2087 · antlerlessRES + NR

Unit 48 elk,any weapon season

Season Any Weapon Oct 15–Nov 14·Units: 48·175 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

175 tags, 279 applied, 63% drew in 2026. 193rd hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

50%

17 of 34 drew

Harvest success

22–31%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

175

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	34	17
2026	Resident	245	158

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	17 of 34 drew	34	17	50%
2026	Resident	158 of 245 drew	245	158	64%
2025	Nonresident	16 of 25 drew	25	16	64%
2025	Resident	159 of 274 drew	274	159	58%
2024	Nonresident	12 of 12 drew	12	12	100%
2024	Resident	188 of 194 drew	194	188	97%
2023	Nonresident	8 of 14 drew	14	8	57%
2023	Resident	192 of 235 drew	235	192	82%
2022	Nonresident	5 of 24 drew	24	5	21%
2022	Resident	145 of 668 drew	668	145	22%
2021	Nonresident	5 of 18 drew	18	5	28%
2021	Resident	145 of 557 drew	557	145	26%
2020	Nonresident	32 of 98 drew	98	32	33%
2020	Resident	518 of 1,809 drew	1,809	518	29%
2019	Nonresident	23 of 91 drew	91	23	25%
2019	Resident	527 of 1,872 drew	1,872	527	28%
2018	Nonresident	12 of 19 drew	19	12	63%
2018	Resident	148 of 250 drew	250	148	59%
2017	Nonresident	12 of 16 drew	16	12	75%
2017	Resident	148 of 243 drew	243	148	61%
2016	Nonresident	4 of 5 drew	5	4	80%
2016	Resident	246 of 307 drew	307	246	80%
2015	Nonresident	2 of 2 drew	2	2	100%
2015	Resident	248 of 273 drew	273	248	91%
2014	Nonresident	2 of 6 drew	6	2	33%
2014	Resident	248 of 395 drew	395	248	63%
2013	Resident	5 of 8 drew	8	5	63%
2012	Nonresident	4 of 5 drew	5	4	80%
2012	Resident	56 of 85 drew	85	56	66%
2011	All applicants	61 of 61 drew	61	61	100%
2011	Resident	6 of 7 drew	7	6	86%
2010	Nonresident	8 of 21 drew	21	8	38%
2010	Resident	392 of 933 drew	933	392	42%
2008	Nonresident	3 of 5 drew	5	3	60%
2008	Resident	72 of 92 drew	92	72	78%
2007	All applicants	61 of 61 drew	61	61	100%
2006	All applicants	114 of 132 drew	132	114	86%
2006	Nonresident	7 of 8 drew	8	7	88%
2006	Resident	7 of 9 drew	9	7	78%
2005	All applicants	103 of 103 drew	103	103	100%
2004	Nonresident	15 of 18 drew	18	15	83%
2004	Resident	285 of 351 drew	351	285	81%
2003	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2003	Resident	29 of 56 drew	56	29	52%
2002	Nonresident	10 of 23 drew	23	10	43%
2002	Resident	490 of 999 drew	999	490	49%
2001	Nonresident	7 of 12 drew	12	7	58%
2001	Resident	293 of 943 drew	943	293	31%
2000	Nonresident	1 of 6 drew	6	1	17%
2000	Resident	99 of 672 drew	672	99	15%

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What it is

Hunt: That portion of Unit 48 north of Trail Creek and the Ketchum-Warm Springs Creek-Dollarhide Summit Road.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 175 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 15–Nov 14

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Harvest success, 2087

2001–2025

0149%0551%0933%1436%1843%2220%2531%

2025: 46 taken by 148 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