2115 · Either sexRES + NR

Unit 52 elk,All of Unit 52.

Season Any Weapon Dec 1–Dec 31·Units: 52·25 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

25 tags, 371 applied, 7% drew in 2026. 34th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

2 of 24 drew

Harvest success

36–54%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	24	2
2026	Resident	347	23

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	2 of 24 drew	24	2	8%
2026	Resident	23 of 347 drew	347	23	7%
2025	Nonresident	0 of 36 drew	36	0	<1%
2025	Resident	25 of 297 drew	297	25	8%
2024	Nonresident	4 of 93 drew	93	4	4%
2024	Resident	36 of 232 drew	232	36	16%
2023	Nonresident	4 of 89 drew	89	4	4%
2023	Resident	36 of 194 drew	194	36	19%
2022	Nonresident	4 of 11 drew	11	4	36%
2022	Resident	46 of 160 drew	160	46	29%
2021	Nonresident	5 of 12 drew	12	5	42%
2021	Resident	45 of 148 drew	148	45	30%
2020	Nonresident	59 of 79 drew	79	59	75%
2020	Resident	741 of 983 drew	983	741	75%
2019	Nonresident	50 of 53 drew	53	50	94%
2019	Resident	750 of 852 drew	852	750	88%
2018	Nonresident	5 of 11 drew	11	5	45%
2018	Resident	295 of 401 drew	401	295	74%
2017	Nonresident	6 of 7 drew	7	6	86%
2017	Resident	294 of 486 drew	486	294	60%
2016	Nonresident	11 of 13 drew	13	11	85%
2016	Resident	139 of 168 drew	168	139	83%
2015	Nonresident	12 of 13 drew	13	12	92%
2015	Resident	138 of 184 drew	184	138	75%
2014	All applicants	62 of 62 drew	62	62	100%
2014	Resident	51 of 63 drew	63	51	81%
2013	Nonresident	3 of 3 drew	3	3	100%
2013	Resident	147 of 221 drew	221	147	67%
2012	Nonresident	7 of 8 drew	8	7	88%
2012	Resident	93 of 186 drew	186	93	50%
2011	Nonresident	3 of 6 drew	6	3	50%
2011	Resident	97 of 193 drew	193	97	50%
2010	Nonresident	33 of 107 drew	107	33	31%
2010	Resident	302 of 430 drew	430	302	70%
2009	Nonresident	7 of 53 drew	53	7	13%
2009	Resident	68 of 456 drew	456	68	15%
2008	All applicants	189 of 189 drew	189	189	100%
2008	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2008	Resident	22 of 39 drew	39	22	56%
2007	All applicants	194 of 197 drew	197	194	98%
2007	Resident	9 of 23 drew	23	9	39%
2006	All applicants	194 of 194 drew	194	194	100%
2006	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2006	Resident	15 of 32 drew	32	15	47%
2005	Nonresident	45 of 61 drew	61	45	74%
2005	Resident	1,455 of 1,848 drew	1,848	1,455	79%
2004	Nonresident	35 of 69 drew	69	35	51%
2004	Resident	1,265 of 1,998 drew	1,998	1,265	63%
2003	Resident	75 of 77 drew	77	75	97%
2002	All applicants	85 of 85 drew	85	85	100%
2001	Nonresident	10 of 12 drew	12	10	83%
2001	Resident	90 of 96 drew	96	90	94%
2000	All applicants	73 of 73 drew	73	73	100%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 52.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 25 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Dec 1–Dec 31

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Harvest success, 2115

2001–2025

0124%0631%1136%1640%2146%2536%

2025: 8 taken by 22 hunters.

Other elk hunts in Unit 52

2033 · 45 of 261 drewSuccess 50–66%

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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