Idaho Mule Deer

Unit D58-1 (Deer Hunt Area 58-1)

Idaho Hunting Guide — Mule Deer

Hunt Area 58-1 is drawn from units 58, 59 and 59A, in Butte, Clark, Jefferson and Lemhi counties. Named ground inside it runs from 5,162 to 12,158 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 D58-1

Where to Find Mule Deer in Hunt Area 58-1

What Idaho Fish and Game publishes for hunt area 58-1 is a boundary, not a mule deer 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 58-1 is

Idaho Fish and Game describes deer hunt area 58-1 as all of Units 58, 59, and 59A. That is whole units, so the outline on this page follows unit lines all the way round. The units it is drawn from lie in Butte, Clark, Jefferson and Lemhi counties. Idaho Fish and Game also uses the code 58-1 for elk hunts, and in its own words "hunt areas are different for each species" — those are other pieces of ground, and this page is the deer area.

High ground inside the line: Diamond Peak, Scott Peak and Beaverhead Mountains

Named high points inside the hunt area include Diamond Peak at 12,158 feet, Scott Peak at 11,386 feet, Beaverhead Mountains at 11,348 feet, Webber Peak at 11,263 feet and Eighteenmile Peak at 11,104 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: Left Fork Rocky Canyon, Montana Canyon and Ramsey Canyon

Below them sit Left Fork Rocky Canyon at 7,983 feet, Montana Canyon at 7,936 feet, Ramsey Canyon at 7,827 feet, South Fork Meadow Canyon at 7,725 feet and McCoy Canyon at 7,683 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this hunt area has, and they are what you glass into from above. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Water: Lower Crystal Spring, Blue Creek Spring and Blue Canyon Spring

Named sources include Lower Crystal Spring, Blue Creek Spring, Blue Canyon Spring, Kitty Spring, Boulder Spring and Warm 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 58-1 runs from 5,162 feet to 12,158 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.

Unit D58-1 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Diamond Peak (12,158 ft), Scott Peak (11,386 ft), Eighteenmile Peak (11,104 ft), Italian Peak (10,961 ft)

Holding ground: Coons Canyon (8,419 ft), Horseshoe Gulch (8,103 ft), Right Fork Rocky Canyon (7,987 ft), Lower Crystal Spring, Blue Creek Spring

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 58-1

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, so there is no mule deer success figure we can tie to hunt area 58-1 alone, and we won't borrow one from a unit. The plan: glass the broken edges at first light, then sit still and keep glassing the same ground.

The 2026 controlled hunts

Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 rules list one controlled hunt for mule deer in hunt area 58-1.

Hunt 1048 — antlered deer, 10 tags, Oct 10–Nov 30. Motorized Hunting Rule Applies

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 58-1

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. A hunter drawn for a limited antlered-only deer hunt sits out the next year's first period for that kind of hunt; unlimited and extra hunts are exempt. 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 Copper Mountain, Red Conglomerate Peaks and Gallagher Peak

Take a position on one of Copper Mountain (10,293 ft), Red Conglomerate Peaks (10,220 ft), Gallagher Peak (9,783 ft) and The Thumb (9,720 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. Glass the edges first, then the shaded timber, then the edges again as the light goes. On the rut hunts, late-season hunts put bucks with doe groups and moving in daylight.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Diamond Peak, Scott Peak, Eighteenmile Peak and Italian Peak as places to see from, and Coons Canyon, Horseshoe Gulch, Right Fork Rocky Canyon and Lower Crystal 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. Walk between two of them rather than driving between four, and you will learn more in a day.

What a day here costs you

With 6,996 feet between the lowest and highest ground, the walk back up out of a kill site is the part to plan first. One good position held through the whole of first light beats three visited in a hurry.

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 mule deer 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.

Mule Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mule Deer Success Rates

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 58-1 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.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident)	9	812	1.0%	—
Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident)	1	33	3.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (resident)	2	835	0.0%	—
Controlled — 2nd Drawing either sex (nonresident)	1	48	2.0%	—

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 hunt area 58-1, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:

Hunt 1048 — residents 812 applicants for 9 tags, 1% drawn; nonresidents 33 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

13 named water sources inside the hunt area in our water layer, including Lower Crystal Spring, Blue Creek Spring and Blue Canyon Spring. Which of them run in autumn is something only a scouting trip will tell you.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features inside the hunt area run from 5,162 to 12,158 ft. More than 4,000 feet between them alone, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Permit Notes

Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt 1048 (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 58-1?

Hunt Area 58-1 is drawn from units 58, 59 and 59A, in Butte, Clark, Jefferson and Lemhi counties. Idaho Fish and Game describes deer hunt area 58-1 as all of Units 58, 59, and 59A.

What is the mule deer success rate in hunt area 58-1?

Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics cover general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 58-1 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 deer hunt area 58-1, 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