Unit 36
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: 29 of 204 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 913 | 229 | 25.1% | 75 | 8.2% | 129 | 14.1% | 29 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 914 | 247 | 27% | 63 | 6.9% | 170 | 18.6% | 93 | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 988 | 190 | 19.2% | 38 | 3.8% | 136 | 13.8% | 70 | 7.1% |
| 2022 | 929 | 188 | 20.2% | 57 | 6.1% | 121 | 13% | 28 | 3% |
| 2021 | 957 | 186 | 19.4% | 55 | 5.7% | 112 | 11.7% | 43 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 1054 | 205 | 19.4% | 34 | 3.2% | 164 | 15.6% | 77 | 7.3% |
| 2019 | 1000 | 208 | 20.8% | 31 | 3.1% | 162 | 16.2% | 81 | 8.1% |
| 2018 | 813 | 227 | 27.9% | 39 | 4.8% | 177 | 21.8% | 91 | 11.2% |
| 2017 | 742 | 156 | 21% | 13 | 1.8% | 133 | 17.9% | 60 | 8.1% |
| 2016 | 682 | 249 | 36.5% | 43 | 6.3% | 195 | 28.6% | 90 | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 667 | 207 | 31% | 37 | 5.5% | 158 | 23.7% | 93 | 13.9% |
| 2014 | 712 | 177 | 24.9% | 28 | 3.9% | 136 | 19.1% | 62 | 8.7% |
| 2013 | 613 | 125 | 20.4% | 21 | 3.4% | 93 | 15.2% | 40 | 6.5% |
| 2012 | 627 | 102 | 16.3% | 26 | 4.1% | 67 | 10.7% | 33 | 5.3% |
| 2011 | 653 | 90 | 13.8% | 17 | 2.6% | 71 | 10.9% | 27 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 870 | 99 | 11.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 919 | 84 | 9.1% | 17 | 1.8% | 61 | 6.6% | 14 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 1179 | 91 | 7.7% | 13 | 1.1% | 60 | 5.1% | 30 | 2.5% |
| 2007 | 1471 | 126 | 8.6% | 17 | 1.2% | 72 | 4.9% | 35 | 2.4% |
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 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 36 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD36.
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 36 nonresident limit: 120 tags, plus 43 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): 127 of 288 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1140 | 338 | 29.6% | 288 | 25.3% | 127 | 11.1% |
| 2024 | 1055 | 432 | 40.9% | 404 | 38.3% | 198 | 18.8% |
| 2023 | 1213 | 251 | 20.7% | 202 | 16.7% | 81 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 985 | 284 | 28.8% | 274 | 27.8% | 121 | 12.3% |
| 2021 | 1005 | 258 | 25.7% | 224 | 22.3% | 90 | 9% |
| 2020 | 1248 | 349 | 28% | 278 | 22.3% | 142 | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 1151 | 241 | 20.9% | 225 | 19.5% | 106 | 9.2% |
| 2018 | 1177 | 198 | 16.8% | 188 | 16% | 102 | 8.7% |
| 2017 | 1171 | 186 | 15.9% | 145 | 12.4% | 96 | 8.2% |
| 2016 | 1350 | 448 | 33.2% | 405 | 30% | 178 | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 1288 | 398 | 30.9% | 379 | 29.4% | 205 | 15.9% |
| 2014 | 1128 | 293 | 26% | 255 | 22.6% | 140 | 12.4% |
| 2013 | 953 | 209 | 21.9% | 180 | 18.9% | 71 | 7.5% |
| 2012 | 782 | 183 | 23.4% | 156 | 19.9% | 63 | 8.1% |
| 2011 | 794 | 165 | 20.8% | 155 | 19.5% | 51 | 6.4% |
| 2010 | 910 | 162 | 17.8% | 134 | 14.7% | 31 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 842 | 129 | 15.3% | 115 | 13.7% | 66 | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 794 | 137 | 17.3% | 106 | 13.4% | 32 | 4% |
| 2007 | 1049 | 144 | 13.7% | 113 | 10.8% | 46 | 4.4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.