Idaho controlled hunt 1114: antlerless mule deer or white-tailed deer, area 40-1X

In Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 drawing, 179 hunters chose hunt 1114 first, for 100 tags: 98 of 176 residents drew (56%) and 2 of 3 nonresidents (67%). In 2025, 91 hunters on this hunt took 54 deer, a 59% harvest success by IDFG's count. The 2026 season is October 10 to November 24, 2026: antlerless mule deer or white-tailed deer, any weapon, youth only.

Data updated October 2026. Draws: IDFG's 2026 and 2025 controlled hunt drawing results. Harvest: IDFG's harvest statistics through 2025. Season: IDFG Hunt Planner, 2026.

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How many applied for hunt 1114, and how many drew?

Idaho draws controlled hunt tags at random, with no points: each application gets a random number, and tags go to first choices in that order before any second choice is looked at. In 2026, 100 of the 100 tags went to first choices. In a hunt with more than 19 tags, no more than 10 percent may go to nonresidents; with 19 or fewer, no more than one (brochure page 109).

Source: IDFG, deer controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 and 2025, first and second drawings. "Drew" is IDFG's count of tags issued to that group's first choices; the percentage is worked out from IDFG's two figures.

How has the draw for hunt 1114 changed?

IDFG's records go back to 2013 for this hunt: 117 first-choice applicants for 100 tags then, 179 for 100 in 2026.

First drawing only. IDFG's Hunt Planner lists these years for this hunt, under the hunt number (and, where it differs, the area) used that year (Hunt Planner, hunt 1114). IDFG rounds its success percentages.

What is the harvest success on hunt 1114?

In 2025, 91 hunters reported on hunt 1114 and 54 took an animal: 59% success, over 291 days of hunting. In 2024 it was 63 taken by 82 hunters (as hunt 1115), 77% success in IDFG's figures. Across the 5 most recent years in the table, 67% of hunters took an animal.

IDFG's success percentages are its own and can differ slightly from harvest divided by hunters. From IDFG's mandatory hunter reports and check stations, as its Hunt Planner prints them for this hunt (hunt 1114) and its harvest statistics.

Where is hunt area 40-1X?

IDFG's description of hunt area 40-1X: Only that portion of Units 40 and 41 within the following boundary are open to youth antlerless hunting - starting at the Oregon border on the Snake River then upstream to the C.J. Strike Dam Road then south on C.J. Strike Dam Road to Highway 78 to Rim Rock High School, then east on Highway 78 to Highway 51, then south on Highway 51 to the Shoofly Cut-off Road and 3.5 miles west of Highway 51, then west on the Shoofly Cut-off Road to the Mudflat Road, then north on the Mudflat Road to Highway 78, continue west on Highway 78 to the powerline that crosses the Snake River about 3 miles south of the Walter's Ferry Bridge at the 22.5 mile marker, then north along the Oregon border to the Snake River, the point of beginning; and on cultivated fields in that portion of Unit 40 no more than 5 miles south or west of Highway 78. It covers 411,637 acres.

Towns IDFG lists in the area: Homedale (US 95), Marsing (Idaho 55), Grand View (Idaho 78) and Murphy (Idaho 78).

Area facts: IDFG Hunt Planner, hunt area 40-1X; land managers from IDFG's surface management data (Inside Idaho), land cover from IDWR.

What rules come with hunt 1114?

• Antlerless Mule and White-tailed Deer. Only deer without antlers or with antlers shorter than 3 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlerless deer only.

Other 2026 deer hunts in units 40 and 41: 1031 (40), 1032 (41), 1073 (40), 1074 (41-2). All deer draw results.

Questions hunters ask

How many people applied for Idaho hunt 1114 in 2026?

179 hunters listed hunt 1114 as their first choice in IDFG's 2026 drawing, for 100 tags. 98 of 176 resident first choices drew, and 2 of 3 nonresident first choices.

What is the harvest success on Idaho hunt 1114?

IDFG reports 91 hunters took 54 deer on hunt 1114 in 2025, 59% success. Over the last 5 years IDFG lists for this hunt, 67% of hunters took an animal.

When is Idaho hunt 1114 in 2026?

October 10 to November 24, 2026. It is antlerless mule deer or white-tailed deer, any weapon, for youth hunters only, in hunt area 40-1X (IDFG Hunt Planner).

Which units are in Idaho hunt area 40-1X?

IDFG describes hunt area 40-1X as: "Only that portion of Units 40 and 41 within the following boundary are open to youth antlerless hunting - starting at the Oregon border on the Snake River then upstream to the C.J. Strike Dam Road then south on C.J. Strike Dam Road to Highway 78 to Rim Rock High School, then east on Highway 78 to Highway 51, then south on Highway 51 to the Shoofly Cut-off Road and 3.5 miles west of Highway 51, then west on the Shoofly Cut-off Road to the Mudflat Road, then north on the Mudflat Road to Highway 78, continue west on Highway 78 to the powerline that crosses the Snake River about 3 miles south of the Walter's Ferry Bridge at the 22.5 mile marker, then north along the Oregon border to the Snake River, the point of beginning; and on cultivated fields in that portion of Unit 40 no more than 5 miles south or west of Highway 78." It covers 411,637 acres.

Where these numbers come from

• Drawing: IDFG controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 and 2026.
• History, harvest and area: IDFG Hunt Planner, hunt 1114 and hunt area 40-1X; IDFG harvest statistics.
• Season and rules: IDFG, Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules and the Hunt Planner; nonresident limit from the big game brochure, page 109.

FilledTag is not part of Idaho Fish and Game. Hunt numbers change from year to year: use the current brochure when you apply. Nothing on this page predicts a future draw.

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