2033 · BullRES + NR

Unit 52 elk,All of Unit 52.

Season Any Weapon Oct 1–Oct 31·Units: 52·50 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

50 tags, 316 applied, 16% drew in 2026. 86th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

5 of 55 drew

Harvest success

50–66%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	55	5
2026	Resident	261	45

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	5 of 55 drew	55	5	9%
2026	Resident	45 of 261 drew	261	45	17%
2025	Nonresident	3 of 36 drew	36	3	8%
2025	Resident	47 of 311 drew	311	47	15%
2024	Nonresident	2 of 68 drew	68	2	3%
2024	Resident	98 of 1,517 drew	1,517	98	6%
2023	Nonresident	1 of 62 drew	62	1	2%
2023	Resident	99 of 1,299 drew	1,299	99	8%
2022	Nonresident	0 of 11 drew	11	0	<1%
2022	Resident	10 of 247 drew	247	10	4%
2021	Nonresident	0 of 13 drew	13	0	<1%
2021	Resident	10 of 228 drew	228	10	4%
2020	Nonresident	12 of 133 drew	133	12	9%
2020	Resident	113 of 741 drew	741	113	15%
2019	Nonresident	12 of 136 drew	136	12	9%
2019	Resident	113 of 704 drew	704	113	16%
2018	Nonresident	10 of 96 drew	96	10	10%
2018	Resident	90 of 940 drew	940	90	10%
2017	Nonresident	6 of 76 drew	76	6	8%
2017	Resident	94 of 874 drew	874	94	11%
2016	Nonresident	8 of 78 drew	78	8	10%
2016	Resident	117 of 684 drew	684	117	17%
2015	Nonresident	12 of 84 drew	84	12	14%
2015	Resident	113 of 623 drew	623	113	18%
2014	Nonresident	1 of 99 drew	99	1	1%
2014	Resident	14 of 1,100 drew	1,100	14	1%
2013	Nonresident	2 of 104 drew	104	2	2%
2013	Resident	23 of 758 drew	758	23	3%
2012	Nonresident	2 of 67 drew	67	2	3%
2012	Resident	18 of 610 drew	610	18	3%
2011	Nonresident	0 of 30 drew	30	0	<1%
2011	Resident	20 of 395 drew	395	20	5%
2010	Nonresident	2 of 35 drew	35	2	6%
2010	Resident	73 of 852 drew	852	73	9%
2009	Nonresident	2 of 24 drew	24	2	8%
2009	Resident	28 of 395 drew	395	28	7%
2008	Nonresident	3 of 47 drew	47	3	6%
2008	Resident	27 of 355 drew	355	27	8%
2007	Nonresident	3 of 49 drew	49	3	6%
2007	Resident	27 of 375 drew	375	27	7%
2006	Nonresident	1 of 32 drew	32	1	3%
2006	Resident	29 of 422 drew	422	29	7%
2005	Nonresident	2 of 15 drew	15	2	13%
2005	Resident	18 of 137 drew	137	18	13%
2004	Nonresident	2 of 12 drew	12	2	17%
2004	Resident	18 of 112 drew	112	18	16%
2003	Nonresident	1 of 20 drew	20	1	5%
2003	Resident	19 of 123 drew	123	19	15%
2002	Nonresident	2 of 13 drew	13	2	15%
2002	Resident	18 of 135 drew	135	18	13%
2001	Nonresident	3 of 39 drew	39	3	8%
2001	Resident	97 of 601 drew	601	97	16%
2000	Nonresident	7 of 31 drew	31	7	23%
2000	Resident	93 of 547 drew	547	93	17%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 52.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 50 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 1–Oct 31

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, 2033

2001–2025

0139%0641%1171%1644%2183%2550%

2025: 24 taken by 48 hunters.

Other elk hunts in Unit 52

2115 · 23 of 347 drewSuccess 36–54%

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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