Idaho Mule Deer Moose

Unit 36A (Pioneer Zone)

Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer, Moose

Unit 36A lies in Custer County and covers about 771 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 5,142 to 11,772 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put deer success here as high as 28%. Federal land covers about 96% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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6,163–9,739 ft

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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 36A

Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit 36A

What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for unit 36A is a boundary, not a mule deer map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Custer County. It runs to about 771 square miles.

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up mule deer hunting in unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game keeps a general deer season page for unit 36A, and that page is where this year's dates and weapon rules live.

The lines of the unit: Salmon River, Willow Creek and Warm Springs

Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 36A in Custer County on a line that runs along U.S. 93, and past Salmon River, Willow Creek, Warm Springs and Beaver Creek, written out corner by corner in its unit boundary descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.

High ground inside the line: White Cloud Peaks, Castle Peak and Glassford Peak

Named high points inside the unit include White Cloud Peaks at 11,772 feet, Castle Peak at 11,700 feet, Glassford Peak at 11,556 feet, Lee Peak at 11,324 feet and Chinese Wall at 11,025 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Mule deer bed on broken ground with a view and feed on the brush below it.

Holding ground: Chamberlain Basin, Hunter Creek Summit and Bighorn Basin

Below them sit Chamberlain Basin at 9,420 feet, Hunter Creek Summit at 9,420 feet, Bighorn Basin at 9,373 feet, Washington Basin at 9,107 feet and Spring Basin at 8,905 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.

Water: Lone Pine Spring, Philips Spring and Bradshaw Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 140 mapped stream reaches, 33 lakes and 106 stock tanks. Named sources include Lone Pine Spring, Philips Spring, Bradshaw Spring, White Colt Spring, Sorrel Spring and Spar Mountain Spring. On ground with that many tanks, knowing which two or three hold water in your season is the most useful thing a scouting trip can tell you.

Reading the land status

Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as National Forest 60%, Private / Other 17%, BLM 15% and State Trust 8%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. Named ground inside unit 36A runs from 5,142 feet to 11,772 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.

Unit 36A terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

6,163–9,739 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 7,846 ft ; peaks can run higher.
770.7 sq mi inside the boundary.

Who owns the ground

National Forest — 60%
BLM — 15%
State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

106 tanks
140 stream segments
33 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: White Cloud Peaks (11,772 ft), Glassford Peak (11,556 ft), Lee Peak (11,324 ft), Chinese Wall (11,025 ft)

Holding ground: The Gunsight (10,364 ft), The Kettles (10,318 ft), Windy Devil (10,006 ft), Lone Pine Spring, Bradshaw Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

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How to Hunt Mule Deer in Unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game's own harvest estimates put deer success in unit 36A at 28% across all manners of take. That is an ordinary spread for this country, and it rewards whoever scouted. The plan: glass the broken edges at first light, then sit still and keep glassing the same ground.

The 2026 controlled hunts in unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 rules list 2 controlled hunts for mule deer on unit 36A under its own number.

Hunt 1026 — antlered deer, 5 tags, Oct 10–Nov 30
Hunt 1166 — outfitter allocation deer, antlered deer only, 1 tag, Oct 10–Nov 30

Dates and tag numbers are IDFG's as printed for that season, and IDFG changes hunt areas between years, so check the current booklet before you apply.

Applying for a unit 36A tag

Idaho Fish and Game's first application period for deer, elk and pronghorn runs May 1 to June 5, with results in early July, and a second period runs August 5 to 15 for what is left. A hunter drawn for a limited antlered-only deer hunt sits out the next year's first period for that kind of hunt; unlimited and extra hunts are exempt. Two to four hunters may apply together for the same hunt. Idaho's draw is random, with no preference or bonus points to build.

Glassing from Bowery Peak, Washington Peak and Meridian Peak

Take a position on one of Bowery Peak (10,836 ft), Washington Peak (10,481 ft), Meridian Peak (10,260 ft) and Croesus Peak (10,229 ft) and be on it before light. Cold air slides downhill in the dark, so keep your scent out of the bowl you mean to watch; expect the thermals to turn uphill an hour after the sun reaches the slope. Give a basin forty minutes before you decide it is empty. On the rut hunts, late-season hunts put bucks with doe groups and moving in daylight.

Water against feed

There are 140 mapped stream reaches and 106 tanks inside the unit, so water is rarely the limiting factor. Where water is everywhere, feed is what concentrates animals, so hunt the feed and treat water as a convenience. Check the ground around it before you commit an evening to it.

Timing the season: Sep, Oct, Nov

Season normals here run Sep 72/37°F, Oct 57/28°F and Nov 40/18°F. By Nov the lows are around 18°F, and the first hard storm after that moves animals off the high ground — a late tag is a bet on that storm arriving. Precipitation runs about 0.8 in. in Sep, 1 in. in Oct and 1 in. in Nov, and the graded gravel in this unit turns greasy wet.

Getting past the roads: ID 75 and US 93

ID 75 and US 93 are the paved frame, which is also where everyone else starts. FR 197 needs clearance, and that is usually where the boot tracks thin out. There is little true four-wheel-drive road here, so distance from the gravel is the only thing separating you from the next hunter.

What we can't tell you

Some of the ground named above carries no land-status flag we trust, so check ownership on a current layer before you hunt it.

Getting in and staying out: unit 36A

Named routes and what they need

ID 75 — 12 mi · Paved (all rigs)
US 93 — 10.9 mi · Paved (all rigs)
FR 197 — 3.2 mi · High-clearance
Corrigan Lane — 1.6 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Walker Road — 1.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Challis — 25.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
North Challis — 26.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Stanley — 30.2 mi · lodging
Sun Valley — 30.6 mi · groceries, lodging, gear
Ketchum — 31.7 mi · groceries, lodging, gear

Developed camps

Holman Creek Campground
Old Sawmill Station RV Park
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site

Season weather and signal

Jan30° / 8° · 0.8" precip
Aug82° / 44° · 0.5" precip
Sep72° / 37° · 0.8" precip
Oct57° / 28° · 1" precip
Nov40° / 18° · 1" precip
Dec29° / 9° · 0.9" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 15% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Idaho rules that decide your day

Summarised from IDFG regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Idaho has no general off-road retrieval allowance on federal ground; stay on designated routes.

Tagging

Validate the tag by cutting out the month and day, and attach it to the carcass before moving it.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public highway, and no shooting toward an occupied dwelling.

Mule Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mule Deer Success Rates

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put deer success in unit 36A at 28% — 116 animals taken by 408 hunters. The hunter count is large enough for the percentage to mean something and small enough that a good or bad year still moves it. The figure is IDFG's result for deer in the unit, not for mule deer alone.

These are the agency's own printed figures for this unit, not a modelled estimate and not a state average. They describe one season, so check Idaho Fish and Game's current harvest estimates before you read a trend into them.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	4	199	2.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	1	74	1.0%	—

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.

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Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 first drawing for mule deer in unit 36A, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 1026 — residents 199 applicants for 4 tags, 2% drawn; nonresidents 74 applicants for 1 tag, 1% drawn

Idaho draws at random with no point system, so these are what that year happened to look like, not a requirement to build toward. Idaho Fish and Game reuses hunt numbers for different areas between years, so the figures are matched on the area each hunt had in 2025. Checked against Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner draw results on 2026-06-09.

Moose Hunting in Unit 36A

Unit 36A lies in Custer County and covers about 771 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 5,142 to 11,772 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit Shiras moose success figure we can verify for this unit. Federal land covers about 96% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game draws an exact line around unit 36A and says nothing about where the Shiras moose stand inside it. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Custer County. It runs to about 771 square miles.

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up Shiras moose hunting in unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game hunts Shiras moose here only by controlled hunt, and describes its moose hunt area 36A as all of Unit 36A.

The lines of the unit: Salmon River, Willow Creek and Warm Springs

Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 36A in Custer County on a line that runs along U.S. 93, and past Salmon River, Willow Creek, Warm Springs and Beaver Creek, written out corner by corner in its unit boundary descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.

High ground inside the line: Merriam Peak, Serrate Ridge and Sheep Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include Merriam Peak at 10,904 feet, Serrate Ridge at 10,891 feet, Sheep Mountain at 10,869 feet, Bowery Peak at 10,836 feet and Washington Peak at 10,481 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Moose want willow, water and shade, and they rarely leave the drainage that has all three.

Holding ground: Grave Canyon, Lake Basin and Galena Gulch

Below them sit Grave Canyon at 8,213 feet, Lake Basin at 8,165 feet, Galena Gulch at 7,846 feet, Horse Basin at 7,640 feet and Lost Mine Canyon at 7,538 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Water: Horse Basin Spring Number 2, Spring Gulch Spring and Skull Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 140 mapped stream reaches, 33 lakes and 106 stock tanks. Named sources include Horse Basin Spring Number 2, Spring Gulch Spring, Skull Spring, Lone Pine Spring, Philips Spring and Bradshaw Spring. On ground with that many tanks, knowing which two or three hold water in your season is the most useful thing a scouting trip can tell you.

Reading the land status

Unit 36A terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

6,163–9,739 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 7,846 ft ; peaks can run higher.
770.7 sq mi inside the boundary.

Who owns the ground

National Forest — 60%
BLM — 15%
State Trust — 8%
Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

106 tanks
140 stream segments
33 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: White Cloud Peaks (11,772 ft), Glassford Peak (11,556 ft), Lee Peak (11,324 ft), Chinese Wall (11,025 ft)

Holding ground: The Gunsight (10,364 ft), The Kettles (10,318 ft), Windy Devil (10,006 ft), Lone Pine Spring, Bradshaw Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Shiras Moose in Unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit 36A that we can tie to this unit alone, so we won't quote one. The plan: walk the willow bottoms slowly at first and last light and look for fresh browse before you look for the animal.

The 2025 and 2026 controlled hunts in unit 36A

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 and 2026 rules list one controlled hunt for Shiras moose on unit 36A under its own number.

Hunt 3051 — 1 tag, Aug 30–Nov 23

Dates and tag numbers are IDFG's as printed for that season, and IDFG changes hunt areas between years, so check the current booklet before you apply.

Applying for a unit 36A tag

Idaho Fish and Game takes moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat applications together, and anyone who applies for one of the three may not apply for another big game controlled hunt in the same year's first drawing, apart from the unlimited, extra, black bear and depredation hunts IDFG names. A hunter drawn for moose may not apply for a moose tag again for two years except for leftovers, and IDFG allows one antlered and one antlerless moose per hunter in a lifetime. Two hunters may apply together on one application. Idaho's draw is random, with no preference or bonus points to build.

Glassing from Railroad Ridge, Bible Back Mountain and Herd Peak

Take a position on one of Railroad Ridge (10,118 ft), Bible Back Mountain (9,891 ft), Herd Peak (9,847 ft) and Red Ridge (9,740 ft) and be on it before light. In the dark the air runs downhill. Pick an approach that doesn't send it into the country you want to see, and plan to move once the slope warms. A tripod is worth more here than another hour of walking. On the rut hunts, late September bulls answer a cow call near water.

Water against feed

There are 140 mapped stream reaches and 106 tanks inside the unit, so water is rarely the limiting factor. Where water is everywhere, feed is what concentrates animals, so hunt the feed and treat water as a convenience. Sitting water works where you can see fresh tracks going in, and nowhere else.

Timing the season: Sep, Oct, Nov

Getting past the roads: ID 75 and US 93

Getting in and staying out: unit 36A

Named routes and what they need

ID 75 — 12 mi · Paved (all rigs)
US 93 — 10.9 mi · Paved (all rigs)
FR 197 — 3.2 mi · High-clearance
Corrigan Lane — 1.6 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Walker Road — 1.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Challis — 25.8 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
North Challis — 26.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Stanley — 30.2 mi · lodging
Sun Valley — 30.6 mi · groceries, lodging, gear
Ketchum — 31.7 mi · groceries, lodging, gear

Developed camps

Holman Creek Campground
Old Sawmill Station RV Park
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site
Unnamed camp site

Season weather and signal

Jan30° / 8° · 0.8" precip
Aug82° / 44° · 0.5" precip
Sep72° / 37° · 0.8" precip
Oct57° / 28° · 1" precip
Nov40° / 18° · 1" precip
Dec29° / 9° · 0.9" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 15% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Idaho rules that decide your day

Summarised from IDFG regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Idaho has no general off-road retrieval allowance on federal ground; stay on designated routes.

Tagging

Validate the tag by cutting out the month and day, and attach it to the carcass before moving it.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public highway, and no shooting toward an occupied dwelling.

Moose: where to put the shot

Broadside, behind the shoulder and a third up. Moose look slow to react — the first shot has to count.

Shots to refuse

Where it falls decides your next two days. Avoid shots that drop a moose in water or a bog.
A .30-06 class cartridge minimum, with a bullet built for heavy bone.

Plan the carry: roughly 350– 500 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — four or more large coolers, or a processor. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Moose Success Rates

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 general-hunt harvest statistics carry no Shiras moose success figure for unit 36A with a hunter count behind it, so we leave the number out rather than print one we cannot read back to this unit. Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner is the place to check before you apply.

Moose Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	1	14	7.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	0	0	0.0%	—

Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.

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Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 first drawing for Shiras moose in unit 36A, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 3051 — residents 14 applicants for 1 tag, 7% drawn

Idaho draws at random with no point system, so these are what that year happened to look like, not a requirement to build toward. Idaho Fish and Game reuses hunt numbers for different areas between years, so the figures are matched on the area each hunt had in 2026. Checked against Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner draw results on 2026-06-09.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Camp Sites

10 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit, including Holman Creek Campground, Old Sawmill Station RV Park and Bayhorse Campground.

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Road Conditions

ID 75, US 93 and FR 197 are the named routes in the unit. Roughly 23 mi paved, 5 mi gravel and 0 mi four-wheel-drive.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features from 5,142 to 11,772 ft. More than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Hunting Pressure

Our land-status read for this unit is approximate, so treat any pressure estimate from it with suspicion and check a current ownership layer.

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Weather

Season normals: Sep 72/37°F, 0.8 in.; Oct 57/28°F, 1 in.; Nov 40/18°F, 1 in..

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Cell Service

Verizon 15%, AT&T 10%, T-Mobile 5% of the unit area — modelled coverage, not measured. Assume no signal off the paved road.

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Nearest Town

Challis (26 mi), North Challis (27 mi), Stanley (30 mi)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Idaho unit 36A?

Unit 36A lies in Custer County. Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 36A on a line that runs along U.S. 93, and past Salmon River, Willow Creek, Warm Springs and Beaver Creek, written out corner by corner in its unit boundary descriptions. It covers about 771 square miles.

What is the mule deer success rate in unit 36A?

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put deer success in unit 36A at 28% across all manners of take. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

Where do you stay and resupply for a unit 36A hunt?

The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit 36A are at Challis, about 26 miles from the unit's centre, with North Challis at about 27 miles. There are also 10 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit 36A?

Idaho Fish and Game publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit 36A on its own — the 2025 harvest tables either omit the unit or report it in a grouping we could not read back to it reliably. Rather than quote a statewide average as though it were measured here, we say so. Check Idaho Fish and Game's current harvest estimates before you apply.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-24.

Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons & Rules — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Game management unit boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, Controlled hunt numbers, tags and season dates · accessed 2026-10-24
IDFG general deer season page for unit 36A — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Season structure for the unit · accessed 2026-10-24
IDFG Hunt Planner — 2025 general hunt harvest statistics — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Harvest, hunters and percent success for deer in unit 36A · accessed 2026-10-19
IDFG Hunt Planner — controlled hunt drawing odds — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Applicants, tags and percent drawn by hunt, year and residency · accessed 2026-06-09
IDFG GameManagementUnits and ControlledHunts_All feature services — game management units and every species' controlled-hunt areas — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Mapped extent of the unit or hunt area, Which named ground falls inside its line · accessed 2026-10-24
Moose, Bighorn Sheep & Mountain Goat 2025 & 2026 Seasons & Rules — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Controlled hunt application periods and eligibility rules · accessed 2026-10-24

Unit 36A (Pioneer Zone)

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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 36A

Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit 36A

How to Hunt Mule Deer in Unit 36A

Mule Deer Success Rates

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Moose Hunting in Unit 36A

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit 36A

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up Shiras moose hunting in unit 36A

The lines of the unit: Salmon River, Willow Creek and Warm Springs

High ground inside the line: Merriam Peak, Serrate Ridge and Sheep Mountain

Holding ground: Grave Canyon, Lake Basin and Galena Gulch

Water: Horse Basin Spring Number 2, Spring Gulch Spring and Skull Spring

Reading the land status

Unit 36A terrain and land status

The lay of it

Who owns the ground

Water on the ground

Named features inside the unit

How to Hunt Shiras Moose in Unit 36A

Moose Success Rates

Moose Draw Odds

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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