Unit 29
Elk
Resident licenses
Lemhi Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: No B Tags in this Zone — See Controlled Hunts.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Lemhi Zone general elk tag (units 29, 37, 37A, 51).
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.
Lemhi Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 55 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 187 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: no B Tags are offered in this zone.
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: 23 of 46 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 745 | 131 | 17.6% | 0 | 0% | 46 | 6.2% | 23 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 628 | 194 | 30.9% | 15 | 2.4% | 40 | 6.4% | 20 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 606 | 104 | 17.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 24 | 4% | 16 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 583 | 109 | 18.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 22 | 3.8% | 12 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 692 | 178 | 25.7% | 1 | 0.1% | 50 | 7.2% | 22 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 990 | 202 | 20.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 64 | 6.5% | 21 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 1043 | 216 | 20.7% | 1 | 0.1% | 35 | 3.4% | 16 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 898 | 220 | 24.5% | 5 | 0.6% | 97 | 10.8% | 41 | 4.6% |
| 2017 | 807 | 205 | 25.4% | 8 | 1% | 69 | 8.6% | 35 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 780 | 228 | 29.2% | 5 | 0.6% | 73 | 9.4% | 24 | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 871 | 261 | 30% | 6 | 0.7% | 54 | 6.2% | 33 | 3.8% |
| 2014 | 685 | 135 | 19.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 72 | 10.5% | 35 | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 536 | 106 | 19.8% | 6 | 1.1% | 46 | 8.6% | 25 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 505 | 105 | 20.8% | 5 | 1% | 34 | 6.7% | 16 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 455 | 66 | 14.5% | 7 | 1.5% | 30 | 6.6% | 9 | 2% |
| 2010 | 464 | 93 | 20% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 467 | 121 | 25.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 51 | 10.9% | 18 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 539 | 94 | 17.4% | 7 | 1.3% | 46 | 8.5% | 16 | 3% |
| 2007 | 463 | 95 | 20.5% | 4 | 0.9% | 34 | 7.3% | 20 | 4.3% |
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.
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
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 29 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD29.
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 29 nonresident limit: 92 tags, plus 32 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): 55 of 219 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 832 | 253 | 30.4% | 219 | 26.3% | 55 | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 920 | 314 | 34.1% | 272 | 29.6% | 76 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 896 | 235 | 26.2% | 195 | 21.8% | 31 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 957 | 335 | 35% | 291 | 30.4% | 67 | 7% |
| 2021 | 1085 | 320 | 29.5% | 290 | 26.7% | 75 | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 1223 | 398 | 32.5% | 346 | 28.3% | 104 | 8.5% |
| 2019 | 1147 | 369 | 32.2% | 309 | 26.9% | 74 | 6.5% |
| 2018 | 1166 | 353 | 30.3% | 320 | 27.4% | 102 | 8.7% |
| 2017 | 1226 | 394 | 32.1% | 340 | 27.7% | 119 | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 961 | 411 | 42.8% | 365 | 38% | 95 | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 1517 | 573 | 37.8% | 517 | 34.1% | 213 | 14% |
| 2014 | 1090 | 346 | 31.7% | 292 | 26.8% | 115 | 10.6% |
| 2013 | 1064 | 313 | 29.4% | 277 | 26% | 103 | 9.7% |
| 2012 | 963 | 321 | 33.3% | 268 | 27.8% | 117 | 12.1% |
| 2011 | 952 | 304 | 31.9% | 266 | 27.9% | 111 | 11.7% |
| 2010 | 880 | 347 | 39.4% | 307 | 34.9% | 98 | 11.1% |
| 2009 | 907 | 304 | 33.5% | 271 | 29.9% | 84 | 9.3% |
| 2008 | 938 | 343 | 36.6% | 323 | 34.4% | 117 | 12.5% |
| 2007 | 1086 | 358 | 33% | 332 | 30.6% | 86 | 7.9% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.