Unit 31
Elk
Resident licenses
Brownlee Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlerless only.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Brownlee Zone general elk tag (unit 31).
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.
Brownlee Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 47 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 additional tags allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 39 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 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: 29 of 70 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1199 | 228 | 19% | 8 | 0.7% | 62 | 5.2% | 29 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 480 | 93 | 19.4% | 17 | 3.5% | 43 | 9% | 19 | 4% |
| 2023 | 441 | 78 | 17.7% | 23 | 5.2% | 30 | 6.8% | 20 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 462 | 76 | 16.5% | 10 | 2.2% | 36 | 7.8% | 11 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 476 | 107 | 22.5% | 9 | 1.9% | 73 | 15.3% | 33 | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 439 | 80 | 18.2% | 8 | 1.8% | 61 | 13.9% | 30 | 6.8% |
| 2019 | 532 | 110 | 20.7% | 11 | 2.1% | 91 | 17.1% | 51 | 9.6% |
| 2018 | 493 | 99 | 20.1% | 10 | 2% | 54 | 11% | 22 | 4.5% |
| 2017 | 618 | 102 | 16.5% | 9 | 1.5% | 76 | 12.3% | 43 | 7% |
| 2016 | 514 | 99 | 19.3% | 30 | 5.8% | 69 | 13.4% | 40 | 7.8% |
| 2015 | 560 | 120 | 21.4% | 15 | 2.7% | 86 | 15.4% | 44 | 7.9% |
| 2014 | 490 | 127 | 25.9% | 15 | 3.1% | 92 | 18.8% | 55 | 11.2% |
| 2013 | 383 | 93 | 24.3% | 11 | 2.9% | 67 | 17.5% | 45 | 11.7% |
| 2012 | 392 | 77 | 19.6% | 13 | 3.3% | 61 | 15.6% | 29 | 7.4% |
| 2011 | 358 | 60 | 16.8% | 2 | 0.6% | 50 | 14% | 30 | 8.4% |
| 2010 | 344 | 55 | 16% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 319 | 53 | 16.6% | 9 | 2.8% | 25 | 7.8% | 12 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 315 | 46 | 14.6% | 3 | 1% | 34 | 10.8% | 22 | 7% |
| 2007 | 260 | 36 | 13.8% | 3 | 1.2% | 27 | 10.4% | 19 | 7.3% |
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 24 (White-tailed deer only).
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 31 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD31.
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 31 nonresident limit: 124 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): 100 of 295 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1406 | 307 | 21.8% | 295 | 21% | 100 | 7.1% |
| 2024 | 1550 | 357 | 23% | 308 | 19.9% | 108 | 7% |
| 2023 | 1376 | 277 | 20.1% | 255 | 18.5% | 92 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 1225 | 195 | 15.9% | 180 | 14.7% | 49 | 4% |
| 2021 | 1311 | 266 | 20.3% | 240 | 18.3% | 106 | 8.1% |
| 2020 | 1478 | 333 | 22.5% | 285 | 19.3% | 97 | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 1205 | 246 | 20.4% | 148 | 12.3% | 38 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 1248 | 232 | 18.6% | 192 | 15.4% | 48 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 1264 | 138 | 10.9% | 108 | 8.5% | 37 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 1440 | 465 | 32.3% | 378 | 26.3% | 151 | 10.5% |
| 2015 | 1772 | 567 | 32% | 427 | 24.1% | 167 | 9.4% |
| 2014 | 1790 | 571 | 31.9% | 377 | 21.1% | 93 | 5.2% |
| 2013 | 1775 | 516 | 29.1% | 405 | 22.8% | 126 | 7.1% |
| 2012 | 1267 | 447 | 35.3% | 377 | 29.8% | 121 | 9.6% |
| 2011 | 1528 | 328 | 21.5% | 277 | 18.1% | 89 | 5.8% |
| 2010 | 1699 | 575 | 33.8% | 476 | 28% | 157 | 9.2% |
| 2009 | 1715 | 601 | 35% | 507 | 29.6% | 151 | 8.8% |
| 2008 | 1415 | 544 | 38.4% | 451 | 31.9% | 190 | 13.4% |
| 2007 | 1563 | 551 | 35.3% | 462 | 29.6% | 142 | 9.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.