Unit 16
Elk
Resident licenses
Elk City Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — antlered only, Units 15 & 16 only.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 10-Oct 24.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Elk City Zone general elk tag (units 14, 15, 16).
Nonresident general-season elk tags are not sold over the counter: beginning with the 2026 season IDFG issues them by random draw — first application period Dec 5-15, 2025, second application period Feb 5-15, 2026 — against a statewide nonresident general-season quota of 12,815 elk tags.
Elk City Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 77 nonresident tags (capped zone — 628 total capped tags, of which 545 are resident tags and 6 are allocated to outfitters), archery-only and muzzleloader-only seasons.
B Tag: 261 nonresident tags (capped zone — 1,432 total capped tags, of which 1,131 are resident tags and 40 are allocated to outfitters).
Price: $651.75 nonresident elk tag plus $185.00 nonresident hunting license (Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons & Rules, Nonresident License, Tag and Permit Fees, prices as of December 1, 2024).
Source: 2026 Nonresident General Tags and Tags Allocated to Outfitters, "Nonresident Elk Tags by Zone" and "Elk Tag Limits for Nonresidents and Outfitters by Zone".
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
6+ point bulls: 6 of 39 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 321 | 50 | 15.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 38 | 11.8% | 6 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 244 | 85 | 34.8% | 22 | 9% | 56 | 23% | 21 | 8.6% |
| 2023 | 240 | 57 | 23.8% | 15 | 6.3% | 36 | 15% | 19 | 7.9% |
| 2022 | 210 | 38 | 18.1% | 8 | 3.8% | 30 | 14.3% | 13 | 6.2% |
| 2021 | 239 | 22 | 9.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 19 | 7.9% | 6 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 198 | 33 | 16.7% | 18 | 9.1% | 15 | 7.6% | 7 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 260 | 36 | 13.8% | 6 | 2.3% | 30 | 11.5% | 27 | 10.4% |
| 2018 | 390 | 39 | 10% | 12 | 3.1% | 20 | 5.1% | 7 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 312 | 44 | 14.1% | 6 | 1.9% | 12 | 3.8% | 6 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 339 | 87 | 25.7% | 20 | 5.9% | 39 | 11.5% | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 416 | 81 | 19.5% | 34 | 8.2% | 26 | 6.3% | 16 | 3.8% |
| 2014 | 359 | 45 | 12.5% | 13 | 3.6% | 20 | 5.6% | 4 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 335 | 32 | 9.6% | 7 | 2.1% | 12 | 3.6% | 4 | 1.2% |
| 2012 | 420 | 50 | 11.9% | 5 | 1.2% | 26 | 6.2% | 11 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 385 | 55 | 14.3% | 13 | 3.4% | 17 | 4.4% | 10 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 436 | 73 | 16.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 537 | 65 | 12.1% | 9 | 1.7% | 38 | 7.1% | 16 | 3% |
| 2008 | 547 | 63 | 11.5% | 4 | 0.7% | 37 | 6.8% | 13 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 541 | 110 | 20.3% | 9 | 1.7% | 54 | 10% | 23 | 4.3% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Resident licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Antlered: Oct 10 - Nov 3.
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Nov 3.
Second deer tag may not be used in Units 10, 10A, and 12.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 16 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD16.
Nonresident general-season deer tags are not sold over the counter: beginning with the 2026 season IDFG issues them by random draw — first application period Dec 5-15, 2025, second application period Feb 5-15, 2026 — against a statewide nonresident general-season quota of 15,500 deer tags.
Unit 16 nonresident limit: 15 tags, plus 3 tags allocated to outfitters.
Price: $351.75 nonresident deer tag plus $185.00 nonresident hunting license (Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons & Rules, Nonresident License, Tag and Permit Fees, prices as of December 1, 2024).
Source: 2026 Nonresident General Tags and Tags Allocated to Outfitters, "Nonresident Regular Deer Tags by Unit" and "Regular Deer Tag Limits for Nonresidents and Outfitters by Unit".
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Idaho's Regular Deer Tag harvest and success-rate figures below combine the mule and white-tailed deer populations into one number — IDFG doesn't publish a single-species breakdown at the unit level.
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 901 | 397 | 44.1% | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 905 | 425 | 47% | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1005 | 452 | 45% | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 788 | 391 | 49.6% | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 864 | 360 | 41.7% | 252 | 29.2% | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | 1090 | 599 | 55% | 439 | 40.3% | 0 | 0% |
| 2019 | 1073 | 532 | 49.6% | 398 | 37.1% | 0 | 0% |
| 2018 | 1188 | 553 | 46.5% | 362 | 30.5% | 0 | 0% |
| 2017 | 1147 | 544 | 47.4% | 409 | 35.7% | 409 | 35.7% |
| 2016 | 1248 | 586 | 47% | 448 | 35.9% | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 1163 | 593 | 51% | 484 | 41.6% | 305 | 26.2% |
| 2014 | 1147 | 634 | 55.3% | 459 | 40% | 305 | 26.6% |
| 2013 | 1016 | 486 | 47.8% | 373 | 36.7% | 204 | 20.1% |
| 2012 | 1094 | 554 | 50.6% | 402 | 36.7% | 228 | 20.8% |
| 2011 | 973 | 421 | 43.3% | 311 | 32% | 174 | 17.9% |
| 2010 | 1166 | 551 | 47.3% | 428 | 36.7% | 258 | 22.1% |
| 2009 | 1112 | 467 | 42% | 332 | 29.9% | 181 | 16.3% |
| 2008 | 1164 | 507 | 43.6% | 390 | 33.5% | 236 | 20.3% |
| 2007 | 1274 | 559 | 43.9% | 402 | 31.6% | 246 | 19.3% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.