Idaho publishes deer harvest in a form FDR could rank for 99 hunt units. Unit 3 is highest at 2.4 deer harvested per square mile in 2025. Unit 8A has 2.2 in 2025 and Unit 2 has 2.1 in 2025. For success rate Unit 44 leads at 60% in 2025 and Unit 45 has 57% in 2025. Harvest in a hunt unit includes private land, so the public share is shown next to each unit. The rankings describe reported harvest and do not measure access or hunting pressure.
KEY FINDINGS
- Unit 3 has the highest harvest per square mile at 2.4. The agency reported 1,294 deer on 343,846 acres in 2025.
- Unit 44 has the best success rate at 60%. Its harvest per square mile ranks 34 of 99.
- 99 hunt units are ranked. Ranks compare areas measured in 2025 and each row shows its own newest year.
Idaho public land rankings
Best public land in Idaho
Derived FDR figures from state agency numbers. Season measured 2025. Captured October 19, 2026. Harvest per square mile is the agency's deer harvest divided by the area's size. Success rate is the agency's published rate or harvest divided by hunters. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Order uses the unrounded values and tied values share a rank. Blank cells mean the agency did not publish the figure.
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Hunt units
Top 15 of 99 ranked hunt units by deer harvest per square mile. Hunt units include private land, so the public share column shows how much of each unit is public land open to hunting.
15 of 99 hunt units shown
| 1 | Unit 3 | 343,846 | 2025 | 1,294 | 2.4 | 32% | 37 | 303.2 | 56.4% |
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| 2 | Unit 8A | 459,377 | 2025 | 1,548 | 2.2 | 35% | 27 | 282.7 | 39.4% |
| 3 | Unit 2 | 427,867 | 2025 | 1,392 | 2.1 | 34% | 32 | 111.0 | 16.6% |
| 4 | Unit 10A | 985,341 | 2025 | 2,862 | 1.9 | 45% | 6 | 737.2 | 47.9% |
| 5 | Unit 5 | 425,370 | 2025 | 1,075 | 1.6 | 38% | 20 | 30.5 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Unit 43 | 445,397 | 2025 | 1,112 | 1.6 | 29% | 48 | 674.4 | 96.9% |
| 7 | Unit 6 | 672,149 | 2025 | 1,559 | 1.5 | 39% | 17 | 573.4 | 54.6% |
| 8 | Unit 1 | 1,552,447 | 2025 | 3,214 | 1.3 | 35% | 23 | 1,694.1 | 69.8% |
| 9 | Unit 16 | 247,880 | 2025 | 480 | 1.2 | 47% | 5 | 309.8 | 80.0% |
| 10 | Unit 4A | 103,368 | 2025 | 199 | 1.2 | 35% | 24 | 142.8 | 88.4% |
| 11 | Unit 18 | 179,616 | 2025 | 328 | 1.2 | 39% | 18 | 222.6 | 79.3% |
| 12 | Unit 15 | 559,880 | 2025 | 1,002 | 1.1 | 42% | 10 | 811.3 | 92.7% |
| 13 | Unit 48 | 389,381 | 2025 | 691 | 1.1 | 30% | 44 | 507.2 | 83.4% |
| 14 | Unit 14 | 366,143 | 2025 | 596 | 1.0 | 32% | 34 | 379.2 | 66.3% |
| 15 | Unit 39 | 1,544,705 | 2025 | 2,270 | 0.94 | 20% | 78 | 1,861.2 | 77.1% |
Top 10 by success rate
10 of 99 hunt units with a success rate shown
| 34 | Unit 44 | 351,167 | 2025 | 304 | 0.55 | 60% | 1 | 280.3 | 51.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | Unit 45 | 812,225 | 2025 | 86 | 0.068 | 57% | 2 | 809.2 | 63.8% |
| 22 | Unit 21 | 325,514 | 2025 | 410 | 0.81 | 49% | 3 | 502.0 | 98.7% |
| 20 | Unit 13 | 219,294 | 2025 | 282 | 0.82 | 48% | 4 | 91.4 | 26.7% |
| 9 | Unit 16 | 247,880 | 2025 | 480 | 1.2 | 47% | 5 | 309.8 | 80.0% |
| 4 | Unit 10A | 985,341 | 2025 | 2,862 | 1.9 | 45% | 6 | 737.2 | 47.9% |
| 79 | Unit 30A | 175,981 | 2025 | 48 | 0.17 | 44% | 7 | 242.3 | 88.1% |
| 50 | Unit 27 | 980,771 | 2025 | 597 | 0.39 | 44% | 8 | 1,529.5 | 99.8% |
| 69 | Unit 54 | 871,290 | 2025 | 335 | 0.25 | 42% | 9 | 806.6 | 59.2% |
| 12 | Unit 15 | 559,880 | 2025 | 1,002 | 1.1 | 42% | 10 | 811.3 | 92.7% |
01Hunt units
99 hunt units ranked on harvest per square mile
Unit 3 has the most deer harvested per square mile at 2.4 in 2025. Unit 8A has 2.2 in 2025 and Unit 2 has 2.1 in 2025.
The public share is the part of each unit that is public land open to hunting.
02Success rate
Top 10 hunt units by success rate
Unit 44 has the best success rate at 60% in 2025. Unit 45 has 57% in 2025 and Unit 21 has 49% in 2025.
Success rate is the agency's published figure or harvest divided by hunters. Every ranked unit has one.
03Basis of this report
Sources and method
FDR divided the agency's deer harvest by the area's size to get harvest per square mile. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Ranks compare areas measured in 2025 and each row shows its own newest year.
Idaho figures add the agency's general-season unit total for all weapons combined and every controlled hunt held entirely inside the unit. Controlled hunts whose area covers more than one unit are left out. In 2025 those hunts made up a little over a quarter of the deer in the agency's controlled hunt table.
Success rate is the agency's published figure or harvest divided by hunters. Tied values share a rank and the order uses the unrounded values.
A ranking does not evaluate an individual property and does not confirm that it is open to hunting for you.
Sources
NOTES AND SOURCES
- Derived FDR figures from state agency numbers. Season measured 2025. Captured October 19, 2026. Harvest per square mile is the agency's deer harvest divided by the area's size. Success rate is the agency's published rate or harvest divided by hunters. Areas smaller than one square mile are left out of the rankings. Order uses the unrounded values and tied values share a rank. Blank cells mean the agency did not publish the figure.
Fully Drawn Research is an independent data analysis desk, not affiliated with any state wildlife agency, transportation agency, mapping provider or outfitter. FDR rankings are independent analysis of state agency numbers. A ranking does not evaluate an individual property.
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