2109 · Either sexRES + NR

Unit 1 elk,All of Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7 and 9.

Season Any Weapon Aug 30–Dec 1·Units: 1·25 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

25 tags, 1,760 applied, 1% drew in 2026. One of Idaho's hardest elk draws: 4th hardest of 300 in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

<1%

1 of 106 drew

Harvest success

26–70%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Applicants · 2026

1,760

70 per tag

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	106	1
2026	Resident	1,654	24

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	1 of 106 drew	106	1	<1%
2026	Resident	24 of 1,654 drew	1,654	24	1%
2025	Nonresident	2 of 86 drew	86	2	2%
2025	Resident	23 of 1,559 drew	1,559	23	1%
2024	Nonresident	1 of 8 drew	8	1	13%
2024	Resident	49 of 174 drew	174	49	28%
2023	Nonresident	2 of 14 drew	14	2	14%
2023	Resident	48 of 239 drew	239	48	20%
2022	Nonresident	4 of 16 drew	16	4	25%
2022	Resident	36 of 79 drew	79	36	46%
2021	Nonresident	4 of 14 drew	14	4	29%
2021	Resident	36 of 67 drew	67	36	54%
2020	Nonresident	8 of 14 drew	14	8	57%
2020	Resident	92 of 219 drew	219	92	42%
2019	Nonresident	0 of 8 drew	8	0	<1%
2019	Resident	100 of 223 drew	223	100	45%
2018	Nonresident	3 of 7 drew	7	3	43%
2018	Resident	47 of 67 drew	67	47	70%
2017	Nonresident	2 of 2 drew	2	2	100%
2017	Resident	48 of 62 drew	62	48	77%
2016	Nonresident	11 of 13 drew	13	11	85%
2016	Resident	289 of 576 drew	576	289	50%
2015	Nonresident	5 of 10 drew	10	5	50%
2015	Resident	295 of 641 drew	641	295	46%
2014	All applicants	90 of 90 drew	90	90	100%
2014	Resident	8 of 27 drew	27	8	30%
2013	Nonresident	4 of 8 drew	8	4	50%
2013	Resident	121 of 327 drew	327	121	37%
2012	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2012	Resident	149 of 488 drew	488	149	31%
2011	All applicants	26 of 26 drew	26	26	100%
2011	Nonresident	0 of 2 drew	2	0	<1%
2011	Resident	5 of 17 drew	17	5	29%
2010	Nonresident	16 of 26 drew	26	16	62%
2010	Resident	684 of 968 drew	968	684	71%
2009	Nonresident	22 of 31 drew	31	22	71%
2009	Resident	678 of 1,062 drew	1,062	678	64%
2008	Nonresident	3 of 5 drew	5	3	60%
2008	Resident	147 of 384 drew	384	147	38%
2007	Nonresident	3 of 6 drew	6	3	50%
2007	Resident	37 of 403 drew	403	37	9%
2006	Nonresident	0 of 4 drew	4	0	<1%
2006	Resident	40 of 359 drew	359	40	11%
2005	Nonresident	6 of 10 drew	10	6	60%
2005	Resident	144 of 324 drew	324	144	44%
2004	Nonresident	7 of 7 drew	7	7	100%
2004	Resident	193 of 202 drew	202	193	96%
2003	All applicants	189 of 189 drew	189	189	100%
2002	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2002	Resident	349 of 470 drew	470	349	74%
2001	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2001	Resident	299 of 447 drew	447	299	67%
2000	Nonresident	3 of 5 drew	5	3	60%
2000	Resident	347 of 599 drew	599	347	58%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7 and 9.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 25 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Aug 30–Dec 1

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Harvest success, 2109

2001–2025

0144%0649%115%1634%2140%2570%

2025: 16 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