Unit 19A
Elk
Resident licenses
McCall Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Any weapon — spike only Oct 5-Oct 14; Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 15-Nov 3.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
McCall Zone general elk tag (units 19A, 23, 24, 25).
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.
McCall Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 312 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 95 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 307 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 117 additional tags 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: 18 of 67 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 606 | 68 | 11.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 64 | 10.6% | 18 | 3% |
| 2024 | 665 | 89 | 13.4% | 16 | 2.4% | 68 | 10.2% | 29 | 4.4% |
| 2023 | 726 | 66 | 9.1% | 10 | 1.4% | 54 | 7.4% | 29 | 4% |
| 2022 | 597 | 63 | 10.6% | 9 | 1.5% | 54 | 9% | 26 | 4.4% |
| 2021 | 755 | 88 | 11.7% | 16 | 2.1% | 71 | 9.4% | 24 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 787 | 84 | 10.7% | 14 | 1.8% | 61 | 7.8% | 41 | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 810 | 119 | 14.7% | 6 | 0.7% | 113 | 14% | 54 | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 800 | 58 | 7.3% | 0 | 0% | 58 | 7.3% | 21 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 808 | 115 | 14.2% | 10 | 1.2% | 105 | 13% | 54 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 642 | 93 | 14.5% | 19 | 3% | 71 | 11.1% | 41 | 6.4% |
| 2015 | 681 | 83 | 12.2% | 22 | 3.2% | 51 | 7.5% | 29 | 4.3% |
| 2014 | 601 | 43 | 7.2% | 9 | 1.5% | 27 | 4.5% | 9 | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 570 | 70 | 12.3% | 7 | 1.2% | 60 | 10.5% | 29 | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 541 | 86 | 15.9% | 10 | 1.8% | 75 | 13.9% | 33 | 6.1% |
| 2011 | 558 | 85 | 15.2% | 17 | 3% | 52 | 9.3% | 18 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 602 | 46 | 7.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 575 | 75 | 13% | 3 | 0.5% | 49 | 8.5% | 32 | 5.6% |
| 2008 | 816 | 97 | 11.9% | 14 | 1.7% | 77 | 9.4% | 35 | 4.3% |
| 2007 | 546 | 92 | 16.8% | 7 | 1.3% | 64 | 11.7% | 44 | 8.1% |
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 - Oct 31.
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Oct 31 (Youth hunt only).
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 19A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD19A.
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 19A nonresident limit: 118 tags, plus 39 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.
4+ point deer (all deer): 24 of 95 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 467 | 110 | 23.6% | 95 | 20.3% | 24 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 529 | 139 | 26.3% | 116 | 21.9% | 39 | 7.4% |
| 2023 | 576 | 105 | 18.2% | 73 | 12.7% | 27 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 486 | 94 | 19.3% | 87 | 17.9% | 32 | 6.6% |
| 2021 | 608 | 135 | 22.2% | 118 | 19.4% | 39 | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 694 | 93 | 13.4% | 77 | 11.1% | 12 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 559 | 103 | 18.4% | 84 | 15% | 50 | 8.9% |
| 2018 | 536 | 139 | 25.9% | 118 | 22% | 59 | 11% |
| 2017 | 576 | 135 | 23.4% | 114 | 19.8% | 59 | 10.2% |
| 2016 | 486 | 119 | 24.5% | 109 | 22.4% | 34 | 7% |
| 2015 | 567 | 169 | 29.8% | 160 | 28.2% | 62 | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 431 | 105 | 24.4% | 91 | 21.1% | 45 | 10.4% |
| 2013 | 399 | 137 | 34.3% | 107 | 26.8% | 50 | 12.5% |
| 2012 | 376 | 65 | 17.3% | 59 | 15.7% | 26 | 6.9% |
| 2011 | 355 | 65 | 18.3% | 54 | 15.2% | 19 | 5.4% |
| 2010 | 358 | 84 | 23.5% | 75 | 20.9% | 24 | 6.7% |
| 2009 | 355 | 53 | 14.9% | 43 | 12.1% | 18 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 484 | 65 | 13.4% | 51 | 10.5% | 14 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 454 | 149 | 32.8% | 119 | 26.2% | 40 | 8.8% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.