2125 · BullRES + NR

Unit 45 elk,All of Units 45 and 52.

Season Archery Aug 30–Sep 30·Units: 45·25 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

25 tags, 169 applied, 15% drew in 2026. 83rd hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

2 of 64 drew

Harvest success

14–21%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	64	2
2026	Resident	105	23

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	2 of 64 drew	64	2	3%
2026	Resident	23 of 105 drew	105	23	22%
2025	Nonresident	2 of 57 drew	57	2	4%
2025	Resident	23 of 75 drew	75	23	31%
2024	Nonresident	5 of 18 drew	18	5	28%
2024	Resident	45 of 100 drew	100	45	45%
2023	Nonresident	5 of 18 drew	18	5	28%
2023	Resident	45 of 64 drew	64	45	70%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 314 drew	314	2	<1%
2022	Resident	18 of 640 drew	640	18	3%
2021	Nonresident	1 of 285 drew	285	1	<1%
2021	Resident	16 of 525 drew	525	16	3%
2020	Nonresident	2 of 42 drew	42	2	5%
2020	Resident	23 of 266 drew	266	23	9%
2019	Nonresident	1 of 36 drew	36	1	3%
2019	Resident	24 of 393 drew	393	24	6%
2018	Nonresident	4 of 4 drew	4	4	100%
2018	Resident	196 of 214 drew	214	196	92%
2017	Nonresident	5 of 12 drew	12	5	42%
2017	Resident	195 of 275 drew	275	195	71%
2016	Nonresident	1 of 4 drew	4	1	25%
2016	Resident	149 of 511 drew	511	149	29%
2015	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2015	Resident	149 of 500 drew	500	149	30%
2014	Nonresident	19 of 24 drew	24	19	79%
2014	Resident	681 of 804 drew	804	681	85%
2013	All applicants	285 of 285 drew	285	285	100%
2013	Nonresident	1 of 4 drew	4	1	25%
2013	Resident	14 of 47 drew	47	14	30%
2012	Nonresident	33 of 135 drew	135	33	24%
2012	Resident	302 of 488 drew	488	302	62%
2011	Nonresident	0 of 2 drew	2	0	<1%
2011	Resident	20 of 119 drew	119	20	17%
2010	All applicants	34 of 34 drew	34	34	100%
2009	All applicants	55 of 55 drew	55	55	100%
2009	Nonresident	0 of 1 drew	1	0	<1%
2009	Resident	9 of 15 drew	15	9	60%
2008	Nonresident	10 of 18 drew	18	10	56%
2008	Resident	190 of 378 drew	378	190	50%
2007	All applicants	36 of 36 drew	36	36	100%
2007	Nonresident	2 of 3 drew	3	2	67%
2007	Resident	11 of 11 drew	11	11	100%
2006	Nonresident	9 of 9 drew	9	9	100%
2006	Resident	137 of 172 drew	172	137	80%
2005	Nonresident	10 of 22 drew	22	10	45%
2005	Resident	190 of 402 drew	402	190	47%
2004	All applicants	78 of 78 drew	78	78	100%
2003	Nonresident	0 of 6 drew	6	0	<1%
2003	Resident	70 of 128 drew	128	70	55%
2002	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2002	Resident	19 of 124 drew	124	19	15%
2001	All applicants	2 of 2 drew	2	2	100%
2000	Nonresident	0 of 1 drew	1	0	<1%
2000	Resident	25 of 30 drew	30	25	83%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Units 45 and 52.
Weapon: Archery
Tags: 25 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Archery: Aug 30–Sep 30

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Harvest success, 2125

2001–2025

0133%0658%1170%1632%2166%2521%

2025: 5 taken by 24 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