2026 · BullRES + NR

Unit 48 elk,All of Unit 48.

Season Any Weapon Oct 1–Oct 14·Units: 48·20 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

20 tags, 263 applied, 8% drew in 2026. 38th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

2 of 51 drew

Harvest success

38–43%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	51	2
2026	Resident	212	18

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	2 of 51 drew	51	2	4%
2026	Resident	18 of 212 drew	212	18	8%
2025	Nonresident	2 of 74 drew	74	2	3%
2025	Resident	18 of 227 drew	227	18	8%
2024	Nonresident	15 of 140 drew	140	15	11%
2024	Resident	135 of 618 drew	618	135	22%
2023	Nonresident	15 of 117 drew	117	15	13%
2023	Resident	135 of 631 drew	631	135	21%
2022	Nonresident	4 of 67 drew	67	4	6%
2022	Resident	36 of 217 drew	217	36	17%
2021	Nonresident	4 of 150 drew	150	4	3%
2021	Resident	36 of 292 drew	292	36	12%
2020	Nonresident	2 of 63 drew	63	2	3%
2020	Resident	18 of 217 drew	217	18	8%
2019	Nonresident	2 of 28 drew	28	2	7%
2019	Resident	18 of 135 drew	135	18	13%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 94 drew	94	1	1%
2018	Resident	24 of 398 drew	398	24	6%
2017	Nonresident	1 of 35 drew	35	1	3%
2017	Resident	24 of 193 drew	193	24	12%
2016	Nonresident	1 of 13 drew	13	1	8%
2016	Resident	9 of 138 drew	138	9	7%
2015	Nonresident	0 of 9 drew	9	0	<1%
2015	Resident	10 of 138 drew	138	10	7%
2014	Nonresident	1 of 15 drew	15	1	7%
2014	Resident	9 of 221 drew	221	9	4%
2013	Nonresident	0 of 14 drew	14	0	<1%
2013	Resident	10 of 212 drew	212	10	5%
2012	Nonresident	1 of 19 drew	19	1	5%
2012	Resident	9 of 160 drew	160	9	6%
2011	Nonresident	0 of 23 drew	23	0	<1%
2011	Resident	10 of 173 drew	173	10	6%
2010	Nonresident	10 of 75 drew	75	10	13%
2010	Resident	140 of 791 drew	791	140	18%
2009	Nonresident	7 of 64 drew	64	7	11%
2009	Resident	68 of 552 drew	552	68	12%
2008	Nonresident	7 of 71 drew	71	7	10%
2008	Resident	68 of 644 drew	644	68	11%
2007	Nonresident	17 of 156 drew	156	17	11%
2007	Resident	158 of 959 drew	959	158	16%
2006	Nonresident	17 of 155 drew	155	17	11%
2006	Resident	158 of 1,041 drew	1,041	158	15%
2005	Nonresident	2 of 44 drew	44	2	5%
2005	Resident	18 of 380 drew	380	18	5%
2004	Nonresident	0 of 39 drew	39	0	<1%
2004	Resident	20 of 370 drew	370	20	5%
2003	Nonresident	2 of 34 drew	34	2	6%
2003	Resident	18 of 292 drew	292	18	6%
2002	Nonresident	2 of 41 drew	41	2	5%
2002	Resident	18 of 334 drew	334	18	5%
2001	Nonresident	1 of 28 drew	28	1	4%
2001	Resident	19 of 375 drew	375	19	5%
2000	Nonresident	2 of 35 drew	35	2	6%
2000	Resident	18 of 363 drew	363	18	5%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 48.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 20 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 1–Oct 14

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Harvest success, 2026

2001–2025

0144%0647%1160%1680%2124%2542%

2025: 8 taken by 19 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