Unit 34
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: 13 of 108 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 593 | 112 | 18.9% | 19 | 3.2% | 89 | 15% | 13 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 371 | 64 | 17.3% | 24 | 6.5% | 38 | 10.2% | 19 | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 593 | 66 | 11.1% | 10 | 1.7% | 51 | 8.6% | 26 | 4.4% |
| 2022 | 562 | 71 | 12.6% | 4 | 0.7% | 60 | 10.7% | 13 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 463 | 55 | 11.9% | 3 | 0.6% | 30 | 6.5% | 4 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 505 | 64 | 12.7% | 9 | 1.8% | 53 | 10.5% | 33 | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 464 | 42 | 9.1% | 7 | 1.5% | 22 | 4.7% | 19 | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 338 | 39 | 11.5% | 12 | 3.6% | 25 | 7.4% | 9 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 339 | 74 | 21.8% | 11 | 3.2% | 58 | 17.1% | 25 | 7.4% |
| 2016 | 303 | 40 | 13.2% | 11 | 3.6% | 25 | 8.3% | 14 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 336 | 67 | 19.9% | 10 | 3% | 56 | 16.7% | 22 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 331 | 45 | 13.6% | 10 | 3% | 29 | 8.8% | 10 | 3% |
| 2013 | 388 | 55 | 14.2% | 11 | 2.8% | 36 | 9.3% | 11 | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 356 | 44 | 12.4% | 11 | 3.1% | 31 | 8.7% | 21 | 5.9% |
| 2011 | 323 | 32 | 9.9% | 8 | 2.5% | 22 | 6.8% | 9 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 551 | 50 | 9.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 567 | 35 | 6.2% | 7 | 1.2% | 27 | 4.8% | 9 | 1.6% |
| 2008 | 863 | 75 | 8.7% | 13 | 1.5% | 60 | 7% | 15 | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 972 | 83 | 8.5% | 13 | 1.3% | 52 | 5.3% | 15 | 1.5% |
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 34 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD34.
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 34 nonresident limit: 32 tags, plus 29 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): 13 of 50 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 438 | 60 | 13.7% | 50 | 11.4% | 13 | 3% |
| 2024 | 304 | 46 | 15.1% | 45 | 14.8% | 21 | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 472 | 80 | 16.9% | 42 | 8.9% | 10 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 424 | 87 | 20.5% | 63 | 14.9% | 17 | 4% |
| 2021 | 387 | 53 | 13.7% | 50 | 12.9% | 24 | 6.2% |
| 2020 | 426 | 67 | 15.7% | 26 | 6.1% | 13 | 3.1% |
| 2019 | 395 | 23 | 5.8% | 23 | 5.8% | 15 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 324 | 20 | 6.2% | 19 | 5.9% | 8 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 252 | 26 | 10.3% | 20 | 7.9% | 5 | 2% |
| 2016 | 376 | 80 | 21.3% | 67 | 17.8% | 40 | 10.6% |
| 2015 | 381 | 65 | 17.1% | 47 | 12.3% | 19 | 5% |
| 2014 | 473 | 62 | 13.1% | 62 | 13.1% | 16 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 328 | 44 | 13.4% | 35 | 10.7% | 12 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 261 | 21 | 8% | 17 | 6.5% | 5 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 313 | 47 | 15% | 46 | 14.7% | 29 | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 370 | 34 | 9.2% | 24 | 6.5% | 5 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 346 | 27 | 7.8% | 20 | 5.8% | 14 | 4% |
| 2008 | 383 | 35 | 9.1% | 19 | 5% | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2007 | 565 | 43 | 7.6% | 32 | 5.7% | 10 | 1.8% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.