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Unit 70 (Bannock Zone)

Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer, Moose

Unit 70 lies in Bannock and Power counties and covers about 379 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 4,523 to 8,700 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put deer success here as high as 0%. Federal land covers about 36% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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36%
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4,478–7,319 ft
Sampled elevation

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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 70

Unit 70 lies in Bannock and Power counties and covers about 379 square miles. Named ground inside it runs from 4,523 to 8,700 feet. Idaho Fish and Game's harvest estimates put deer success here as high as 0%. Federal land covers about 36% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit 70

Idaho Fish and Game's material on unit 70 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its mule deer live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Bannock and Power counties. It runs to about 379 square miles.

How Idaho Fish and Game sets up mule deer hunting in unit 70

Idaho Fish and Game's unit layer marks unit 70 "No Regular Deer Tag Opportunity", so deer here are hunted on controlled hunts rather than a general tag.

The lines of the unit: Bannock Creek, Mink Creek and Rattlesnake Creek

Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 70 in Bannock and Power counties on a line that runs along Interstate 86 and Interstate 15, and past Bannock Creek, Mink Creek and Rattlesnake Creek, 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: Old Tom Mountain, Scout Mountain and Indian Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include Old Tom Mountain at 8,700 feet, Scout Mountain at 8,688 feet, Indian Mountain at 7,269 feet, Rock Knoll at 7,244 feet and Kinport Peak at 7,236 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: Bull Canyon, Box Canyon and Pole Canyon

Below them sit Bull Canyon at 6,100 feet, Box Canyon at 5,888 feet, Pole Canyon at 5,783 feet, Blind Spring Draw at 5,510 feet and Mormon Canyon at 5,359 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.

Water: Blind Spring, Outlaw Spring and Fort Hall Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 64 mapped stream reaches, 2 lakes and 42 stock tanks. Named sources include Blind Spring, Outlaw Spring, Fort Hall Spring, Pevo Spring, Warm Spring and Wildcat 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 70 runs from 4,523 feet to 8,700 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.

Unit 70 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

  • 4,478–7,319 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,609 ft ; peaks can run higher.
  • 378.8 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

  • 42 tanks
  • 64 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: Old Tom Mountain (8,700 ft), Scout Mountain (8,688 ft), Indian Mountain (7,269 ft), Rock Knoll (7,244 ft)

Holding ground: Big Flat (7,121 ft), Justice Park (6,687 ft), Elk Meadows (6,578 ft), Blind Spring, Outlaw 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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Mule Deer Success Rates

Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put deer success in unit 70 at 0% — 0 animals taken by 39 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

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident) 54981.0% —
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident) 0190.0% —
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident) 24670.0% —
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident) 0180.0% —

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 70, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

  • Hunt 1056 — residents 1,403 applicants for 137 tags, 10% drawn; nonresidents 92 applicants for 8 tags, 9% drawn
  • Hunt 1055 — residents 498 applicants for 5 tags, 1% drawn; nonresidents 19 applicants for 0 tags, 0% drawn
  • Hunt 1096 — residents 46 applicants for 42 tags, 91% drawn; nonresidents 5 applicants for 5 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Idaho unit 70?
Unit 70 lies in Bannock and Power counties. Idaho Fish and Game draws unit 70 on a line that runs along Interstate 86 and Interstate 15, and past Bannock Creek, Mink Creek and Rattlesnake Creek, written out corner by corner in its unit boundary descriptions. It covers about 379 square miles.
What is the mule deer success rate in unit 70?
Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put deer success in unit 70 at 0% 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 70 hunt?
The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit 70 are at Pocatello, about 10 miles from the unit's centre, with Inkom at about 10 miles. There are also 4 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.
What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit 70?
Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 harvest estimates put Shiras moose success in unit 70 at 78% 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.

  1. 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
  2. IDFG Hunt Planner — 2025 general hunt harvest statistics — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Harvest, hunters and percent success for deer in unit 70 · accessed 2026-10-19
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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