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Diamond Creek Zone · 2 counties
Unit 66A hunting: seasons, hunts and harvest
Unit 66A sits in the IDFG Southeast Region and the Southern Idaho wolf zone; its 12 controlled hunts carry 1,586 tags in 2026.
Photo: Bureau of Land Management (CC BY 2.0)
Mapping Unit 66A
Bonneville County carries 79% of the 171,578 acres in Unit 66A, which IDFG assigns to its Southeast Region. A hunter in Unit 66A can be standing in any of 2 counties, with Bonneville the largest piece at 79%.
| County | Of the unit | Of the county | Named by IDFG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County | 79% | 11% | Yes |
| Caribou County | 21% | 3% | Yes |
Questions about access, closures or animal numbers in Unit 66A go to the Southeast Region Office in Pocatello, (208) 232-4703.
Region, elk zone and boundary counties from the IDFG Hunt Planner unit page; acreage from the Hunt Planner hunt page; shares from the IDFG Game Units layer over Census county lines (GIS measures); office from the IDFG offices page; data read November 11, 2026, checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A elk zone, wolf zone and CWD
- General elk tags are sold per zone, and Unit 66A belongs to the Diamond Creek Zone with Unit 76.
- The Southern Idaho wolf zone takes in Unit 66A; IDFG uses those zones for analysis and writes the seasons unit by unit.
- CWD: Unit 66A is neither a management zone nor a mandatory testing unit in 2026.
Open the zone: Diamond Creek Zone · Wolf zones · CWD Management Zone
Elk zone from the Hunt Planner unit page and elk zone list; wolf zone from the IDFG Wolf Zones layer; CWD: CWD rules, Big Game 2026 p. 9; 2026 CWD changes; checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A draw list
12 controlled hunt numbers include Unit 66A for 2026 (9 elk, 2 deer and 1 moose), carrying 1,586 tags between them. 9 of the hunts spread beyond Unit 66A, so a tag there is not tied to this unit alone.
Idaho controlled hunts are drawn at random: deer, elk, pronghorn and fall bear apply May 1 to June 5, moose, sheep and goat April 1 to 30. Hunt Planner pages still show 2025 dates for the moose, sheep and goat hunts; the brochure month and day are used here.
White-tailed deer fawn in tall grass
Deer, antlered (1)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1052 | 66A | Any Weapon | Oct 10 to Nov 30, 2026 | Antlered | 5 | Only here | p. 23 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/access/motorized-vehicles |
Deer, extra antlerless (1)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1146 | 66A-1X | Any Weapon | Oct 1 to Nov 30, 2026 | Antlerless | 100 | 12 units | p. 29 | White-tailed deer only, Very limited access, Motorized Hunting Rule Applies in Units 66A, 73, 75, 76, 77, and 78, See idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/access/motorized-vehicles |
Elk, antlered (2)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2041 | 66A-1 | Any Weapon | Oct 1 to Oct 14, 2026 | Antlered | 50 | 66A, 76 | p. 52 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
| 2042 | 66A-1 | Any Weapon | Oct 15 to Oct 24, 2026 | Antlered | 350 | 66A, 76 | p. 52 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
Elk, antlerless (4)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2102 | 66-2 | Any Weapon | Nov 1 to Nov 15, 2026 | Antlerless | 400 | 66, 66A, 69 | p. 54 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
| 2103 | 66-2 | Any Weapon | Nov 16 to Nov 30, 2026 | Antlerless | 400 | 66, 66A, 69 | p. 54 | — |
| 2104 | 66A | Any Weapon | Oct 25 to Nov 5, 2026 | Antlerless | 60 | Only here | p. 54 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
| 2108 | 76-1 | Any Weapon | Nov 16 to Dec 31, 2026 | Antlerless | 100 | 66A, 76 | p. 54 | — |
Elk, outfitter allocated (2)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2211 | 66A-1 | Any Weapon | Oct 1 to Oct 14, 2026 | Antlered | 2 | 66A, 76 | p. 59 | Antlered only, Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
| 2212 | 66A-1 | Any Weapon | Oct 15 to Oct 24, 2026 | Antlered | 12 | 66A, 76 | p. 59 | Antlered only, Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
Elk, youth only (1)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2162 | 66-2 | Any Weapon | Nov 1 to Nov 30, 2026 | Antlerless | 100 | 66, 66A, 69 | p. 57 | Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 – 106 |
Moose, antlered (1)
| Hunt | Area | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Tags 2026 | Units | Brochure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3074 | 66A | Any Weapon | Aug 30 to Nov 23, 2026 | Antlered | 7 | Only here | p. 10 | — |
Hunt numbers, dates, bags and 2026 tags from the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules and the Moose, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat 2025 and 2026 brochure (page links per row); units and notes from each Hunt Planner hunt page; draw periods from the brochure draw rules; checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A general hunt calendar
General tags open 15 dated lines in Unit 66A, grouped below by species and by tag or season type. Rifle deer hunters on a general tag start October 10, 2026 in Unit 66A.
Deer (2)
| Tag or type | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Area | Notes | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular tag | Archery | Aug 30 to Sep 30, 2026 | Antlered | This unit | — | |
| Regular tag | Any Weapon | Oct 10 to Oct 24, 2026 | Antlered | This unit | — |
Elk (1)
| Tag or type | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Area | Notes | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A tag | Archery | Aug 30 to Sep 30, 2026 | Antlerless or Antlered | 66A, 76 | — |
Black bear (2)
| Tag or type | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Area | Notes | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Any weapon | Aug 30 to Oct 31, 2026 | One black bear per tag; females with young protected | 66A, 76 | Dogs prohibited: Oct 1 – Oct 31 | |
| Spring 2027 | Any weapon | Apr 15 to Jun 30, 2027 | One black bear per tag; females with young protected | 66A, 76 | Dogs prohibited: Oct 1 – Oct 31 |
Mountain lion (1)
| Tag or type | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Area | Notes | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lion tag | Any weapon | Jul 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027 | One mountain lion per tag; females with spotted kittens protected | 17 units | Dogs prohibited: July 1 – Aug 29; Oct 1 – Nov 30; Apr 1 – June 30 |
Gray wolf (9)
| Tag or type | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Area | Notes | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting, private land | Hunting | Jul 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | Statewide | — | |
| Hunting, public land | Hunting | Jul 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 11 units | — | |
| Trapping, private land | Trapping | Jul 1 to Nov 30, 2026 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 52A, 63, 66A, 68, 68A | — | |
| Trapping, private land | Trapping | Dec 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 52A, 63, 66A, 68, 68A | — | |
| Trapping, public land | Trapping | Jul 1 to Nov 30, 2026 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 15 units | — | |
| Trapping, public land | Trapping | Sep 10 to Nov 14, 2026 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 15 units | — | |
| Trapping, public land | Trapping | Nov 15, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 15 units | — | |
| Trapping, public land | Trapping | Dec 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 15 units | — | |
| Trapping, public land | Trapping | Dec 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027 | Per wolf tag (see brochure for tag limits) | 15 units | — |
Unit 66A gets 1 A tag elk line and 0 B tag lines from the Diamond Creek Zone tags. 2 wolf trapping lines dated March 1 to June 30, 2026 are left out because they fall before this July 2026 to June 2027 season.
Diamond Creek Zone tag rows (3)
| Tag | Weapon | Dates | Bag | Zone tags | In Unit 66A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A tag | Archery | Aug 30 to Sep 30, 2026 | Antlerless or Antlered | 1,836 | Yes |
| B tag | Archery | Aug 1 to Sep 30, 2026 | Antlerless or Antlered | 150 | No |
| B tag | Any Weapon | Oct 1 to Oct 15, 2026 | Antlerless | 150 | No |
Season rows from the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules (deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion, wolf) and the Upland Game, Turkey and Furbearer 2026 and 2027 brochure (turkey), with unit lists from the Hunt Planner; over-the-counter sales from the brochure; checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A harvest, 2021 to 2025
14% of the 421 general deer hunters in Unit 66A filled a tag in 2025 (58 deer).
703 general elk hunters brought home 123 elk here last season.
Bear, lion, wolf and turkey rows for 2025 show 7 black bear.
General rows count general tag holders only; drawn hunts sit in their own table.
Weapon split, 2025
| Kind and method | Taken | Hunters | Success | Days | Antlered | Antlerless |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer, Any Weapon | 58 | 318 | 18% | 1,236 | 58 | — |
| Deer, Archery | 0 | 102 | 0% | 983 | — | — |
| Deer, All Weapons Combined | 58 | 421 | 14% | 2,218 | 58 | 0 |
| Elk, Any Weapon | 1 | 7 | 14% | 32 | 1 | — |
| Elk, Archery | 122 | 695 | 18% | 6,340 | 88 | 34 |
| Elk, Muzzleloader | 0 | 1 | 0% | 5 | — | — |
| Elk, All Weapons Combined | 123 | 703 | 17% | 6,377 | 90 | 34 |
2021-2025 results
| Year | Deer (all weapons) | Elk (all weapons) | Black bear | Mountain lion | Gray wolf | Spring turkey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 92 | 176 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 84 | 145 | 11 | 2 | — | — |
| 2023 | 37 | 98 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 43 | 184 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 58 | 123 | 7 | — | — | — |
Hunt numbers, 2021-2025 (12)
| Hunt | Species | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Hunters 2025 | Success 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1052 | Deer | 27 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20% |
| 1146 | Deer | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 26% |
| 2041 | Elk | 51 | 56 | 140 | 163 | 33 | 50 | 66% |
| 2042 | Elk | 22 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 156 | 336 | 46% |
| 2102 | Elk | 212 | 245 | 11 | 16 | 135 | 349 | 39% |
| 2103 | Elk | 32 | 34 | 29 | 47 | 106 | 367 | 29% |
| 2104 | Elk | 38 | 38 | 214 | 268 | 18 | 44 | 41% |
| 2108 | Elk | 22 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 72 | 25% |
| 2211 | Elk | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2212 | Elk | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 12 | 92% |
| 2162 | Elk | 58 | 75 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 87 | 36% |
| 3074 | Moose | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100% |
White-tailed buck emerging from the tree line at the edge of a field
IDFG Hunt Planner harvest statistics 2021-2025 (2025 pages linked): general deer, general elk, black bear, mountain lion, gray wolf, turkey, controlled deer, controlled elk, controlled moose; data read November 11, 2026, checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A public ground
Our land data places 9 records in Unit 66A; 9 have a page of their own and 0 are sections on county pages or the public land hub.
2 closed places sit in the counties of Unit 66A, among them Fort Hall Reservation and Fort Hall Off-Reservation Trust Land.
Land records and their units from IDFG, USFS, BLM, USFWS and IDL sources (see each land page); closed places from the Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules and 18 U.S.C. 1165 for tribal land; checked November 12, 2026.
Near Unit 66A
Our town pages miss Unit 66A entirely; plan supplies from towns in Bonneville County.
A cow moose feeding among flowering marsh plants at Blackfoot Reservoir
Units that overlap the same counties as Unit 66A, sorted by distance:
| Unit | Shared counties | Elk zone | Deer 2025 | Hunts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 66 | Bonneville | Tex Creek | 124 | 10 |
| Unit 67 | Bonneville | Palisades | 91 | 8 |
| Unit 69 | Bonneville, Caribou | Tex Creek | 427 | 12 |
| Unit 72 | Caribou | Bannock | 202 | 6 |
| Unit 63A | Bonneville | Snake River | 197 | 3 |
| Unit 71 | Caribou | Bannock | 222 | 5 |
| Unit 76 | Caribou | Diamond Creek | 716 | 15 |
| Unit 68A | Bonneville | Big Desert | 0 | 4 |
Towns and their units from places.json (Census places joined to the IDFG Game Units layer); 2025 deer from the Hunt Planner; checked November 12, 2026.
Unit 66A sunrise and shooting times
The dates in this Unit 66A table come from the season lines that reach its own units, plus the shortest day of the year.
| When | Event | First sun | Last sun | Legal light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | Archery deer opener | 6:47 a.m. MT | 8:08 p.m. MT | 6:17 a.m. MT to 8:38 p.m. MT |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Chukar opener | 7:05 a.m. MT | 7:39 p.m. MT | 6:35 a.m. MT to 8:09 p.m. MT |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Duck opener | 7:24 a.m. MT | 7:06 p.m. MT | 6:54 a.m. MT to 7:36 p.m. MT |
| Oct 10, 2026 | General deer opener | 7:33 a.m. MT | 6:54 p.m. MT | 7:03 a.m. MT to 7:24 p.m. MT |
| Oct 15, 2026 | General elk opener | 7:39 a.m. MT | 6:45 p.m. MT | 7:09 a.m. MT to 7:15 p.m. MT |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:55 a.m. MT | 4:53 p.m. MT | 7:25 a.m. MT to 5:23 p.m. MT |
| Apr 15, 2027 | Spring turkey | 6:46 a.m. MT | 8:08 p.m. MT | 6:16 a.m. MT to 8:38 p.m. MT |
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.
Unit 66A answered
Where are rooms and meals closest to Unit 66A?
Farther out, in Bonneville County.
Is any national forest in Unit 66A?
Yes, 3 Forest Service records.
In which part of the state does Unit 66A sit?
Southeast country: the IDFG Southeast Region, across Bonneville County and Caribou County.
What is the IDFG phone number for Unit 66A?
(208) 232-4703 (Pocatello).
How does the draw work for Unit 66A?
Idaho draws controlled tags at random; apply in the period for the species, then buy the tag if drawn.
What elk zone is Unit 66A in?
The Diamond Creek Zone, shared with Unit 76.
How did hunters do in Unit 66A last season?
14% deer success on general tags.
Can I hunt deer in Unit 66A without a draw?
Yes, on the regular tag.
How many wolves were taken in Unit 66A in 2025?
No 2025 row.
Is there spring bear hunting in Unit 66A?
Yes, April 15, 2027 to June 30, 2027.
Does the CWD Management Zone cover Unit 66A?
No; the zone is Units 14, 18 and part of Unit 1.
Answers drawn from the IDFG sources cited on this page; checked November 12, 2026.
Other photos on this page: USFWS Mountain Prairie (Public domain); USFWS Mountain Prairie (Public domain); Bureau of Land Management Idaho (CC BY 2.0).