Unit G39 (Mountain Goat Hunt Area 39)
Idaho Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat
Hunt Area 39 is drawn from unit 39, in Ada, Boise and Elmore counties. Named ground inside it runs from 5,244 to 10,568 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit mountain goat 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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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit G39
Hunt Area 39 is drawn from unit 39, in Ada, Boise and Elmore counties. Named ground inside it runs from 5,244 to 10,568 feet. Idaho Fish and Game publishes no per-unit mountain goat success figure we can verify for this hunt area. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mountain Goat in Hunt Area 39
Idaho Fish and Game draws an exact line around hunt area 39 and says nothing about where the mountain goat stand inside it. 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 39 is
Idaho Fish and Game describes mountain goat hunt area 39 as that portion of Unit 39 in the Middle Fork Boise River drainage upstream from, and including, the Queen's River and Yuba River drainages. 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 Ada, Boise and Elmore counties. Idaho Fish and Game also uses the code 39 for deer, elk and pronghorn hunts, and in its own words "hunt areas are different for each species" — those are other pieces of ground, and this page is the mountain goat area.
High ground inside the line: Snowyside Peak, Plummer Peak and Mattingly Peak
Named high points inside the hunt area include Snowyside Peak at 10,568 feet, Plummer Peak at 9,889 feet, Mattingly Peak at 9,846 feet, Mount Everly at 9,816 feet and Browns Peak at 9,607 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Goats live above the trees on cliff and talus and come down only when weather makes them.
Holding ground: High Pass, Big Gulch and Camp Gulch
Below them sit High Pass at 8,391 feet, Big Gulch at 5,504 feet, Camp Gulch at 5,469 feet, Quartz Gulch at 5,244 feet and China Basin. 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: Chattanooga Hot Spring and Atlanta Hot Springs
Named sources include Chattanooga Hot Spring and Atlanta Hot 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 39 runs from 5,244 feet to 10,568 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit G39 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Snowyside Peak (10,568 ft), Plummer Peak (9,889 ft), Mattingly Peak (9,846 ft), Browns Peak (9,607 ft)
Holding ground: High Pass (8,391 ft), Big Gulch (5,504 ft), China Basin, Chattanooga Hot 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 Mountain Goat in Hunt Area 39
Mountain Goat Success Rates
Idaho Fish and Game's per-unit harvest statistics describe general seasons on game management units, and hunt area 39 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.
Mountain Goat Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (resident) | 1 | 21 | 5.0% | — |
| Controlled — 1st Drawing either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | — |
Data from 2026 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 2026 first drawing for mountain goat in hunt area 39, with residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different tag pools:
- Hunt 6015 — residents 21 applicants for 1 tag, 5% drawn; nonresidents 4 applicants for 0 tags, 0% 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 2026. Checked against Idaho Fish and Game's hunt planner draw results on 2026-06-09.
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-24.
- Moose, Bighorn Sheep & Mountain Goat 2025 & 2026 Seasons & Rules — Idaho Department of Fish and Game · supports: Controlled hunt area description for mountain goat hunt area 39, 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