Unit 28
Elk
30.7%
Deer
34.4%
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: 56 of 309 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1015 | 312 | 30.7% | 96 | 9.5% | 213 | 21.0% | 56 | 5.5% |
| 2024 | 847 | 259 | 30.6% | 73 | 8.6% | 180 | 21.3% | 91 | 10.7% |
| 2023 | 961 | 198 | 20.6% | 41 | 4.3% | 154 | 16.0% | 51 | 5.3% |
| 2022 | 953 | 279 | 29.3% | 59 | 6.2% | 187 | 19.6% | 47 | 4.9% |
| 2021 | 971 | 278 | 28.6% | 38 | 3.9% | 164 | 16.9% | 36 | 3.7% |
| 2020 | 1098 | 230 | 20.9% | 50 | 4.6% | 117 | 10.7% | 33 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 1133 | 307 | 27.1% | 75 | 6.6% | 159 | 14.0% | 66 | 5.8% |
| 2018 | 1037 | 186 | 17.9% | 42 | 4.1% | 121 | 11.7% | 47 | 4.5% |
| 2017 | 1052 | 204 | 19.4% | 52 | 4.9% | 126 | 12.0% | 45 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 1033 | 244 | 23.6% | 35 | 3.4% | 148 | 14.3% | 24 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 1316 | 424 | 32.2% | 139 | 10.6% | 235 | 17.9% | 76 | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 1144 | 265 | 23.2% | 60 | 5.2% | 160 | 14.0% | 56 | 4.9% |
| 2013 | 1183 | 304 | 25.7% | 93 | 7.9% | 167 | 14.1% | 51 | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 1166 | 251 | 21.5% | 72 | 6.2% | 168 | 14.4% | 72 | 6.2% |
| 2011 | 1126 | 243 | 21.6% | 88 | 7.8% | 150 | 13.3% | 56 | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 1231 | 227 | 18.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1325 | 243 | 18.3% | 34 | 2.6% | 184 | 13.9% | 63 | 4.8% |
| 2008 | 1678 | 277 | 16.5% | 60 | 3.6% | 182 | 10.8% | 70 | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 1516 | 273 | 18.0% | 91 | 6.0% | 156 | 10.3% | 78 | 5.1% |
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 28 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD28.
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 28 nonresident limit: 176 tags, plus 52 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): 243 of 539 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1649 | 568 | 34.4% | 539 | 32.7% | 243 | 14.7% |
| 2024 | 1287 | 445 | 34.6% | 403 | 31.3% | 189 | 14.7% |
| 2023 | 1456 | 269 | 18.5% | 230 | 15.8% | 97 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 1440 | 388 | 26.9% | 333 | 23.1% | 137 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 1458 | 509 | 34.9% | 464 | 31.8% | 148 | 10.2% |
| 2020 | 2033 | 488 | 24.0% | 439 | 21.6% | 167 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 1807 | 573 | 31.7% | 502 | 27.8% | 181 | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 1760 | 488 | 27.7% | 434 | 24.7% | 182 | 10.3% |
| 2017 | 1940 | 545 | 28.1% | 489 | 25.2% | 181 | 9.3% |
| 2016 | 1709 | 715 | 41.8% | 646 | 37.8% | 258 | 15.1% |
| 2015 | 1734 | 645 | 37.2% | 560 | 32.3% | 187 | 10.8% |
| 2014 | 1648 | 505 | 30.6% | 408 | 24.8% | 159 | 9.6% |
| 2013 | 1537 | 459 | 29.9% | 407 | 26.5% | 171 | 11.1% |
| 2012 | 1521 | 479 | 31.5% | 382 | 25.1% | 122 | 8.0% |
| 2011 | 1567 | 515 | 32.9% | 420 | 26.8% | 152 | 9.7% |
| 2010 | 1550 | 559 | 36.1% | 477 | 30.8% | 140 | 9.0% |
| 2009 | 1577 | 389 | 24.7% | 323 | 20.5% | 100 | 6.3% |
| 2008 | 1687 | 507 | 30.1% | 443 | 26.3% | 125 | 7.4% |
| 2007 | 1892 | 674 | 35.6% | 622 | 32.9% | 192 | 10.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.