2089 · antlerlessRES + NR

Unit 48 elk,any weapon season

Season Any Weapon Aug 1–Aug 29·Units: 48·25 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

25 tags, 31 applied, 81% drew in 2026. 220th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

50%

2 of 4 drew

Harvest success

28–46%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	4	2
2026	Resident	27	23

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	2 of 4 drew	4	2	50%
2026	Resident	23 of 27 drew	27	23	85%
2025	Nonresident	0 of 2 drew	2	0	<1%
2025	Resident	25 of 56 drew	56	25	45%
2024	Nonresident	7 of 7 drew	7	7	100%
2024	Resident	143 of 228 drew	228	143	63%
2023	Nonresident	8 of 9 drew	9	8	89%
2023	Resident	142 of 180 drew	180	142	79%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 13 drew	13	2	15%
2022	Resident	98 of 246 drew	246	98	40%
2021	Nonresident	7 of 11 drew	11	7	64%
2021	Resident	93 of 203 drew	203	93	46%
2020	Nonresident	3 of 6 drew	6	3	50%
2020	Resident	122 of 283 drew	283	122	43%
2019	Nonresident	0 of 7 drew	7	0	<1%
2019	Resident	125 of 285 drew	285	125	44%
2018	All applicants	37 of 37 drew	37	37	100%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2018	Resident	3 of 8 drew	8	3	38%
2017	All applicants	45 of 45 drew	45	45	100%
2017	Resident	3 of 7 drew	7	3	43%
2016	Nonresident	4 of 10 drew	10	4	40%
2016	Resident	246 of 309 drew	309	246	80%
2015	Nonresident	3 of 11 drew	11	3	27%
2015	Resident	247 of 338 drew	338	247	73%
2014	Nonresident	2 of 2 drew	2	2	100%
2014	Resident	48 of 59 drew	59	48	81%
2013	All applicants	8 of 8 drew	8	8	100%
2012	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2012	Resident	74 of 75 drew	75	74	99%
2011	Nonresident	4 of 29 drew	29	4	14%
2011	Resident	396 of 1,565 drew	1,565	396	25%
2010	Resident	90 of 221 drew	221	90	41%
2009	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2009	Resident	89 of 241 drew	241	89	37%
2008	All applicants	43 of 43 drew	43	43	100%
2007	All applicants	222 of 222 drew	222	222	100%
2007	Nonresident	0 of 3 drew	3	0	<1%
2007	Resident	21 of 37 drew	37	21	57%
2006	All applicants	112 of 112 drew	112	112	100%
2005	Resident	10 of 34 drew	34	10	29%
2004	Nonresident	3 of 3 drew	3	3	100%
2004	Resident	27 of 59 drew	59	27	46%
2003	Nonresident	10 of 24 drew	24	10	42%
2003	Resident	490 of 1,142 drew	1,142	490	43%
2002	Nonresident	0 of 0 drew	0	0
2002	Resident	0 of 0 drew	0	0
2001	Nonresident	0 of 0 drew	0	0
2001	Resident	0 of 0 drew	0	0
2000	All applicants	164 of 164 drew	164	164	100%

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What it is

Hunt: That portion of Unit 48 south and east of the following boundary: Beginning at the junction of the Deer Creek Road and State Highway 75, then west on the Deer Creek Road (Forest Service Road 097) to the Deer Creek Trail (Forest Service Trail 158), then west on the Deer Creek Trail to the Curran Creek Trail (Forest Service Trail 160), then southwest on the Curran Creek Trail to the Unit 44/48 boundary, and that portion of Unit 44 east of Willow Creek and south and east of Little Beaver Creek and Princess Mine Road.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 25 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Aug 1–Aug 29

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Harvest success, 2089

2001–2025

0160%0638%1130%1625%2139%2535%

2025: 8 taken by 23 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