Unit 33
Elk
Resident licenses
Sawtooth Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 15-Nov 8.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Sawtooth Zone general elk tag (units 33, 34, 35, 36).
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.
Sawtooth Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 77 nonresident tags (capped zone — 1,000 total capped tags, of which 875 are resident tags and 48 are allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 197 nonresident tags (capped zone — 1,800 total capped tags, of which 1,522 are resident tags and 81 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: 34 of 177 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 894 | 184 | 20.6% | 57 | 6.4% | 120 | 13.4% | 34 | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 781 | 230 | 29.4% | 87 | 11.1% | 130 | 16.6% | 48 | 6.1% |
| 2023 | 873 | 195 | 22.3% | 67 | 7.7% | 115 | 13.2% | 44 | 5% |
| 2022 | 898 | 184 | 20.5% | 50 | 5.6% | 110 | 12.2% | 53 | 5.9% |
| 2021 | 948 | 190 | 20% | 38 | 4% | 143 | 15.1% | 38 | 4% |
| 2020 | 877 | 224 | 25.5% | 62 | 7.1% | 146 | 16.6% | 79 | 9% |
| 2019 | 1031 | 247 | 24% | 85 | 8.2% | 145 | 14.1% | 58 | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 718 | 204 | 28.4% | 60 | 8.4% | 134 | 18.7% | 72 | 10% |
| 2017 | 703 | 173 | 24.6% | 17 | 2.4% | 150 | 21.3% | 72 | 10.2% |
| 2016 | 636 | 186 | 29.2% | 61 | 9.6% | 112 | 17.6% | 33 | 5.2% |
| 2015 | 723 | 202 | 27.9% | 58 | 8% | 128 | 17.7% | 55 | 7.6% |
| 2014 | 703 | 165 | 23.5% | 58 | 8.3% | 107 | 15.2% | 34 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 755 | 150 | 19.9% | 54 | 7.2% | 88 | 11.7% | 35 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 725 | 140 | 19.3% | 45 | 6.2% | 90 | 12.4% | 33 | 4.6% |
| 2011 | 812 | 81 | 10% | 19 | 2.3% | 62 | 7.6% | 16 | 2% |
| 2010 | 1180 | 141 | 11.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1317 | 130 | 9.9% | 34 | 2.6% | 94 | 7.1% | 48 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 1847 | 168 | 9.1% | 28 | 1.5% | 135 | 7.3% | 46 | 2.5% |
| 2007 | 2202 | 207 | 9.4% | 41 | 1.9% | 106 | 4.8% | 30 | 1.4% |
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 (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 33 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD33.
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 33 nonresident limit: 120 tags, plus 8 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): 88 of 266 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1388 | 296 | 21.3% | 266 | 19.2% | 88 | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 1256 | 282 | 22.5% | 246 | 19.6% | 69 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | 1252 | 222 | 17.7% | 199 | 15.9% | 62 | 5% |
| 2022 | 1402 | 226 | 16.1% | 188 | 13.4% | 47 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 1463 | 344 | 23.5% | 309 | 21.1% | 96 | 6.6% |
| 2020 | 1412 | 232 | 16.4% | 214 | 15.2% | 64 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 1559 | 190 | 12.2% | 160 | 10.3% | 59 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 1242 | 258 | 20.8% | 204 | 16.4% | 43 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 1385 | 170 | 12.3% | 158 | 11.4% | 82 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 1343 | 288 | 21.4% | 227 | 16.9% | 64 | 4.8% |
| 2015 | 1539 | 458 | 29.8% | 413 | 26.8% | 139 | 9% |
| 2014 | 1424 | 248 | 17.4% | 201 | 14.1% | 45 | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 1115 | 201 | 18% | 183 | 16.4% | 56 | 5% |
| 2012 | 949 | 140 | 14.8% | 121 | 12.8% | 51 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 1038 | 85 | 8.2% | 66 | 6.4% | 16 | 1.5% |
| 2010 | 1148 | 174 | 15.2% | 148 | 12.9% | 36 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 1216 | 182 | 15% | 159 | 13.1% | 53 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 1472 | 169 | 11.5% | 140 | 9.5% | 36 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 1428 | 240 | 16.8% | 211 | 14.8% | 55 | 3.9% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.