 (Beaverhead)

Rolling sagebrush and creek bottoms below the Continental Divide out of Dubois — deer numbers, strong pronghorn, general elk, and a coveted moose lottery.

Unit 59A

59A (Beaverhead)

Desert flats climbing to above-timberline peaks along the Continental Divide — high elk and mule deer numbers with a pronghorn opportunity below.

Unit 60

60 (Island Park)

High Yellowstone-plateau lodgepole and caldera country on Yellowstone's doorstep — general elk with a premier moose draw.

Unit 60A

60A (Island Park)

Sand Creek sagebrush desert grading into Targhee timber — a mixed-bag unit that adds pronghorn to the eastern-Idaho lineup.

Unit 61

61 (Island Park)

Centennial Divide goat country over Kilgore's sage meadows — general elk and mule deer with a pronghorn draw and a once-in-a-lifetime goat tag.

Unit 62

62 (Island Park)

Teton foothills and river-canyon country against the Wyoming line — general elk and mule deer with a premier moose draw.

Unit 62A

62A (Island Park)

Lodgepole plateau and Mesa Falls canyon country pressed against Yellowstone — general elk and mule deer with a premier moose draw.

Unit 63

63 (Snake River)

Big, open sage-desert unit between Blackfoot and Dubois where pronghorn are the headline game.

Unit 63A

63A (Snake River)

Small, private-heavy river-bottom unit where deer and river-corridor moose outshine everything else.

Unit 64

64 (Palisades)

Farm-to-forest foothill unit off the Big Hole Mountains with a strong river-country moose hunt.

Unit 65

65 (Palisades)

Big Hole Mountain benches and Teton River farmland on the back side of the Tetons — a trophy-caliber but heavily private deer and elk unit.

Unit 66

66 (Tex Creek)

A public-land elk factory around the Tex Creek WMA and the South Fork of the Snake — winter range that holds thousands of elk and mule deer.

Unit 66A

66A (Diamond Creek)

Timbered Caribou Range country between Palisades Reservoir and Grays Lake — a limited-tag zone built for mature bull elk.

Unit 67

67 (Palisades)

Steep timbered high country wrapping Palisades Reservoir — Idaho's premier Shiras moose and mountain-goat draw.

Unit 68

68 (Big Desert)

Vast BLM sage-steppe on the Big Desert — a big-open pronghorn and mule-deer unit with a foothold of elk.

Unit 68A

68A (Snake River)

A small Snake River corridor unit — cottonwood-and-willow bottoms that grow big Shiras moose.

Unit 69

69 (Tex Creek)

The great migratory winter range east of Idaho Falls — thousands of mule deer and elk funnel into the Tex Creek WMA when the snow flies.

Unit 70

70 (Bannock)

The Bannock Range at Pocatello's back door — a solid mule deer range with a general elk opportunity and a near-certain moose draw.

Unit 71

71 (Bannock)

The Portneuf Range above Pocatello — foothill mule deer and draw-bull elk against Fort Hall's border

Unit 72

72 (Bannock)

Rangeland and reservoir country above the Blackfoot River — foothill elk and mule deer on a private-heavy checkerboard

Unit 73

73 (Bannock)

Big, varied unit from the Mink Creek forest to the Curlew sagebrush flats — mule deer, foothill elk and open-country pronghorn

Unit 73A

73A (Bannock)

Farm-country mule deer and general Bannock-zone elk around the Bannock and Deep Creek ranges

Unit 74

74 (Bannock)

Private-heavy Portneuf Range unit with the Bannock Zone's best deer and elk numbers

Unit 75

75 (Bear River)

The Bear River Zone's timbered-mountain unit above Bear Lake, with the best public access of the group

Unit 76

76 (Diamond Creek)

Big, high phosphate-country ranges east of Soda Springs — a general mule deer and elk unit anchored by the Diamond Creek Zone.

Unit 77

77 (Bear River)

West-slope Bear River Range above the farm valleys of Franklin County — a general mule deer and elk unit in the Bear River Zone.

Unit 78

78 (Bear River)

Heavily forested Bear River Range above the Bear Lake valley — a public-land general elk unit in the Bear River Zone.