Bonneville County, Idaho Hunting

Bonneville County unit shares, both ways

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

The county is divided among 7 units, led by Unit 69 with 32% of its land. Nearly all of Unit 66 falls within Bonneville County.

Small slivers of Units 63A and 68A cross the line too. Expect to cross into Bingham County on foot; 3 of these units run into it.

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.

Bonneville County CWD status and wolf seasons

Deer hunters in Units 63A and 69 owe IDFG a CWD sample within 10 days. For 2026 Units 24 and 32A no longer require testing while Units 64 and 69 do; Bonneville County includes Unit 69.

Wolf hunting and trapping in Bonneville County

For wolf data IDFG groups units into zones, and Bonneville County falls in 2 wolf zones: Southern Idaho and Island Park. Wolf seasons themselves are set by unit and land type. Trappers need both the trapping license and the wolf trapper education course, and may watch wolf sets with transmitting cameras since July 1, 2026.

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.

Drawn hunts reaching Bonneville County

Each hunt number links its IDFG Hunt Planner page with the exact boundary.

Counting every species, 60 controlled hunts touch the county this year: 13 deer, 27 elk, 6 pronghorn and 14 moose. Summed across hunt numbers that is 4,299 tags, not all of them used inside the county.

Moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat applications are taken April 1 to 30; spring bear January 15 to February 15. For moose, sheep and goat the brochure covers two years; the table shows the 2026 hunt.

Deer hunts with units in Bonneville County (13)

Elk tags drawn around Bonneville County (27)

Pronghorn tags drawn around Bonneville County (6)

Controlled moose in Bonneville County (14)

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.

Bonneville County forests, BLM and WMAs

Tribal, park and monument land is shown so you can plan around it, not on it.

Merge the WMA, national forest, grassland, BLM, refuge and preserve layers, take out tribal land, and Bonneville County shows 571,300 GIS acres of public hunting ground, 48% of its land. National forest carries the most weight, with 449,520 acres inside Bonneville County. National forest ground splits among 3 districts, the biggest being the Palisades Ranger District at near 339,908 acres.

On the BLM side, the Upper Snake Field Office runs 89,613 acres of the county total of 90,662. About 43,335 acres of state endowment land lie in Bonneville County, shown on its own line rather than in the public total.

Bonneville County places, card by card

• Soda Springs Ranger DistrictRanger district
• Teton Basin Ranger DistrictRanger district
• Idaho Falls DistrictBLM district
• Upper Snake Field OfficeBLM field office
• Pocatello Field OfficeBLM field office

Bonneville County neighbours with open land

• Wolverine Canyon – East (Access Yes!)16 miles, Access Yes! property
• Deer Parks Wildlife Mitigation Units32 miles, IDFG WMA
• Cartier Slough Wildlife Management Area33 miles, IDFG WMA
• Henry's Fork near Cartier Wildlife Management Area west of Rexburg (Access Yes!)33 miles, Access Yes! property
• North Teton River (Access Yes!)36 miles, Access Yes! property
• Chesterfield (Access Yes!)36 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.

Bonneville County hunting calendar

County total as of November 11, 2026: 6 dates ahead (DU sportsman’s bingo, RMEF chapter banquet, RMEF raffle and music night, hunter and bowhunter certification, trapper certification and wolf trapper certification).

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Around Bonneville County

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