Caribou-Targhee National Forest, an Idaho hunting guide for 2026-27

Caribou-Targhee National Forest: access and conditions

National Forest System land is open to hunting under Idaho seasons and rules unless an area closure applies (36 CFR 261.10 prohibits discharging a firearm in specific places such as within 150 yards of a residence, developed recreation site or occupied area).

From Forest Service page, Forest Service page, Agency map layer; checked November 12, 2026.

Caribou-Targhee National Forest: controlled hunt numbers

What drawn hunters near Caribou-Targhee National Forest are after.

137 controlled hunts have a hunt area that includes a unit at Caribou-Targhee National Forest: 58 elk, 32 deer, 30 moose, 10 pronghorn and 4 bighorn sheep. Row by row, the tags total 9,710 for 2026 (computed on this page). Check each hunt’s area description on the Hunt Planner, since a hunt area can stop short of the unit line. Idaho draws controlled hunts at random, and deer, elk and pronghorn applications run May 1 to June 5.

Showing 45 of 137 hunts; the unit pages list every one.

Moose, sheep and goat rows: 2026 hunt, 2025 & 2026 brochure.

Hunt rows from the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules, the Moose, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat 2025 and 2026 brochure and the IDFG Hunt Planner; draw periods Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules p. 8. Checked November 12, 2026. All Idaho hunt numbers · How the draw works.

General seasons at Caribou-Targhee National Forest

The general season table holds black bear, deer, elk, gray wolf, mountain lion and wild turkey for Caribou-Targhee National Forest’s units. IDFG writes wolf seasons for public and private land separately, and only the public land lines are shown.

Showing 40 of 167 lines; see the unit pages.

From the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules, the Upland Game, Turkey and Furbearer 2026 and 2027 brochure and the Migratory Game Bird 2026-2027 brochure; general tags Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules p. 8; migratory hours IDFG table. Checked November 12, 2026. General seasons statewide.

Caribou-Targhee National Forest: 2025 unit harvest

The 2025 figures below are whole-unit totals from the Hunt Planner; nothing is reported for Caribou-Targhee National Forest alone. For deer, Unit 56 posted 417 in 2025, the most of these units.

General deer and elk: all weapons combined. Bear, lion, wolf: unit totals.

IDFG Hunt Planner harvest statistics 2025: deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion, gray wolf. Checked November 12, 2026. Harvest statistics.

Nearby ground on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest map

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies 9 miles west of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest point.

Within reach: 2 ranger districts, 1 national wildlife refuge and 1 wildlife management area.

Point: USFS EDW Ranger Districts boundary (Idaho part) (polygon centroid of the largest part). Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.

Caribou-Targhee National Forest sunrise, sunset and legal light

Migratory bird hours follow a separate IDFG table in the migratory brochure, so ducks, geese and doves are not timed in this Caribou-Targhee National Forest table.

Mountain Time; daylight time ended November 1.

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.

Sister sites to Caribou-Targhee National Forest

One more look before hunting Caribou-Targhee National Forest

Recheck your hunt number, unit lines and season dates for Caribou-Targhee National Forest before packing.

Sources: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4; seasons from the Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules; harvest reporting Big Game 2026 Seasons and Rules p. 10. Data read November 11, 2026, checked November 12, 2026.