Idaho Elk Moose

Unit 51 (Lemhi Zone)

Idaho Hunting Guide — Elk, Moose

Unit 51 lies in Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties and covers about 941 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 4,797 to 12,092 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put elk success here as high as 31%. Federal land covers about 91% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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4,819–9,558 ft

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Elk Hunting in Unit 51

Where to Find Elk in Unit 51

What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for unit 51 is a boundary, not a elk map. 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 Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties. It runs to about 941 square miles.

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up elk hunting in unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game runs its general elk seasons by elk management zone rather than unit by unit, and puts unit 51 in the Lemhi Zone, so the zone's tag rules are the ones that apply here.

What bounds unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game describes unit 51 as those portions of Butte, Custer, and Lemhi counties within the Little Lost River drainage north and west of State Highway 33. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Mount Breitenbach, Bell Mountain and Massacre Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include Mount Breitenbach at 12,092 feet, Bell Mountain at 11,589 feet, Massacre Mountain at 10,916 feet, Castle Peak at 10,910 feet and Sheep Mountain at 10,862 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk want timber to bed in and open ground to feed on, within a short walk of each other.

Holding ground: Pass Creek Summit, Black Tail Canyon and Little Basin

Below them sit Pass Creek Summit at 7,639 feet, Black Tail Canyon at 7,511 feet, Little Basin at 7,414 feet, Boulder Canyon at 7,216 feet and Bunting Canyon at 7,119 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.

Water: Dry Creek Spring Number 2, Y Springs and Coyote Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 27 mapped stream reaches, 2 lakes, 2 stock tanks and 1 springs. Named sources include Dry Creek Spring Number 2, Y Springs, Coyote Spring, Moffett Springs, Magpie Springs and Blind Springs. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

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 51 runs from 4,797 feet to 12,092 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.

Unit 51 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

4,819–9,558 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 7,307 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
941 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

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

2 tanks
1 springs
27 stream segments
2 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: Mount Breitenbach (12,092 ft), Bell Mountain (11,589 ft), Massacre Mountain (10,916 ft), Castle Peak (10,910 ft)

Holding ground: Firbox Meadows (9,159 ft), Hell Canyon (8,432 ft), Wet Creek Basin (7,764 ft), Dry Creek Spring Number 2, Y Springs

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 Elk in Unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game's own harvest estimates put elk success in unit 51 at 31% across all manners of take. That is an ordinary spread for this country, and it rewards whoever scouted. The plan: find the feed, find the timber it backs onto, then watch the seam between them at the edges of the day.

The 2026 controlled hunts in unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 rules list 4 controlled hunts for elk on unit 51 under its own number.

Hunt 2031 — antlered elk, 10 tags, Oct 1–Oct 14. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies
Hunt 2032 — antlered elk, 125 tags, Nov 1–Nov 30. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies
Hunt 2090 — antlerless elk, 75 tags, Oct 16–Nov 5. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies
Hunt 2091 — antlerless elk, 75 tags, Dec 10–Dec 31

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 51 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 elk 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 Sunset Peak, Iron Creek Point and Big Windy Peak

Take a position on one of Sunset Peak (10,657 ft), Iron Creek Point (10,525 ft), Big Windy Peak (10,388 ft) and Spring Mountain (10,381 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, September bugling works where you can get above a drainage and let the thermals carry sound downhill.

Water against feed

There are 27 mapped stream reaches and 2 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 73/39°F, Oct 58/30°F and Nov 42/19°F. By Nov the lows are around 19°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 0.7 in. in Sep, 0.8 in. in Oct and 0.5 in. in Nov, and the graded gravel in this unit turns greasy wet.

Getting past the roads: ID 33 and Pahsimeroi Road

ID 33 is the paved frame, which is also where everyone else starts. National Forest Development Road 122 and National Forest Development Road 539 need 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.

Getting in and staying out: unit 51

Named routes and what they need

ID 33 — 16.6 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Pahsimeroi Road — 10.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
3600 North — 6.2 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
1300 West — 3.8 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
National Forest Development Road 122 — 1.8 mi · High-clearance
National Forest Development Road 539 — 1.6 mi · High-clearance

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

Mackay — 20.2 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Moore — 23.2 mi · no services listed
Arco — 29.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Leadore — 42.9 mi · no services listed
Lima — 51.6 mi · fuel, groceries

Developed camps

Mill Creek Trailhead & Campground
Loristica
LORISTICA GROUP CAMPGROUND · reservable

Season weather and signal

Jan30° / 8° · 0.6" precip
Aug83° / 47° · 0.6" precip
Sep73° / 39° · 0.7" precip
Oct58° / 30° · 0.8" precip
Nov42° / 19° · 0.5" precip
Dec30° / 10° · 0.6" 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.

Elk: 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. That is lungs, and on a quartering-away angle it picks up the far shoulder.

Shots to refuse

No straight-on and no straight-away shots. An elk's chest is deep and the margin is small.
Nothing standing behind or overlapping the animal you picked. A pass-through kills the elk behind it too.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have put three shots in a paper plate off the sticks you are actually carrying. Not the farthest you have ever hit anything.
Scope on 3–4x. A herd fills a 12x field of view and you lose the animal you picked.

Identification:On an antlerless tag, legal means no antler of any kind through the skin. A spike looks exactly like a cow until it turns its head. If you can't see the head, don't shoot.

Plan the carry: roughly 150– 220 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two to four large coolers, plus bagged ice from town. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Elk Success Rates

Rifle31%

Archery15%

Muzzleloader19%

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put elk success in unit 51 at 31% — 20 animals taken by 64 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.

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.

Elk Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	10	313	3.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	0	24	0.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident)	5	356	1.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident)	1	41	2.0%	—

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 elk in unit 51, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 2032 — residents 813 applicants for 115 tags, 14% drawn; nonresidents 159 applicants for 10 tags, 6% drawn
Hunt 2031 — residents 313 applicants for 10 tags, 3% drawn; nonresidents 24 applicants for 0 tags, 0% drawn
Hunt 2091 — residents 155 applicants for 71 tags, 46% drawn; nonresidents 12 applicants for 4 tags, 33% drawn
Hunt 2090 — residents 109 applicants for 72 tags, 66% drawn; nonresidents 3 applicants for 3 tags, 100% 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 51

Unit 51 lies in Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties and covers about 941 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 4,797 to 12,092 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put Shiras moose success here as high as 60%. Federal land covers about 91% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game's material on unit 51 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its Shiras moose live. 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 Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties. It runs to about 941 square miles.

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up Shiras moose hunting in unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game hunts Shiras moose here only by controlled hunt, and describes its moose hunt area 51 as all of Unit 51.

What bounds unit 51

Idaho Fish and Game describes unit 51 as those portions of Butte, Custer, and Lemhi counties within the Little Lost River drainage north and west of State Highway 33. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.

High ground inside the line: Saddle Mountain, Bear Mountain and Tyler Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Saddle Mountain at 10,795 feet, Bear Mountain at 10,707 feet, Tyler Peak at 10,704 feet, Sunset Peak at 10,657 feet and Iron Creek Point at 10,525 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: Summerhouse Canyon, Cedar Run Canyon and Deer Creek Pass

Below them sit Summerhouse Canyon at 7,056 feet, Cedar Run Canyon at 6,935 feet, Deer Creek Pass at 6,934 feet, Birch Basin at 6,739 feet and Bear Canyon at 6,716 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: Dry Creek Spring Number 1, Buck Springs and Mud Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 27 mapped stream reaches, 2 lakes, 2 stock tanks and 1 springs. Named sources include Dry Creek Spring Number 1, Buck Springs, Mud Spring, Dry Creek Spring Number 2, Y Springs and Coyote Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

Reading the land status

Unit 51 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

4,819–9,558 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 7,307 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
941 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

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

2 tanks
1 springs
27 stream segments
2 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: Mount Breitenbach (12,092 ft), Bell Mountain (11,589 ft), Massacre Mountain (10,916 ft), Castle Peak (10,910 ft)

Holding ground: Firbox Meadows (9,159 ft), Hell Canyon (8,432 ft), Wet Creek Basin (7,764 ft), Dry Creek Spring Number 2, Y Springs

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 51

Idaho Fish and Game's own harvest estimates put Shiras moose success in unit 51 at 60% across all manners of take. A number like that comes from few tags and a short season, not from easy hunting. 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 51

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 and 2026 rules list one controlled hunt for Shiras moose on unit 51 under its own number.

Hunt 3055 — 5 tags, 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 51 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 Hawley Mountains, Hawley Mountain and Donkey Hills

Take a position on one of Hawley Mountains (9,731 ft), Hawley Mountain (9,731 ft), Donkey Hills (9,544 ft) and Foss Mountain (9,180 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. 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 27 mapped stream reaches and 2 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. A tank with no tracks is a tank with no reason to sit on it.

Timing the season: Sep, Oct, Nov

Getting past the roads: ID 33 and Pahsimeroi Road

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 51

Named routes and what they need

ID 33 — 16.6 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Pahsimeroi Road — 10.7 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
3600 North — 6.2 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
1300 West — 3.8 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
National Forest Development Road 122 — 1.8 mi · High-clearance
National Forest Development Road 539 — 1.6 mi · High-clearance

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

Mackay — 20.2 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Moore — 23.2 mi · no services listed
Arco — 29.6 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Leadore — 42.9 mi · no services listed
Lima — 51.6 mi · fuel, groceries

Developed camps

Mill Creek Trailhead & Campground
Loristica
LORISTICA GROUP CAMPGROUND · reservable

Season weather and signal

Jan30° / 8° · 0.6" precip
Aug83° / 47° · 0.6" precip
Sep73° / 39° · 0.7" precip
Oct58° / 30° · 0.8" precip
Nov42° / 19° · 0.5" precip
Dec30° / 10° · 0.6" 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 harvest estimates put Shiras moose success in unit 51 at 60% — 3 animals taken by 5 hunters. On a sample that small the percentage moves several points with one animal, so read the hunter count beside it.

Moose Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	5	55	9.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	0	9	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 51, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 3055 — residents 55 applicants for 5 tags, 9% drawn; nonresidents 9 applicants for 0 tags, 0% 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

3 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit, including Mill Creek Trailhead & Campground, Loristica and Loristica Group Campground.

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Road Conditions

ID 33, Pahsimeroi Road and 3600 North are the named routes in the unit. Roughly 17 mi paved, 34 mi gravel and 1 mi four-wheel-drive.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features from 4,797 to 12,092 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 73/39°F, 0.7 in.; Oct 58/30°F, 0.8 in.; Nov 42/19°F, 0.5 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

Mackay (20 mi), Moore (23 mi), Arco (30 mi)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Idaho unit 51?

Unit 51 lies in Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties. Idaho Fish and Game describes unit 51 as those portions of Butte, Custer, and Lemhi counties within the Little Lost River drainage north and west of State Highway 33. It covers about 941 square miles.

What is the elk success rate in unit 51?

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put elk success in unit 51 at 31% 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 51 hunt?

The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit 51 are at Mackay, about 20 miles from the unit's centre, with Moore at about 23 miles. There are also 3 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit 51?

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put Shiras moose success in unit 51 at 60% across all manners of take. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

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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 Lemhi Zone elk tag limits — 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 elk in unit 51 · 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