2025 · BullRES + NR

Unit 46 elk,All of Unit 46.

Season Any Weapon Dec 1–Dec 31·Units: 46·40 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

40 tags, 607 applied, 7% drew in 2026. 33rd hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

4 of 188 drew

Harvest success

45–57%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Applicants · 2026

607

15 per tag

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	188	4
2026	Resident	419	36

Idaho prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	4 of 188 drew	188	4	2%
2026	Resident	36 of 419 drew	419	36	9%
2025	Nonresident	4 of 121 drew	121	4	3%
2025	Resident	36 of 442 drew	442	36	8%
2024	Nonresident	2 of 39 drew	39	2	5%
2024	Resident	18 of 170 drew	170	18	11%
2023	Nonresident	2 of 50 drew	50	2	4%
2023	Resident	18 of 193 drew	193	18	9%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 34 drew	34	2	6%
2022	Resident	18 of 230 drew	230	18	8%
2021	Nonresident	1 of 57 drew	57	1	2%
2021	Resident	19 of 302 drew	302	19	6%
2020	Nonresident	10 of 262 drew	262	10	4%
2020	Resident	90 of 591 drew	591	90	15%
2019	Nonresident	10 of 412 drew	412	10	2%
2019	Resident	90 of 1,191 drew	1,191	90	8%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 49 drew	49	1	2%
2018	Resident	9 of 261 drew	261	9	3%
2017	Nonresident	1 of 38 drew	38	1	3%
2017	Resident	9 of 255 drew	255	9	4%
2016	Nonresident	2 of 257 drew	257	2	<1%
2016	Resident	23 of 749 drew	749	23	3%
2015	Nonresident	2 of 198 drew	198	2	1%
2015	Resident	23 of 718 drew	718	23	3%
2014	Nonresident	11 of 48 drew	48	11	23%
2014	Resident	104 of 312 drew	312	104	33%
2013	Nonresident	8 of 32 drew	32	8	25%
2013	Resident	107 of 368 drew	368	107	29%
2012	Nonresident	11 of 47 drew	47	11	23%
2012	Resident	104 of 374 drew	374	104	28%
2011	Nonresident	9 of 32 drew	32	9	28%
2011	Resident	106 of 374 drew	374	106	28%
2010	Nonresident	0 of 13 drew	13	0	<1%
2010	Resident	10 of 202 drew	202	10	5%
2009	Nonresident	15 of 81 drew	81	15	19%
2009	Resident	135 of 803 drew	803	135	17%
2008	Nonresident	11 of 91 drew	91	11	12%
2008	Resident	139 of 786 drew	786	139	18%
2007	Nonresident	17 of 106 drew	106	17	16%
2007	Resident	208 of 862 drew	862	208	24%
2006	Nonresident	20 of 115 drew	115	20	17%
2006	Resident	205 of 893 drew	893	205	23%
2005	Nonresident	6 of 45 drew	45	6	13%
2005	Resident	144 of 410 drew	410	144	35%
2004	Nonresident	14 of 72 drew	72	14	19%
2004	Resident	136 of 390 drew	390	136	35%
2003	Nonresident	15 of 39 drew	39	15	38%
2003	Resident	135 of 360 drew	360	135	38%
2002	Nonresident	20 of 68 drew	68	20	29%
2002	Resident	180 of 442 drew	442	180	41%
2001	Nonresident	20 of 50 drew	50	20	40%
2001	Resident	180 of 470 drew	470	180	38%
2000	Nonresident	19 of 46 drew	46	19	41%
2000	Resident	181 of 375 drew	375	181	48%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 46.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 40 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Dec 1–Dec 31

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Harvest success, 2025

2001–2025

0128%0643%1136%1694%2142%2557%

2025: 21 taken by 37 hunters.

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Before you apply

Tag fee: “Elk 651.75”
Tag fee: “Elk 30.75 36.75”
Points: “Controlled hunts have a limited number of tags that are issued by a random drawing.”

Rules for 2026.

Source: IDFG · Updated Nov 13, 2026