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Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Unit 40
- Region 3
- Southwest Region
- Owyhee-South Hills Elk Zone
- Units 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 54, 55, 57
Game Management Unit Boundary
That portion of OWYHEE COUNTY within the following boundary: beginning on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon State line, upstream to Grandview, then southeast on State Highway 78 to the Poison Creek Road, then southwest on the Poison Creek-Mud Flat-Deep Creek-Cliffs Road to the North Fork of the Owyhee River, then downstream to the Idaho-Oregon State line, then north to the Snake River, the point of beginning.
Public Access
Land Ownership
| Private | 
24.07
%
|
| U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) |
66.03
%
|
| State of Idaho |
9.9
%
|
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Ownership data source: Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
National Forests
No National Forest lands fall within Unit 40.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
-
North Fork Owyhee Wilderness
43,413 acres (1% of hunt area)
Land Use/Cover
| Rangeland |
72.57
%
|
| Urban |
0.06
%
|
| Water |
0
%
|
| Riparian |
1.61
%
|
| Irrigated-Gravity Flow |
6.46
%
|
| Forest |
16.15
%
|
| Dryland Agriculture |
0.46
%
|
| Irrigated-Sprinkler |
2.67
%
|
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Land Use data source: IDWR
Services
Outfitters & Guides
Unit 40 Hunting Outfitters
-
Montgomery, John Area 01
Doing Business As: John Montgomery
Operating Area for conducting Snowmobiling, Incidental Fishing activities. Licensed for Deer, Elk, Goat, Moose, Bear, Cougar, Predator, Wolf hunting.
No pack trip outfitters are available in Unit 40.
Lodging, Camping & Services in Unit 40
- Homedale, US 95
- Marsing, Idaho 55
- Grand View, Idaho 78
- Murphy, Idaho 78
- Silver City, Silver City Rd.
* Services pages courtesy of the Official Idaho Travel and Tourism Guide
