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Unit 42
- Region 3
- Southwest Region
- Owyhee Elk Zone
- Units 38, 40, 41, 42
Game Management Unit Boundary
That portion of OWYHEE COUNTY within the following boundary: beginning on the North Fork of the Owyhee River at the Idaho-Oregon State line, south along the state line to the Idaho-Nevada State line, then east along the state line to the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline, then north along the pipeline to the watershed divide between Battle and Jacks Creeks, then northwest along the divide and the divide between Battle, Shoofly, and Poison Creeks to the Poison Creek-Mud Flat Road, then west on Poison Creek-Mud Flat Road to the North Fork of the Owyhee River crossing, then downstream to the state line, the point of beginning.Public Access
Surface Management
For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | 92.3 % |
Private | 4.27 % |
State of Idaho | 3.42 % |
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Ownership data source: Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
No properties are currently available in Unit 42.
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National Forests
No National Forest lands fall within Unit 42.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
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Owyhee River Wilderness
259,774 acres (30.22% of hunt area) -
Pole Creek Wilderness
13,405 acres (1.56% of hunt area)
Land Use/Cover
Rangeland | 80.98 % |
Forest | 11.14 % |
Riparian | 7.63 % |
Irrigated-Gravity Flow | 0.17 % |
Dryland Agriculture | 0.03 % |
Irrigated-Sprinkler | 0 % |
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Land Use data source: IDWR