Unit 25
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: 21 of 109 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1050 | 119 | 11.3% | 20 | 1.9% | 89 | 8.5% | 21 | 2% |
| 2024 | 853 | 89 | 10.4% | 16 | 1.9% | 73 | 8.6% | 36 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 1107 | 81 | 7.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 70 | 6.3% | 23 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 1069 | 83 | 7.8% | 23 | 2.2% | 55 | 5.1% | 33 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 985 | 81 | 8.2% | 26 | 2.6% | 40 | 4.1% | 18 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 1130 | 114 | 10.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 106 | 9.4% | 37 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 1184 | 66 | 5.6% | 6 | 0.5% | 50 | 4.2% | 45 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 1108 | 120 | 10.8% | 25 | 2.3% | 83 | 7.5% | 49 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 1172 | 94 | 8% | 13 | 1.1% | 81 | 6.9% | 48 | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 1045 | 103 | 9.9% | 29 | 2.8% | 69 | 6.6% | 49 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 991 | 104 | 10.5% | 11 | 1.1% | 73 | 7.4% | 41 | 4.1% |
| 2014 | 702 | 130 | 18.5% | 38 | 5.4% | 70 | 10% | 16 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 718 | 75 | 10.4% | 11 | 1.5% | 60 | 8.4% | 36 | 5% |
| 2012 | 729 | 65 | 8.9% | 14 | 1.9% | 49 | 6.7% | 23 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 703 | 62 | 8.8% | 7 | 1% | 49 | 7% | 25 | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 671 | 61 | 9.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 676 | 54 | 8% | 8 | 1.2% | 45 | 6.7% | 22 | 3.3% |
| 2008 | 786 | 59 | 7.5% | 18 | 2.3% | 34 | 4.3% | 13 | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 501 | 45 | 9% | 4 | 0.8% | 35 | 7% | 23 | 4.6% |
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 25 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD25.
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 25 nonresident limit: 74 tags, plus 27 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): 97 of 174 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1261 | 249 | 19.7% | 174 | 13.8% | 97 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 873 | 245 | 28.1% | 215 | 24.6% | 131 | 15% |
| 2023 | 1030 | 197 | 19.1% | 130 | 12.6% | 64 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | 1126 | 180 | 16% | 127 | 11.3% | 56 | 5% |
| 2021 | 946 | 216 | 22.8% | 159 | 16.8% | 67 | 7.1% |
| 2020 | 1189 | 206 | 17.3% | 170 | 14.3% | 80 | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 995 | 159 | 16% | 125 | 12.6% | 69 | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 1060 | 141 | 13.3% | 95 | 9% | 47 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 985 | 207 | 21% | 154 | 15.6% | 66 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 940 | 288 | 30.6% | 199 | 21.2% | 125 | 13.3% |
| 2015 | 1165 | 289 | 24.8% | 214 | 18.4% | 102 | 8.8% |
| 2014 | 775 | 233 | 30.1% | 172 | 22.2% | 69 | 8.9% |
| 2013 | 680 | 128 | 18.8% | 97 | 14.3% | 29 | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 724 | 126 | 17.4% | 103 | 14.2% | 50 | 6.9% |
| 2011 | 639 | 83 | 13% | 57 | 8.9% | 21 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 602 | 131 | 21.8% | 101 | 16.8% | 39 | 6.5% |
| 2009 | 559 | 114 | 20.4% | 98 | 17.5% | 30 | 5.4% |
| 2008 | 553 | 103 | 18.6% | 68 | 12.3% | 26 | 4.7% |
| 2007 | 473 | 68 | 14.4% | 49 | 10.4% | 15 | 3.2% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.