Bingham County Hunting Guide

Bingham County hunting units

Percentages come from overlaying the IDFG unit polygons on county lines.

Of the 6 units on the county map, Unit 69 takes in the most ground, about 37%. Less than 5% of the county falls in each of Units 71 and 72, but those slivers still follow their own unit seasons.

Bonneville County shares the most units with Bingham County (3), so a hunt that starts here often ends there.

Unit shares from the IDFG Game Units layer overlaid on Census county polygons (GIS shares of land area, both ways); elk zone of each unit from the IDFG Elk Zones layer; wolf zones from the IDFG Wolf Zones layer; CWD units from the 2026 brochure; bear tables from the 2026 brochure. Checked November 12, 2026.

Bingham County disease testing and wolf hunting

For 2026, Unit 69 sits on the mandatory deer testing list. Check the 2026 changes: Unit 69 in Bingham County was affected when IDFG added 64 and 69 and removed 24 and 32A.

Wolf zones reaching Bingham County

Southern Idaho is the wolf zone for Bingham County, but the season lines below go unit by unit. The wolf rules for 2026-27 add transmitting cameras for trap checks from July 1, 2026; trapping still requires a trapping license and wolf trapper education.

CWD zone, transport and testing rules from the Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules p. 9; 2026 changes from IDFG, What hunters need to know about CWD requirements for 2026; county units from the IDFG CWD zone rules; wolf rules from the 2026 brochure; wolf zones from the IDFG Wolf Zones layer. Checked November 12, 2026.

2026 controlled hunts around Bingham County

Grouped by species, then by opening date.

Drawn hunts with ground in or around Bingham County: 48 in all (10 deer, 19 elk, 9 pronghorn and 10 moose). Tags for these hunts come to 3,742 this year; a hunt area can cover only part of a unit.

Every controlled hunt is filled by random draw, with deer and elk applications due by June 5 and moose, sheep and goat by April 30. Moose, sheep and goat dates come from the two-year 2025 and 2026 brochure, with the 2026 year applied.

Deer tags drawn around Bingham County (10)

Bingham County elk hunt numbers (19)

Bingham County pronghorn hunt numbers (9)

Moose draws reaching Bingham County (10)

Hunt numbers, types, units, dates, bags and 2026 tags from the IDFG Hunt Planner hunt pages (each hunt number links its page) matched to the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules and the Moose, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat 2025 and 2026 brochure; counties are whole units, so a hunt area can be smaller. Application periods from the 2026 brochure, the moose, sheep and goat brochure and the spring bear page. Checked November 12, 2026.

Bingham County forests, BLM and WMAs

Private land in Access Yes! and Large Tracts is open only on program terms.

By the merged GIS count, 20% of Bingham County (271,007 acres) belongs to an owner that opens it to hunting under Idaho seasons. BLM land accounts for 267,559 of those acres, more than any other owner here. The Upper Snake Field Office looks after most of the 267,559 BLM acres inside Bingham County, about 249,088 of them.

State trust land managed by the Idaho Department of Lands covers about 147,959 acres here, listed apart from the public total. About 215,383 acres belong to tribes, which control hunting on their own land.

Bingham County reservations and trust land

• Fort Hall Reservation215,383 GIS acres · closed

Bingham County places, card by card

Bingham County neighbours with open land

• Pocatello – 2 and 1/2 Mile Road (Access Yes!)19 miles, Access Yes! property
• McNabb Canyon (Access Yes!)25 miles, Access Yes! property
• Inkom – East Bench (Access Yes!)34 miles, Access Yes! property
• Access Yes! property 593836 miles, Access Yes! property
• Portneuf Wildlife Management Area36 miles, IDFG WMA
• Dan Creek- Schwieder (Access Yes!)38 miles, Access Yes! property

Acres are GIS measures of polygons with water over 2 square km removed, not official acreage: IDFG WMA layer, PAD-US 4.1 (forest, grassland, BLM, refuge, park, endowment, Reclamation, military, DOE and tribal land), IDFG Access Yes! 2026 layer, IDFG Large Tracts layer; refuges counted only when listed in 50 CFR 32.31; tribal rule from 18 U.S.C. 1165; closures from the 2026 brochure; Craters of the Moon from the NPS laws and policies page. Checked November 12, 2026.

Bingham County sunrise and shooting times

Migratory bird hours follow a separate IDFG table in the migratory brochure, so ducks, geese and doves are not timed in this Bingham County table.

Migratory birds: see the IDFG table.

Hours rule from the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules (wolf and upland game animals: same rule, wolf, upland); time zone from 49 CFR 71.9; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Mountain Time); migratory bird hours: IDFG migratory bird table; checked November 12, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Counties near Bingham County

Shortest gazetteer distance decides these four county cards; the buttons lead to statewide references.