2027 · BullRES + NR

Unit 48 elk,All of Unit 48.

Season Any Weapon Oct 15–Nov 10·Units: 48·150 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

150 tags, 918 applied, 16% drew in 2026. 88th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

15 of 219 drew

Harvest success

38–44%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

150

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	219	15
2026	Resident	699	135

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	15 of 219 drew	219	15	7%
2026	Resident	135 of 699 drew	699	135	19%
2025	Nonresident	16 of 127 drew	127	16	13%
2025	Resident	134 of 570 drew	570	134	24%
2024	Nonresident	2 of 30 drew	30	2	7%
2024	Resident	18 of 254 drew	254	18	7%
2023	Nonresident	1 of 46 drew	46	1	2%
2023	Resident	19 of 267 drew	267	19	7%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 44 drew	44	2	5%
2022	Resident	18 of 139 drew	139	18	13%
2021	Nonresident	2 of 33 drew	33	2	6%
2021	Resident	18 of 151 drew	151	18	12%
2020	Nonresident	12 of 120 drew	120	12	10%
2020	Resident	113 of 572 drew	572	113	20%
2019	Nonresident	12 of 138 drew	138	12	9%
2019	Resident	113 of 533 drew	533	113	21%
2018	Nonresident	5 of 199 drew	199	5	3%
2018	Resident	45 of 930 drew	930	45	5%
2017	Nonresident	5 of 279 drew	279	5	2%
2017	Resident	45 of 681 drew	681	45	7%
2016	Nonresident	11 of 77 drew	77	11	14%
2016	Resident	104 of 509 drew	509	104	20%
2015	Nonresident	11 of 73 drew	73	11	15%
2015	Resident	104 of 434 drew	434	104	24%
2014	Nonresident	11 of 145 drew	145	11	8%
2014	Resident	189 of 1,323 drew	1,323	189	14%
2013	Nonresident	19 of 91 drew	91	19	21%
2013	Resident	181 of 1,197 drew	1,197	181	15%
2012	Nonresident	13 of 88 drew	88	13	15%
2012	Resident	137 of 803 drew	803	137	17%
2011	Nonresident	10 of 59 drew	59	10	17%
2011	Resident	140 of 798 drew	798	140	18%
2010	Nonresident	7 of 47 drew	47	7	15%
2010	Resident	68 of 584 drew	584	68	12%
2009	Nonresident	0 of 13 drew	13	0	<1%
2009	Resident	25 of 257 drew	257	25	10%
2008	Nonresident	1 of 9 drew	9	1	11%
2008	Resident	24 of 245 drew	245	24	10%
2007	Nonresident	2 of 26 drew	26	2	8%
2007	Resident	23 of 260 drew	260	23	9%
2006	Nonresident	2 of 8 drew	8	2	25%
2006	Resident	33 of 303 drew	303	33	11%
2005	Nonresident	22 of 139 drew	139	22	16%
2005	Resident	203 of 887 drew	887	203	23%
2004	Nonresident	22 of 110 drew	110	22	20%
2004	Resident	203 of 879 drew	879	203	23%
2003	Nonresident	22 of 98 drew	98	22	22%
2003	Resident	203 of 779 drew	779	203	26%
2002	Nonresident	22 of 107 drew	107	22	21%
2002	Resident	294 of 1,018 drew	1,018	294	29%
2001	Nonresident	22 of 127 drew	127	22	17%
2001	Resident	294 of 1,194 drew	1,194	294	25%
2000	Nonresident	22 of 163 drew	163	22	13%
2000	Resident	294 of 1,107 drew	1,107	294	27%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 48.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 150 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 15–Nov 10

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Harvest success, 2027

2001–2025

0142%0666%1143%1646%2138%2538%

2025: 54 taken by 142 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