Unit A44-1 (Pronghorn Hunt Area 44-1)

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, so there is no pronghorn success figure we can tie to hunt area 44-1 alone, and we won't borrow one from a unit. The plan: spot from a vehicle or a rise at distance, then plan a stalk that uses the only cover there is — the curve of the ground.

The 2026 controlled hunts

Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 rules list 2 controlled hunts for pronghorn in hunt area 44-1.

• Hunt 4010 — either sex pronghorn, 100 tags, Sep 25–Oct 24. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies in Unit 45
• Hunt 4025 — doe or fawn pronghorn, 100 tags, Oct 5–Oct 24. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies in Unit 45

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 hunt area 44-1

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. Anyone drawn for a limited pronghorn hunt in the first period must sit out the next year's first period for limited pronghorn hunts. 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 Wood Creek Mountain, Indian Head Rock and Johnson Hill

Take a position on one of Wood Creek Mountain (6,309 ft), Indian Head Rock (6,220 ft), Johnson Hill (5,655 ft) and Cline Hill (5,356 ft) and be on it before light. Work the morning with the air falling away from you, then accept that by mid-morning the wind has reversed and the plan has to change with it. Work the glass in strips and go back over ground you already covered — animals appear in country you looked at ten minutes ago. On the rut hunts, early-season bucks hold does and can be decoyed where the law allows it.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Soldier Mountains, Elk Ridge, Cannonball Mountain and Liberal Mountain as places to see from, and Boardman Pass, Deer Park, Wells Summit and Moores Spring as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the hunt-area line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Join two of them into a morning: be on the first before light, move to the second once the thermals turn.

What a day here costs you

With 5,410 feet between the lowest and highest ground, the walk back up out of a kill site is the part to plan first. Decide the night before where you will be at first light, and go there in the dark.

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. We have no pronghorn success figure for this hunt area that survives checking against Idaho Fish and Game's own harvest and hunter counts, and we would rather say so than print a statewide average as though it were measured here.