Unit 67

Palisades Reservoir dominates the landscape as the largest water feature and serves as a major geographic anchor. Edwards Ferry provides a key crossing point for navigation and access. Alpine Hot Springs offers another recognizable feature along the thermal water zones.

Major drainages including Palisades Creek, Indian Creek, and Spring Run define the valleys and provide natural travel corridors for both navigation and locating game. These water features and named creeks make orientation straightforward even for hunters new to the unit.

The unit spans a narrow elevation band around 5,600 feet, creating uniform sagebrush and grassland habitat with scattered conifer patches. This consistency means habitat types don't shift dramatically across the unit—what you find at the lower elevations you'll largely find throughout. The open sagebrush basins support good visibility and direct glassing opportunities, while scattered juniper and ponderosa provide cover and thermal relief.

The sparse forest coverage combined with abundant grass and brush creates classic whitetail habitat in a valley setting.

Over 76 miles of roads connect throughout the unit, making access fair across most terrain. Highway 26 provides major through-access on the southern and western boundary, while State Highway 33 bounds the north. Edwards Ferry and secondary roads penetrate into the valley system, allowing hunters to reach multiple hunting areas without extensive foot travel.

The straightforward access and compact size suggest moderate hunting pressure on opening weekends, but the valley's configuration offers multiple drainages to spread effort.

Unit 67 occupies portions of three counties—Bonneville, Jefferson, and Teton—in the Snake River valley region where Idaho borders Wyoming. The unit is bounded by State Highway 33 on the north, U.S. 26 on the south and west, and the state line on the east. This positioning places the unit squarely in the valley bottoms and gentle slopes above the Snake River corridor.

The compact size and valley location make it straightforward to understand and navigate for hunters unfamiliar with the area.

Water availability is excellent throughout Unit 67 with Palisades Reservoir providing substantial storage and multiple perennial creeks ensuring reliable sources across the valley. Palisades Creek, Indian Creek, Spring Run, and Little Sheep Creek flow through major drainages, offering water access at multiple elevations and locations. Alpine Hot Springs provides another consistent source.

This abundance of water means hunters can plan movements around game habitat rather than water availability, a significant advantage in sagebrush country.

White-tailed deer thrive in this sagebrush-grassland-forest mosaic, utilizing the open areas for feeding and scattered timber for bedding. Early season hunting focuses on glassing open flats and canyon heads where thermal shifts move deer between basins at dawn and dusk. Palisades Reservoir and major creeks concentrate game during warm periods.

Mid-season rut activity will move deer between sagebrush patches and into brushy drainages. The unit's valley configuration and sparse cover mean patient glassing and careful stalk work are more effective than thick-timber tactics.