Unit D2-1X (Deer Hunt Area 2-1X)
Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Hunt Area 2-1X is drawn from unit 2, in Bonner and Kootenai counties. Named ground inside it runs from 2,070 to 5,104 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 D2-1X
Hunt Area 2-1X is drawn from unit 2, in Bonner and Kootenai counties. Named ground inside it runs from 2,070 to 5,104 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 2-1X
What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for hunt area 2-1X is a boundary, not a mule deer map. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such.
What hunt area 2-1X is
Idaho Fish and Game draws deer hunt area 2-1X in Bonner and Kootenai counties with a boundary written out in full in its controlled hunt area descriptions, which is the text to check before you cross a line. 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 Bonner and Kootenai counties.
High ground inside the line: Hoodoo Mountain, Rathdrum Mountain and Blacktail Mountain
Named high points inside the hunt area include Hoodoo Mountain at 5,104 feet, Rathdrum Mountain at 4,986 feet, Blacktail Mountain at 4,948 feet, Butler Mountain at 4,903 feet and Larch Mountain at 4,620 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: Blanchard Valley, Howell Gulch and Eightmile Prairie
Below them sit Blanchard Valley at 2,432 feet, Howell Gulch at 2,385 feet, Eightmile Prairie at 2,379 feet, Youngs Draw at 2,368 feet and Nelson Canyon at 2,364 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Rock Spring and Sheep Springs
Named sources include Rock Spring and Sheep Springs. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
How high the named ground goes
Named ground inside hunt area 2-1X runs from 2,070 feet to 5,104 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit D2-1X terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Blacktail Mountain (4,948 ft), Long Mountain (4,559 ft), Huckleberry Hill (4,475 ft), Little Blacktail Mountain (4,467 ft)
Holding ground: Rock Spring, Sheep Springs
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 2-1X
Mule Deer Success Rates
Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 2-1X 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 | 434 | 34.0% | — |
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident) | 11 | 124 | 9.0% | — |
| Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 1 | 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 2-1X, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:
- Hunt 1124 — residents 434 applicants for 149 tags, 34% 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
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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 2-1X, 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