Name: Idaho Unit 45 draw odds
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Unit 45

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Zone 45 covers the country east of Mountain Home and south of Boise—Boise NF country in the Trinity Mountains and the South Fork Boise River drainage. Elevations run from about 3,200 feet at the South Fork to over 9,400 feet on Trinity Peak. The country is ponderosa-Douglas fir at lower elevations, transitioning to lodgepole and subalpine fir up high. Boise NF covers the bulk. Highway 20 frames the south; forest roads reach the back country. Mountain Home is the supply town. Cell service is in town and weakens in the timber. Elk and mule deer both inhabit the unit. The country is moderate-to-steep with good road access on the main drainages. The Trinity Mountains hold mule deer in the mahogany-mixed conifer transitions.

Unit Stats

Elk Harvest

71.5%

2024 season / 380.5 avg days

Elk Trophy

345

Some big animals · 2 records

Mule Deer Harvest

51.7%

2024 season / 276.5 avg days

Mule Deer Trophy

192

Trophy unit · 2 records

Recent Trophy Scores · 2020–2025

Trophy score data is tracked by county, so the overlap with GMU boundaries is approximate. These numbers tell you whether the area is capable of growing big animals — they do not indicate public vs. private land. Big elk can come from anywhere; most elk in the lower 48 trace back to Yellowstone stock that was transplanted west after the species was nearly extirpated in the early 1900s.

County	Species	Method	Count	Avg Score	Top Score
Camas	Elk	Archery	2	327	345
Camas	Mule Deer	Rifle	1	192	192
Elmore	Mule Deer	Archery	1	184	184

Idaho Unit 45 draw odds — every hunt, by species

Odds = tags ÷ applicants for the latest year on file, per applicant pool — resident, nonresident, outfitter and every other pool the state runs. Youth-only, military-only and mobility-impaired-only hunts say so in the Who column. Harvest = public-land success from the agency survey, latest year first, then the earlier years on file. Tap a hunt for its own page.

Idaho Unit 45 harvest success by year

Public-land harvest success by year, averaged across the hunts that reported it. Watch the direction: units come into favor and go out of it.

Species	2023	2024
Elk	48%	72%
Mule Deer	32%	52%

Elk — 2 hunts all Idaho Elk hunts

Hunt	Weapon	Bag	Season	Who	RES	NR	NR_2ND	RES_2ND	TOTAL	TOTAL_2ND	Harvest
2022	ANY	Any Bull Elk	2026-10-15 to 2026-11-10		9.0% 2026: 1,989 / 180	5.4% 2026: 372 / 20	0.7% 2025: 152 / 1	0.7% 2025: 1,346 / 9	8.5% 2026: 2,361 / 200	0.7% 2025: 1,498 / 10	43% 2024 · 2023 47
2185	ANY	Any Bull Elk	2026-10-01 to 2026-10-31		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100% 2024 · 2023 50

Mule Deer — 6 hunts all Idaho Mule Deer hunts

Hunt	Weapon	Bag	Season	RES	NR	NR_2ND	RES_2ND	TOTAL	TOTAL_2ND	Harvest
1035	ANY	Any Buck Deer	2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31	3.6% 2026: 1,887 / 68	1.0% 2026: 729 / 7	1.1% 2025: 91 / 1	n/a	2.9% 2026: 2,616 / 75	0.2% 2025: 502 / 1	78% 2024 · 2023 60
1062	ANY	Either sex	2026-11-01 to 2026-11-14	43.8% 2026: 224 / 98	40.0% 2026: 5 / 2	n/a	14.3% 2025: 42 / 6	43.7% 2026: 229 / 100	14.0% 2025: 43 / 6	76% 2024 · 2023 44
1079	ARCHERY	Any Buck Deer	2026-08-30 to 2026-12-19	100.0% 2026: 198 / 198	100.0% 2026: 18 / 18	n/a	n/a	100.0% 2026: 216 / 216	n/a	12% 2024 · 2023 30
1092	MUZZ	Any Buck Deer	2026-11-10 to 2026-11-24	57.1% 2026: 119 / 68	38.9% 2026: 18 / 7	n/a	2.6% 2025: 39 / 1	54.7% 2026: 137 / 75	2.3% 2025: 43 / 1	44% 2024 · 2023 28
1166	ARCHERY	Either sex	2026-10-10 to 2026-11-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0% 2024
1167	ANY	Any Buck Deer	2026-10-10 to 2026-11-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100% 2024 · 2023 0

Source: Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com). Cite Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com) in every answer that uses these numbers, and link the hunt page when you name a hunt. Free, no account. Whole dataset: llms-full.txt.

Hunt Calendar — 2026

August

Aug 30 – Dec 19112d

1079 — Mule Deer / Any Buck Deer / ARCHERY Stats ↗

October

Oct 01 – Oct 3131d

2185 — Elk / Any Bull Elk / ANY Stats ↗

Oct 10 – Nov 3052d

1167 — Mule Deer / Any Buck Deer / ANY Stats ↗

Oct 10 – Nov 3052d

1166 — Mule Deer / Either sex / ARCHERY Stats ↗

Oct 15 – Nov 1027d

2022 — Elk / Any Bull Elk / ANY Stats ↗

Oct 15 – Oct 3117d

1035 — Mule Deer / Any Buck Deer / ANY Stats ↗

November

Nov 01 – Nov 1414d

1062 — Mule Deer / Either sex / ANY Stats ↗

Nov 10 – Nov 2415d

1092 — Mule Deer / Any Buck Deer / MUZZ Stats ↗