Unit 23
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: 108 of 308 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2362 | 419 | 17.7% | 55 | 2.3% | 253 | 10.7% | 108 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 2627 | 437 | 16.6% | 75 | 2.9% | 223 | 8.5% | 101 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 2356 | 357 | 15.2% | 58 | 2.5% | 219 | 9.3% | 97 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 1982 | 316 | 15.9% | 46 | 2.3% | 183 | 9.2% | 71 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 2372 | 336 | 14.2% | 64 | 2.7% | 157 | 6.6% | 57 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 2422 | 418 | 17.3% | 57 | 2.4% | 229 | 9.5% | 97 | 4% |
| 2019 | 2189 | 275 | 12.6% | 38 | 1.7% | 171 | 7.8% | 71 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 2224 | 291 | 13.1% | 45 | 2% | 171 | 7.7% | 56 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2426 | 393 | 16.2% | 38 | 1.6% | 305 | 12.6% | 106 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 2377 | 415 | 17.5% | 91 | 3.8% | 211 | 8.9% | 94 | 4% |
| 2015 | 2330 | 503 | 21.6% | 85 | 3.6% | 300 | 12.9% | 106 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 2373 | 451 | 19% | 102 | 4.3% | 195 | 8.2% | 90 | 3.8% |
| 2013 | 2128 | 274 | 12.9% | 46 | 2.2% | 152 | 7.1% | 60 | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 1907 | 279 | 14.6% | 48 | 2.5% | 156 | 8.2% | 58 | 3% |
| 2011 | 1887 | 280 | 14.8% | 52 | 2.8% | 125 | 6.6% | 50 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 1978 | 286 | 14.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2047 | 334 | 16.3% | 47 | 2.3% | 198 | 9.7% | 49 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2127 | 283 | 13.3% | 52 | 2.4% | 153 | 7.2% | 57 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 1912 | 363 | 19% | 65 | 3.4% | 226 | 11.8% | 109 | 5.7% |
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 (White-tailed deer only).
Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Required.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 23 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD23.
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 23 nonresident limit: 172 tags, plus 63 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): 120 of 286 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2104 | 356 | 16.9% | 286 | 13.6% | 120 | 5.7% |
| 2024 | 2316 | 597 | 25.8% | 456 | 19.7% | 201 | 8.7% |
| 2023 | 2433 | 518 | 21.3% | 391 | 16.1% | 246 | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 2216 | 607 | 27.4% | 531 | 24% | 159 | 7.2% |
| 2021 | 2318 | 564 | 24.3% | 460 | 19.8% | 216 | 9.3% |
| 2020 | 2221 | 531 | 23.9% | 429 | 19.3% | 215 | 9.7% |
| 2019 | 2114 | 461 | 21.8% | 330 | 15.6% | 132 | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 2071 | 453 | 21.9% | 393 | 19% | 114 | 5.5% |
| 2017 | 2426 | 576 | 23.7% | 480 | 19.8% | 202 | 8.3% |
| 2016 | 2311 | 679 | 29.4% | 533 | 23.1% | 235 | 10.2% |
| 2015 | 2627 | 700 | 26.6% | 579 | 22% | 255 | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 2836 | 861 | 30.4% | 582 | 20.5% | 272 | 9.6% |
| 2013 | 2241 | 472 | 21.1% | 387 | 17.3% | 135 | 6% |
| 2012 | 2092 | 584 | 27.9% | 462 | 22.1% | 197 | 9.4% |
| 2011 | 2130 | 496 | 23.3% | 408 | 19.2% | 192 | 9% |
| 2010 | 2027 | 559 | 27.6% | 480 | 23.7% | 189 | 9.3% |
| 2009 | 2241 | 559 | 24.9% | 452 | 20.2% | 187 | 8.3% |
| 2008 | 2272 | 519 | 22.8% | 418 | 18.4% | 198 | 8.7% |
| 2007 | 2138 | 565 | 26.4% | 470 | 22% | 265 | 12.4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.