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Planning guide for Game Management Unit 69, with sourced terrain, public-land percentages, published schedules, and links to the connected Pro map.

Pro includes the interactive GMU map, BLM surface-management context, terrain tools, and current wildfire overlays for Unit 69.
See Pro pricingIdaho Game Management Unit 69 (GMU 69) is a premier hunting destination located in the Tex Creek Elk Zone. Home to Black Bear, Deer, Elk, Gray Wolf, Mountain Lion, White-tailed Deer, this unit features open sagebrush steppe, where stalking prowess and early morning glassing are critical. Public-land breakdown for Unit 69 is not yet integrated into our database — verify acreage with Idaho Fish and Game's Hunt Planner before scouting.
Official Regulation Feed
Success in Unit 69 requires understanding the high desert/basin terrain and public land boundaries. Use Roam Idaho for connected trip planning, then carry an official offline map before leaving service.
Those portions of BINGHAM, BONNEVILLE, and CARIBOU COUNTIES within the following boundary: beginning at Idaho Falls, then south on U.S. 91 to Blackfoot, then south on Interstate 15 to the Fort Hall interchange, then east on Fort HallGovernment Dam Road to the Blackfoot River below the Government Dam, then along the north and east shore of the Blackfoot River and Reservoir to State Highway 34, then north on State Highway 34 to West Side Road, then north on West Side Road west of Grays Lake to Bone-Grays Lake Road, then east on Bone-Grays Lake Road to Grays Lake Outlet, then downstream along the outlet to Brockman Creek, then up Brockman Creek to the Brockman Guard Station, then northwest on Skyline Ridge Road (Forest Service Road 077) to Fall Creek Road (Forest Service Road 077), then east on Fall Creek Road to the watershed divide between Fall and Tex Creeks, then north along the Fall Creek-Tex Creek, Antelope Creek-Pritchard Creek, Antelope Creek-Garden Creek and Garden Creek-Granite Creek watershed divides to the South Fork of the Snake River, then downstream along the mean high water line on the south shore of the South Fork to the Heise measuring cable (about 1.5 miles upstream from Heise Hot Springs), then southwest to U.S. 26, then west on U.S. 26 to the point of beginning.
Tex Creek is anchored by the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area east of Idaho Falls. The zone is known for big mule deer and consistent elk presence on the WMA winter range — but most of that winter range is closed to motorized access during the late season.
Idaho Falls is the supply hub. Read the WMA seasonal closure rules carefully — they shape the entire late-season strategy.
See all units in the Tex Creek ZoneAlways verify regulations with official government entities before heading into the backcountry.
Season dates and tag rules sourced from Idaho Fish and Game proclamations. Original IDFG entry for Unit 69: view source.