Unit 67 (Palisades Zone)
Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Unit 67 lies in Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties and covers about 411 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 5,048 to 10,013 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put deer success here as high as 15%. Federal land covers about 79% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 67
Unit 67 lies in Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties and covers about 411 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 5,048 to 10,013 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put deer success here as high as 15%. Federal land covers about 79% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit 67
Idaho Fish and Game draws an exact line around unit 67 and says nothing about where the mule deer 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 Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties. It runs to about 411 square miles.
How Idaho Fish and Game sets up mule deer hunting in unit 67
Idaho Fish and Game keeps a general deer season page for unit 67, and that page is where this year's dates and weapon rules live.
The lines of the unit: Pine Creek Pass, Pine Creek and Teton River
Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 67 in Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties on a line that runs along State Highway 33, State Highway 31, Forest Service Road 226 and Forest Service Road 218, and past Pine Creek Pass, Pine Creek, Teton River and Red Mountain, written out corner by corner in its unit boundary descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Mount Baird, Elkhorn Peak and Sheep Creek Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Mount Baird at 10,013 feet, Elkhorn Peak at 9,927 feet, Sheep Creek Peak at 9,926 feet, Baldy Mountain at 9,816 feet and Palisades Peak at 9,757 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: Lorian Canyon, Deer Flat and Pleasant Hollow
Below them sit Lorian Canyon at 7,104 feet, Deer Flat at 7,043 feet, Pleasant Hollow at 6,968 feet, Spaulding Basin at 6,942 feet and Burnt Canyon at 6,786 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Water: Sherman Springs, Kelly Spring and Conner Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 153 mapped stream reaches, 20 lakes, 60 stock tanks and 3 springs. Named sources include Sherman Springs, Kelly Spring, Conner Spring, McCoullock Spring and Roy Farnes Spring. 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 32% 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 67 runs from 5,048 feet to 10,013 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit 67 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 5,469–7,537 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,524 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 411 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 32%
Roughly 68% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 60 tanks
- 3 springs
- 153 stream segments
- 20 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 Baird (10,013 ft), Sheep Creek Peak (9,926 ft), Baldy Mountain (9,816 ft), Palisades Peak (9,757 ft)
Holding ground: Paradise Basin (8,508 ft), Government Trail Pass (7,881 ft), Thousand Springs Valley (7,678 ft), Sherman Springs, Kelly 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 Mule Deer in Unit 67
Mule Deer Success Rates
Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put deer success in unit 67 at 15% — 83 animals taken by 570 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) | 36 | 1,089 | 3.0% | — |
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 100 | 4.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident) | 1 | 298 | 0.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 26 | 0.0% | — |
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.
Open in Draw Odds EngineIdaho Fish and Game's 2025 first drawing for mule deer in unit 67, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:
- Hunt 1053 — residents 1,089 applicants for 36 tags, 3% drawn; nonresidents 100 applicants for 4 tags, 4% 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.
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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 67 — 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 67 · 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