Unit 24
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: 55 of 152 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2174 | 269 | 12.4% | 20 | 0.9% | 132 | 6.1% | 55 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 2220 | 275 | 12.4% | 52 | 2.3% | 128 | 5.8% | 86 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 2236 | 258 | 11.5% | 37 | 1.7% | 126 | 5.6% | 39 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 2139 | 319 | 14.9% | 42 | 2% | 149 | 7% | 44 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 2190 | 247 | 11.3% | 63 | 2.9% | 141 | 6.4% | 45 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2344 | 296 | 12.6% | 46 | 2% | 161 | 6.9% | 52 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2164 | 188 | 8.7% | 34 | 1.6% | 103 | 4.8% | 47 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2382 | 324 | 13.6% | 44 | 1.8% | 164 | 6.9% | 87 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 2666 | 188 | 7.1% | 32 | 1.2% | 143 | 5.4% | 79 | 3% |
| 2016 | 2857 | 304 | 10.6% | 55 | 1.9% | 155 | 5.4% | 69 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 3267 | 488 | 14.9% | 95 | 2.9% | 156 | 4.8% | 70 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2590 | 285 | 11% | 25 | 1% | 129 | 5% | 55 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2486 | 250 | 10.1% | 60 | 2.4% | 94 | 3.8% | 39 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 2412 | 268 | 11.1% | 50 | 2.1% | 112 | 4.6% | 35 | 1.5% |
| 2011 | 2314 | 225 | 9.7% | 42 | 1.8% | 96 | 4.1% | 44 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 2121 | 235 | 11.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2068 | 250 | 12.1% | 35 | 1.7% | 106 | 5.1% | 50 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2257 | 236 | 10.5% | 28 | 1.2% | 104 | 4.6% | 31 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 1981 | 248 | 12.5% | 36 | 1.8% | 126 | 6.4% | 42 | 2.1% |
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 24 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD24.
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 24 nonresident limit: 181 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): 74 of 219 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2255 | 324 | 14.4% | 219 | 9.7% | 74 | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 1933 | 303 | 15.7% | 221 | 11.4% | 86 | 4.4% |
| 2023 | 2366 | 325 | 13.7% | 195 | 8.2% | 84 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 2061 | 334 | 16.2% | 208 | 10.1% | 29 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 2315 | 357 | 15.4% | 262 | 11.3% | 110 | 4.8% |
| 2020 | 2325 | 330 | 14.2% | 264 | 11.4% | 121 | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 2133 | 283 | 13.3% | 228 | 10.7% | 73 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 2358 | 327 | 13.9% | 196 | 8.3% | 90 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 2529 | 282 | 11.2% | 183 | 7.2% | 68 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 3042 | 561 | 18.4% | 390 | 12.8% | 113 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3695 | 880 | 23.8% | 629 | 17% | 221 | 6% |
| 2014 | 3184 | 627 | 19.7% | 369 | 11.6% | 85 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2595 | 321 | 12.4% | 233 | 9% | 60 | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 2342 | 443 | 18.9% | 263 | 11.2% | 97 | 4.1% |
| 2011 | 2395 | 396 | 16.5% | 240 | 10% | 111 | 4.6% |
| 2010 | 2158 | 439 | 20.3% | 302 | 14% | 85 | 3.9% |
| 2009 | 2032 | 381 | 18.8% | 268 | 13.2% | 80 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 1971 | 277 | 14.1% | 187 | 9.5% | 58 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 2166 | 382 | 17.6% | 239 | 11% | 86 | 4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.