Unit D16-1X (Deer Hunt Area 16-1X)
Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Hunt Area 16-1X is drawn from unit 16, in Idaho County. Named ground inside it runs from 1,267 to 6,608 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit mule deer 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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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit D16-1X
Hunt Area 16-1X is drawn from unit 16, in Idaho County. Named ground inside it runs from 1,267 to 6,608 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit mule deer success figure we can verify for this hunt area. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mule Deer in Hunt Area 16-1X
What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for hunt area 16-1X is a boundary, not a mule deer map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's.
What hunt area 16-1X is
Idaho Fish and Game draws deer hunt area 16-1X in Idaho County on a line that runs along Selway River, written out corner by corner in its controlled hunt area descriptions. 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 Idaho County.
High ground inside the line: Baldy Mountain, China Point and Corral Hill
Named high points inside the hunt area include Baldy Mountain at 6,608 feet, China Point at 6,002 feet, Corral Hill at 5,967 feet, Lookout Butte at 5,856 feet and China Point Ridge at 5,596 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Mule deer on open country use every fold and draw there is, and almost none of the flat.
Holding ground: Tenmile Flat and Maggie Bend
Below them sit Tenmile Flat at 5,445 feet and Maggie Bend at 1,267 feet. That is the low country of the hunt area — 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.
How high the named ground goes
Named ground inside hunt area 16-1X runs from 1,267 feet to 6,608 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit D16-1X terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Baldy Mountain (6,608 ft), China Point (6,002 ft), Corral Hill (5,967 ft), Lookout Butte (5,856 ft)
Holding ground: Tenmile Flat (5,445 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 Mule Deer in Hunt Area 16-1X
Mule Deer Success Rates
Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 16-1X 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.
Mule Deer Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident) | 149 | 181 | 82.0% | — |
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident) | 10 | 32 | 31.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 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 hunt area 16-1X, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:
- Hunt 1131 — residents 181 applicants for 149 tags, 82% drawn; nonresidents 1 applicants for 1 tag, 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.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
Frequently Asked Questions
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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: Controlled hunt area description for deer hunt area 16-1X, The game management units the area is drawn from · 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