2122 · BullRES + NR

Unit 39 elk,All of Unit 39.

Season Archery Aug 30–Sep 30·Units: 39·50 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

50 tags, 574 applied, 9% drew in 2026. 45th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

5 of 160 drew

Harvest success

11–29%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Boise River, 2021

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	160	5
2026	Resident	414	45

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	5 of 160 drew	160	5	3%
2026	Resident	45 of 414 drew	414	45	11%
2025	Nonresident	5 of 72 drew	72	5	7%
2025	Resident	45 of 391 drew	391	45	12%
2024	Resident	37 of 37 drew	37	37	100%
2023	Resident	36 of 36 drew	36	36	100%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 95 drew	95	2	2%
2022	Resident	23 of 281 drew	281	23	8%
2021	Nonresident	2 of 66 drew	66	2	3%
2021	Resident	23 of 236 drew	236	23	10%
2020	Nonresident	7 of 32 drew	32	7	22%
2020	Resident	143 of 568 drew	568	143	25%
2019	Nonresident	9 of 38 drew	38	9	24%
2019	Resident	141 of 575 drew	575	141	25%
2018	All applicants	123 of 123 drew	123	123	100%
2018	Resident	7 of 30 drew	30	7	23%
2017	All applicants	104 of 104 drew	104	104	100%
2017	Nonresident	1 of 4 drew	4	1	25%
2017	Resident	10 of 39 drew	39	10	26%
2016	All applicants	79 of 79 drew	79	79	100%
2016	Resident	21 of 55 drew	55	21	38%
2015	All applicants	91 of 91 drew	91	91	100%
2015	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2015	Resident	12 of 36 drew	36	12	33%
2014	Nonresident	3 of 5 drew	5	3	60%
2014	Resident	97 of 206 drew	206	97	47%
2013	Nonresident	4 of 7 drew	7	4	57%
2013	Resident	196 of 685 drew	685	196	29%
2012	Nonresident	7 of 14 drew	14	7	50%
2012	Resident	193 of 376 drew	376	193	51%
2010	Nonresident	2 of 6 drew	6	2	33%
2010	Resident	23 of 89 drew	89	23	26%
2009	Nonresident	7 of 13 drew	13	7	54%
2009	Resident	193 of 427 drew	427	193	45%
2008	Nonresident	2 of 4 drew	4	2	50%
2008	Resident	23 of 30 drew	30	23	77%
2007	Nonresident	4 of 9 drew	9	4	44%
2007	Resident	146 of 277 drew	277	146	53%
2006	Nonresident	17 of 17 drew	17	17	100%
2006	Resident	264 of 304 drew	304	264	87%
2005	Nonresident	2 of 7 drew	7	2	29%
2005	Resident	23 of 26 drew	26	23	88%
2004	Nonresident	1 of 11 drew	11	1	9%
2004	Resident	14 of 203 drew	203	14	7%
2003	Nonresident	16 of 21 drew	21	16	76%
2003	Resident	265 of 364 drew	364	265	73%
2002	Nonresident	1 of 9 drew	9	1	11%
2002	Resident	14 of 94 drew	94	14	15%
2001	Nonresident	25 of 41 drew	41	25	61%
2001	Resident	225 of 339 drew	339	225	66%
2000	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2000	Resident	19 of 105 drew	105	19	18%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 39.
Weapon: Archery
Tags: 50 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Archery: Aug 30–Sep 30

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Harvest success, 2122

2001–2025

0139%0638%1174%1638%2143%2529%

2025: 14 taken by 49 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