Twin Falls County for Idaho Hunters

Twin Falls County hunting units

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

Of the 4 units on the county map, Unit 46 takes in the most ground, about 42%. Owyhee County shares the most units with Twin Falls County (2), so a hunt that starts here often ends there.

Units 46, 54 and 47 are not listed in the 2026 fall or 2027 spring general black bear tables; the brochure is the place to check.

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.

Twin Falls County disease testing and wolf hunting

No unit in Twin Falls County is in the CWD Management Zone or on the 2026 mandatory deer testing list.

Wolf zones reaching Twin Falls County

Southern Idaho is the wolf zone for Twin Falls 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 Twin Falls County

Grouped by species, then by opening date.

Drawn hunts with ground in or around Twin Falls County: 40 in all (13 deer, 13 elk, 11 pronghorn, 2 moose and 1 bighorn sheep). Tags for these hunts come to 1,275 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 Twin Falls County (13)

Twin Falls County elk hunt numbers (13)

Twin Falls County pronghorn hunt numbers (11)

Moose draws reaching Twin Falls County (2)

Bighorn sheep tags drawn around Twin Falls County (1)

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.

Twin Falls County forests, BLM and WMAs

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

By the merged GIS count, 47% of Twin Falls County (581,571 acres) belongs to an owner that opens it to hunting under Idaho seasons. The largest contributor is BLM land, at 493,850 acres of Twin Falls County. National forest ground splits among 1 districts, the biggest being the Minidoka Ranger District at near 87,633 acres.

The Jarbidge Field Office looks after most of the 493,850 BLM acres inside Twin Falls County, about 273,511 of them. State trust land managed by the Idaho Department of Lands covers about 27,859 acres here, listed apart from the public total. Hunting stops at the boundary of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.

Twin Falls County places, card by card

Twin Falls County neighbours with open land

• Hagerman Wildlife Management Area31 miles, IDFG WMA
• Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area33 miles, IDFG WMA
• Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area35 miles, IDFG WMA
• Billingsley Creek Unit of Thousand Springs State Park37 miles, state park (open)

Parks and monuments in Twin Falls County where guns stay cased

• Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentPark 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.

Twin Falls County hunting calendar

On November 11, 2026 the county showed 3 dates ahead, covering DU conservation dinner, DU sportsman’s bingo and RMEF chapter banquet.

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Twin Falls County neighbours worth a look

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