Name: Idaho Unit 46 draw odds
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Unit 46

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Zone 46 covers the Magic Valley fringe and the South Hills foothills in south-central Idaho. Elevations run from about 4,500 feet on the Snake River Plain to over 7,000 feet on the higher hills. The country is sage-bitterbrush on the lower benches, juniper and aspen in the draws, and Douglas fir on the higher north slopes. BLM and Sawtooth NF make up the bulk of public ground, with significant private agricultural land on the lower country. Highway 30, Highway 93, and various county roads provide access. Twin Falls is the supply hub. Cell service is good near Twin Falls. Mule deer is the primary species. The country is moderate-difficulty—accessible enough for road hunting, with pockets of timber that hold mature bucks for those willing to walk.

Unit Stats

Elk Harvest

43.0%

2024 season / 243.0 avg days

Elk Trophy

383

Trophy unit · 7 records

Mule Deer Harvest

31.0%

2024 season / 6817.0 avg days

Mule Deer Trophy

184

Some big animals · 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
Elmore	Mule Deer	Archery	1	184	184
Owyhee	Elk	Archery	6	309	341
Owyhee	Mule Deer	Archery	1	169	169
Owyhee	Pronghorn	Archery	4	71	73
Twin Falls	Elk	Rifle	1	383	383
Twin Falls	Pronghorn	Archery	1	75	75
Twin Falls	Pronghorn	Rifle	1	81	81

Idaho Unit 46 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 46 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	43%	43%
Mule Deer	—	31%

Elk — 2 hunts all Idaho Elk hunts

Hunt	Weapon	Bag	Season	Who	RES	NR	NR_2ND	RES_2ND	TOTAL	TOTAL_2ND	Harvest
2024	ANY	Any Bull Elk	2026-10-15 to 2026-11-30		4.3% 2026: 209 / 9	2.0% 2026: 49 / 1	n/a	1.1% 2025: 90 / 1	3.9% 2026: 258 / 10	0.9% 2025: 114 / 1	49% 2024 · 2023 47
2085	ANY	Cow Elk (Antlerless)	2026-11-01 to 2026-11-20		29.7% 2026: 327 / 97	27.3% 2026: 11 / 3	n/a	9.3% 2025: 43 / 4	29.6% 2026: 338 / 100	7.8% 2025: 51 / 4	37% 2024 · 2023 39

Mule Deer — 1 hunt all Idaho Mule Deer hunts

Hunt	Weapon	Bag	Season	Who	Harvest
RD46					31% 2024

Pronghorn — 1 hunt all Idaho Pronghorn hunts

Hunt	Weapon	Bag	Season	Who	RES	NR	TOTAL	Harvest
4012			2026-09-25 to 2026-10-24		2.3% 2026: 2,400 / 55	1.8% 2026: 275 / 5	2.2% 2026: 2,675 / 60	n/a

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

September

Sep 25 – Oct 2430d

4012 — Pronghorn / / Stats ↗

October

Oct 15 – Nov 3047d

2024 — Elk / Any Bull Elk / ANY Stats ↗

November

Nov 01 – Nov 2020d

2085 — Elk / Cow Elk (Antlerless) / ANY Stats ↗