Unit 36A
Elk
Resident licenses
Pioneer 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 Nov 10-Nov 30.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Pioneer Zone general elk tag (units 36A, 49, 50).
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.
Pioneer Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 155 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 145 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 2 nonresident tags (capped zone — 500 total capped tags, of which 494 are resident tags and 4 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: 15 of 52 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 696 | 138 | 19.8% | 13 | 1.9% | 39 | 5.6% | 15 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 777 | 150 | 19.3% | 6 | 0.8% | 30 | 3.9% | 15 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 746 | 130 | 17.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 52 | 7% | 17 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 1137 | 375 | 33% | 7 | 0.6% | 59 | 5.2% | 42 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 1003 | 302 | 30.1% | 12 | 1.2% | 40 | 4% | 14 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1228 | 376 | 30.6% | 19 | 1.5% | 62 | 5% | 40 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 1174 | 240 | 20.4% | 11 | 0.9% | 60 | 5.1% | 54 | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 782 | 78 | 10% | 2 | 0.3% | 52 | 6.6% | 23 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 623 | 81 | 13% | 19 | 3% | 38 | 6.1% | 15 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 536 | 115 | 21.5% | 4 | 0.7% | 59 | 11% | 40 | 7.5% |
| 2015 | 615 | 165 | 26.8% | 16 | 2.6% | 53 | 8.6% | 33 | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 521 | 88 | 16.9% | 11 | 2.1% | 58 | 11.1% | 37 | 7.1% |
| 2013 | 462 | 103 | 22.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 40 | 8.7% | 18 | 3.9% |
| 2012 | 327 | 63 | 19.3% | 3 | 0.9% | 23 | 7% | 12 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 275 | 60 | 21.8% | 4 | 1.5% | 44 | 16% | 27 | 9.8% |
| 2010 | 206 | 46 | 22.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 191 | 35 | 18.3% | 6 | 3.1% | 24 | 12.6% | 13 | 6.8% |
| 2008 | 346 | 40 | 11.6% | 9 | 2.6% | 22 | 6.4% | 11 | 3.2% |
| 2007 | 288 | 45 | 15.6% | 8 | 2.8% | 28 | 9.7% | 17 | 5.9% |
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 36A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD36A.
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 36A nonresident limit: 50 tags, plus 39 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): 69 of 119 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 526 | 135 | 25.7% | 119 | 22.6% | 69 | 13.1% |
| 2024 | 564 | 151 | 26.8% | 145 | 25.7% | 87 | 15.4% |
| 2023 | 545 | 69 | 12.7% | 62 | 11.4% | 15 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 591 | 112 | 19% | 96 | 16.2% | 59 | 10% |
| 2021 | 618 | 200 | 32.4% | 186 | 30.1% | 33 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 765 | 182 | 23.8% | 168 | 22% | 67 | 8.8% |
| 2019 | 646 | 101 | 15.6% | 93 | 14.4% | 48 | 7.4% |
| 2018 | 612 | 98 | 16% | 88 | 14.4% | 47 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 697 | 117 | 16.8% | 93 | 13.3% | 48 | 6.9% |
| 2016 | 525 | 246 | 46.9% | 227 | 43.2% | 125 | 23.8% |
| 2015 | 608 | 190 | 31.3% | 173 | 28.5% | 83 | 13.7% |
| 2014 | 607 | 160 | 26.4% | 145 | 23.9% | 67 | 11% |
| 2013 | 396 | 139 | 35.1% | 129 | 32.6% | 59 | 14.9% |
| 2012 | 280 | 72 | 25.7% | 59 | 21.1% | 19 | 6.8% |
| 2011 | 276 | 83 | 30.1% | 72 | 26.1% | 31 | 11.2% |
| 2010 | 298 | 74 | 24.8% | 64 | 21.5% | 25 | 8.4% |
| 2009 | 370 | 129 | 34.9% | 126 | 34.1% | 49 | 13.2% |
| 2008 | 532 | 112 | 21.1% | 109 | 20.5% | 45 | 8.5% |
| 2007 | 626 | 212 | 33.9% | 193 | 30.8% | 103 | 16.5% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.