Jerome County Hunting, Units and Land

Jerome County hunting units

Of county: how much of the county lies in the unit. Of unit: how much of the unit lies in the county.

Idaho sets big game seasons unit by unit, and Jerome County touches 1 of them; 100% of the county lies in Unit 53. 1 unit straddle the line with Minidoka County, more than with any other county.

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.

Chronic wasting disease and wolves in Jerome County

The 2026 CWD zone and testing units all lie outside Jerome County.

Jerome County wolf zones and wolf seasons

On the wolf zone layer Jerome County reads Southern Idaho; season dates depend on the unit and the land type. To trap a wolf, hold a trapping license and complete wolf trapper education; transmitting cameras became legal for wolf trap checks on 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.

Jerome County controlled hunts for 2026

Hunts whose units reach the county; the hunt area itself can be smaller than the unit.

IDFG hunt numbers with a unit in Jerome County add up to 3, namely 1 deer and 2 pronghorn. Their 2026 tag counts add up to 50, a sum that includes tags for ground outside Jerome County.

Idaho draws controlled hunts at random: apply May 1 to June 5 for deer, elk, pronghorn and fall bear, April 1 to 30 for moose, sheep and goat.

Deer draws reaching Jerome County (1)

Jerome County: controlled pronghorn (2)

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.

Jerome County public land, owner by owner

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

The merged map of public hunting land in Jerome County reaches 129,873 acres, 34% of the county surface. The largest contributor is BLM land, at 129,873 acres of Jerome County. 129,873 acres are BLM-managed, and 127,198 of those report to the Shoshone Field Office.

Endowment land (7,408 GIS acres) sits outside the merged total; the IDFG brochure lists it among its access programs. National Park Service land (Minidoka National Historic Site) is closed to hunting.

Jerome County public places by owner

Open land a short drive from Jerome County

• Access Yes! property 612517 miles, Access Yes! property
• Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Area23 miles, IDFG WMA
• Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area30 miles, IDFG WMA
• Hagerman Wildlife Management Area31 miles, IDFG WMA
• Billingsley Creek Unit of Thousand Springs State Park33 miles, state park (open)
• Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area33 miles, IDFG WMA

Parks and monuments in Jerome County where guns stay cased

• Minidoka National Historic SitePark Service, closed

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.

Jerome County banquets and classes

Inside the county line: 1 date ahead (DU sportsman’s bingo), checked November 11, 2026.

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Jerome County neighbours worth a look

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