Idaho Pronghorn

Unit A63-1 (Pronghorn Hunt Area 63-1)

Idaho Hunting Guide — Pronghorn

Hunt Area 63-1 is drawn from unit 63, in Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark and Jefferson counties. Named ground inside it runs from 4,554 to 6,564 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit pronghorn success figure we can verify for this hunt area. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit A63-1

Where to Find Pronghorn in Hunt Area 63-1

What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for hunt area 63-1 is a boundary, not a pronghorn map. Every place named below sits inside the hunt-area line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out.

What hunt area 63-1 is

Idaho Fish and Game describes pronghorn hunt area 63-1 as that portion of Unit 63 south of State Highway 33. That makes it a piece of ground drawn for this hunt, not a unit, and the outline on this page is IDFG's own polygon for it rather than a unit outline. The units it is drawn from lie in Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark and Jefferson counties.

High ground inside the line: Twin Buttes, East Butte and Middle Butte

Named high points inside the hunt area include Twin Buttes at 6,564 feet, East Butte at 6,478 feet, Middle Butte at 6,388 feet, Kettle Butte at 5,549 feet and Little Butte at 5,515 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn live in the open and trust their eyes, which is the whole problem.

Holding ground: Lemhi Pass, Tractor Flat and Little Lost River Sinks

Below them sit Lemhi Pass at 4,554 feet, Tractor Flat at 5,200 feet, Little Lost River Sinks at 4,808 feet, Big Lost River Sinks at 4,795 feet and Morgans Pasture at 4,737 feet. That is the low country of the hunt area — 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.

How high the named ground goes

Named ground inside hunt area 63-1 runs from 4,554 feet to 6,564 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.

Unit A63-1 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Kettle Butte (5,549 ft), Little Butte (5,515 ft), Saint Marys Knoll (5,331 ft), Twentymile Rock (5,132 ft)

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 Pronghorn in Hunt Area 63-1

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 63-1 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 one controlled hunt for pronghorn in hunt area 63-1.

Hunt 4022 — either sex pronghorn, 50 tags, Sep 25–Oct 24. Portions of this hunt are located within Idaho National Laboratory lands

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 63-1

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 Twentymile Rock, Circular Butte and Mollys Nipple

Take a position on one of Twentymile Rock (5,132 ft), Circular Butte (5,056 ft), Mollys Nipple (4,996 ft) and Baldy Knoll (4,796 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. Glass the edges first, then the shaded timber, then the edges again as the light goes. 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 Kettle Butte, Little Butte, Saint Marys Knoll and Twentymile Rock as places to see from. 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

Leave the truck earlier than you want to and you will hunt the best half-hour of the day.

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.

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.

Pronghorn: where to put the shot

Broadside, straight up the front leg, a third of the way into the body. Pronghorn are shallow-chested and the lungs sit forward.

Shots to refuse

Range it, then range it again. Open country makes 400 yards look like 250.
Wait for the buck to stop. Nobody kills a running pronghorn cleanly on purpose.
Mind the backdrop. A miss carries a long way across a flat.

Plan the carry: roughly 30– 45 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — one large cooler with ice already in it. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 63-1 is a controlled-hunt area, not a unit, so there is no figure here we can tie to it. A unit's general-season number would describe different hunters on different ground. Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner reports controlled-hunt results hunt by hunt, which is the figure to check before you apply.

Pronghorn Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	49	1,079	5.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	1	36	3.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident)	1	206	0.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident)	0	13	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.

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Idaho Fish and Game's 2025 first drawing for pronghorn in hunt area 63-1, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 4022 — residents 1,079 applicants for 49 tags, 5% drawn; nonresidents 36 applicants for 1 tag, 3% 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.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Water

No named spring or water source falls inside the hunt area in our water layer, so plan on carrying water or finding it on a scouting trip.

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Road Conditions

Idaho Fish and Game's boundary for the hunt area follows State Highway 33. That is the edge, not a promise of access inside — check a current motor-vehicle-use map before you drive in.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features inside the hunt area run from 4,554 to 6,564 ft. Named heights only — the ground between and below them can run lower.

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Permit Notes

Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt 4022 (2026 rules). The first application period runs May 1 to June 5 and the second August 5 to 15. Idaho's draw is random, with no preference or bonus points.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Idaho hunt area 63-1?

Hunt Area 63-1 is drawn from unit 63, in Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark and Jefferson counties. Idaho Fish and Game describes pronghorn hunt area 63-1 as that portion of Unit 63 south of State Highway 33.

What is the pronghorn success rate in hunt area 63-1?

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics cover general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 63-1 is a controlled-hunt area, so there is no figure we can tie to it. Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner reports controlled-hunt results hunt by hunt, and that is the number to check 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: Controlled hunt area description for pronghorn hunt area 63-1, The game management units the area is drawn from, Controlled hunt numbers, tags and season dates · accessed 2026-10-24
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