Idaho controlled hunt 2048: antlerless elk, area 3-2

In Idaho Fish and Game's 2026 drawing, 213 hunters chose hunt 2048 first, for 50 tags: 50 of 207 residents drew (24%) and 0 of 6 nonresidents (0%). In 2025, 47 hunters on this hunt took 27 elk, a 57% harvest success by IDFG's count. The 2026 season is August 1 to December 31, 2026: antlerless elk, any weapon.

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 2048, 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, 50 of the 50 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, elk 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 2048 changed?

IDFG's records go back to 2013 for this hunt: 110 first-choice applicants for 50 tags then, 213 for 50 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 2048). IDFG rounds its success percentages.

What is the harvest success on hunt 2048?

In 2025, 47 hunters reported on hunt 2048 and 27 took an animal: 57% success, over 509 days of hunting. In 2024 it was 24 taken by 48 hunters, 50% success in IDFG's figures. Across the 5 most recent years in the table, 62% 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 2048) and its harvest statistics.

Where is hunt area 3-2?

IDFG's description of hunt area 3-2: That portion of Unit 3, that is south of Interstate 90 on or within one mile of private agricultural lands within the following boundary: beginning at 4th of July Pass on Interstate 90 take Forest Service Road 614 south to East Blue Lake Road, then south on Thompson Creek to Coeur d'Alene River then follow Coeur d'Alene River east to Evans Creek, then south to East Rainy Hill Road, then east to State Highway 3, then south on State Highway 3 to Mission Point on the St Joe River then follow east shoreline of Round and Coeur d'Alene Lakes to Interstate 90 then to point of beginning. "Private agricultural lands" are defined as privately-owned lands that are used for growing or storing plants for profit, in the form of pasture or stored feed for animal production, croplands, nurseries, vineyards, or orchards, but which do not include private timberlands. It covers 81,338 acres.

Area facts: IDFG Hunt Planner, hunt area 3-2; land managers from IDFG's surface management data (Inside Idaho), land cover from IDWR.

What rules come with hunt 2048?

• Antlerless Elk. Only elk without antlers or with antlers shorter than 6 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlerless elk only.

Other 2026 elk hunts in unit 3: 2047 (3-1), 2109 (1-2), 2148 (3). All elk draw results.

Questions hunters ask

How many people applied for Idaho hunt 2048 in 2026?

213 hunters listed hunt 2048 as their first choice in IDFG's 2026 drawing, for 50 tags. 50 of 207 resident first choices drew, and 0 of 6 nonresident first choices.

What is the harvest success on Idaho hunt 2048?

IDFG reports 47 hunters took 27 elk on hunt 2048 in 2025, 57% success. Over the last 5 years IDFG lists for this hunt, 62% of hunters took an animal.

When is Idaho hunt 2048 in 2026?

August 1 to December 31, 2026. It is antlerless elk, any weapon, in hunt area 3-2 (IDFG Hunt Planner).

Which units are in Idaho hunt area 3-2?

IDFG describes hunt area 3-2 as: "That portion of Unit 3, that is south of Interstate 90 on or within one mile of private agricultural lands within the following boundary: beginning at 4th of July Pass on Interstate 90 take Forest Service Road 614 south to East Blue Lake Road, then south on Thompson Creek to Coeur d'Alene River then follow Coeur d'Alene River east to Evans Creek, then south to East Rainy Hill Road, then east to State Highway 3, then south on State Highway 3 to Mission Point on the St Joe River then follow east shoreline of Round and Coeur d'Alene Lakes to Interstate 90 then to point of beginning. "Private agricultural lands" are defined as privately-owned lands that are used for growing or storing plants for profit, in the form of pasture or stored feed for animal production, croplands, nurseries, vineyards, or orchards, but which do not include private timberlands." It covers 81,338 acres.

Where these numbers come from

• Drawing: IDFG controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 and 2026.
• History, harvest and area: IDFG Hunt Planner, hunt 2048 and hunt area 3-2; 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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