Unit 22
Elk
Resident licenses
Weiser River Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 25-Nov 3.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Weiser River Zone general elk tag (units 22, 32, 32A).
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.
Weiser River Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 274 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 4 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 318 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 2 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: 87 of 414 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2448 | 461 | 18.8% | 145 | 5.9% | 269 | 11% | 87 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 2134 | 425 | 19.9% | 106 | 5% | 273 | 12.8% | 99 | 4.6% |
| 2023 | 2033 | 319 | 15.7% | 57 | 2.8% | 242 | 11.9% | 75 | 3.7% |
| 2022 | 2943 | 462 | 15.7% | 62 | 2.1% | 232 | 7.9% | 44 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 2722 | 500 | 18.4% | 83 | 3% | 226 | 8.3% | 65 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 2777 | 501 | 18% | 106 | 3.8% | 216 | 7.8% | 74 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 2993 | 442 | 14.8% | 51 | 1.7% | 218 | 7.3% | 97 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 3430 | 596 | 17.4% | 69 | 2% | 259 | 7.6% | 102 | 3% |
| 2017 | 2282 | 461 | 20.2% | 67 | 2.9% | 225 | 9.9% | 73 | 3.2% |
| 2016 | 1856 | 373 | 20.1% | 62 | 3.3% | 262 | 14.1% | 91 | 4.9% |
| 2015 | 2266 | 566 | 25% | 127 | 5.6% | 344 | 15.2% | 138 | 6.1% |
| 2014 | 2379 | 490 | 20.6% | 78 | 3.3% | 304 | 12.8% | 123 | 5.2% |
| 2013 | 1901 | 329 | 17.3% | 84 | 4.4% | 199 | 10.5% | 86 | 4.5% |
| 2012 | 1876 | 396 | 21.1% | 80 | 4.3% | 269 | 14.3% | 101 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 1847 | 352 | 19.1% | 82 | 4.4% | 220 | 11.9% | 85 | 4.6% |
| 2010 | 1677 | 329 | 19.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1766 | 362 | 20.5% | 93 | 5.3% | 239 | 13.5% | 104 | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 1713 | 293 | 17.1% | 74 | 4.3% | 199 | 11.6% | 82 | 4.8% |
| 2007 | 1506 | 304 | 20.2% | 77 | 5.1% | 205 | 13.6% | 74 | 4.9% |
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 24 (2-point deer only).
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Oct 24 (Youth hunt only).
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 22 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD22.
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 22 nonresident limit: 148 tags, plus 0 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): 2 of 234 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1754 | 425 | 24.2% | 234 | 13.3% | 2 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 1828 | 622 | 34% | 392 | 21.4% | 16 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 1478 | 305 | 20.6% | 153 | 10.4% | 6 | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 1966 | 312 | 15.9% | 191 | 9.7% | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | 1833 | 412 | 22.5% | 243 | 13.3% | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | 1638 | 361 | 22% | 258 | 15.8% | 10 | 0.6% |
| 2019 | 2100 | 350 | 16.7% | 199 | 9.5% | 8 | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 1984 | 462 | 23.3% | 263 | 13.3% | 13 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 1843 | 247 | 13.4% | 119 | 6.5% | 2 | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 1896 | 589 | 31.1% | 388 | 20.5% | 16 | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 2208 | 633 | 28.7% | 352 | 15.9% | 18 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 2314 | 641 | 27.7% | 458 | 19.8% | 0 | 0% |
| 2013 | 1975 | 454 | 23% | 297 | 15% | 25 | 1.3% |
| 2012 | 1639 | 407 | 24.8% | 259 | 15.8% | 4 | 0.2% |
| 2011 | 1524 | 233 | 15.3% | 116 | 7.6% | 10 | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 1371 | 357 | 26% | 251 | 18.3% | 22 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 1423 | 424 | 29.8% | 301 | 21.2% | 4 | 0.3% |
| 2008 | 1304 | 319 | 24.5% | 205 | 15.7% | 6 | 0.5% |
| 2007 | 2298 | 628 | 27.3% | 533 | 23.2% | 177 | 7.7% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.