Unit 21A
Elk
31.2%
Deer
35.1%
Elk
Resident licenses
Salmon Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
Included Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk (Units 21, 21A, 36B and separately Unit 28).
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 15-Nov 8.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
Included Includes bull elk
Salmon Zone general elk tag (units 21, 21A, 28, 36B).
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.
Salmon Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 54 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 44 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 627 nonresident tags (capped zone — 2,507 total capped tags, of which 1,792 are resident tags and 88 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: 13 of 163 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 584 | 182 | 31.2% | 62 | 10.6% | 101 | 17.3% | 13 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 686 | 224 | 32.7% | 42 | 6.1% | 180 | 26.2% | 44 | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 644 | 114 | 17.7% | 38 | 5.9% | 73 | 11.3% | 13 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 696 | 206 | 29.6% | 74 | 10.6% | 126 | 18.1% | 34 | 4.9% |
| 2021 | 756 | 238 | 31.5% | 93 | 12.3% | 134 | 17.7% | 32 | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 842 | 201 | 23.9% | 73 | 8.7% | 104 | 12.4% | 25 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 752 | 192 | 25.5% | 65 | 8.6% | 105 | 14.0% | 26 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 842 | 157 | 18.6% | 62 | 7.4% | 82 | 9.7% | 37 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 779 | 190 | 24.4% | 24 | 3.1% | 148 | 19.0% | 38 | 4.9% |
| 2016 | 638 | 151 | 23.7% | 37 | 5.8% | 95 | 14.9% | 30 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 680 | 233 | 34.3% | 58 | 8.5% | 142 | 20.9% | 38 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 709 | 235 | 33.1% | 68 | 9.6% | 145 | 20.5% | 36 | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 529 | 183 | 34.6% | 40 | 7.6% | 112 | 21.2% | 28 | 5.3% |
| 2012 | 506 | 157 | 31.0% | 68 | 13.4% | 84 | 16.6% | 27 | 5.3% |
| 2011 | 528 | 106 | 20.1% | 44 | 8.3% | 59 | 11.2% | 9 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 542 | 126 | 23.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 843 | 153 | 18.1% | 48 | 5.7% | 80 | 9.5% | 9 | 1.1% |
| 2008 | 892 | 167 | 18.7% | 62 | 7.0% | 82 | 9.2% | 15 | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 860 | 204 | 23.7% | 62 | 7.2% | 107 | 12.4% | 23 | 2.7% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Resident licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Availability: General Season
Included Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Antlered: Oct 10 - Oct 24.
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Oct 31 (Youth hunt only on Private land only).
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
Included Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 21A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD21A.
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 21A nonresident limit: 88 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.
4+ point deer (all deer): 98 of 193 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 576 | 202 | 35.1% | 193 | 33.5% | 98 | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 619 | 230 | 37.2% | 191 | 30.9% | 82 | 13.2% |
| 2023 | 584 | 142 | 24.3% | 129 | 22.1% | 43 | 7.4% |
| 2022 | 669 | 216 | 32.3% | 198 | 29.6% | 55 | 8.2% |
| 2021 | 672 | 249 | 37.1% | 225 | 33.5% | 65 | 9.7% |
| 2020 | 909 | 272 | 29.9% | 248 | 27.3% | 99 | 10.9% |
| 2019 | 881 | 297 | 33.7% | 274 | 31.1% | 153 | 17.4% |
| 2018 | 948 | 232 | 24.5% | 206 | 21.7% | 62 | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 892 | 317 | 35.5% | 306 | 34.3% | 162 | 18.2% |
| 2016 | 768 | 405 | 52.7% | 395 | 51.4% | 178 | 23.2% |
| 2015 | 600 | 302 | 50.3% | 274 | 45.7% | 147 | 24.5% |
| 2014 | 518 | 208 | 40.2% | 208 | 40.2% | 93 | 18.0% |
| 2013 | 472 | 168 | 35.6% | 157 | 33.3% | 74 | 15.7% |
| 2012 | 388 | 189 | 48.7% | 177 | 45.6% | 66 | 17.0% |
| 2011 | 438 | 152 | 34.7% | 140 | 32.0% | 42 | 9.6% |
| 2010 | 379 | 110 | 29.0% | 91 | 24.0% | 19 | 5.0% |
| 2009 | 656 | 128 | 19.5% | 120 | 18.3% | 45 | 6.9% |
| 2008 | 671 | 188 | 28.0% | 172 | 25.6% | 69 | 10.3% |
| 2007 | 687 | 280 | 40.8% | 267 | 38.9% | 141 | 20.5% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.