Unit 37A
Elk
Resident licenses
Lemhi Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: No B Tags in this Zone — See Controlled Hunts.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Lemhi Zone general elk tag (units 29, 37, 37A, 51).
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.
Lemhi Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 55 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 187 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: no B Tags are offered in this zone.
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: 7 of 17 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 284 | 45 | 15.8% | 1 | 0.4% | 16 | 5.6% | 7 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 300 | 107 | 35.7% | 6 | 2% | 17 | 5.7% | 6 | 2% |
| 2023 | 255 | 46 | 18% | 6 | 2.4% | 18 | 7.1% | 7 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 293 | 47 | 16% | 0 | 0% | 27 | 9.2% | 16 | 5.5% |
| 2021 | 286 | 45 | 15.7% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 6.6% | 11 | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 463 | 122 | 26.3% | 10 | 2.2% | 48 | 10.4% | 32 | 6.9% |
| 2019 | 444 | 101 | 22.7% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 3.4% | 6 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 385 | 41 | 10.6% | 5 | 1.3% | 17 | 4.4% | 2 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 248 | 53 | 21.4% | 5 | 2% | 33 | 13.3% | 16 | 6.5% |
| 2016 | 252 | 39 | 15.5% | 2 | 0.8% | 13 | 5.2% | 10 | 4% |
| 2015 | 327 | 96 | 29.4% | 3 | 0.9% | 24 | 7.3% | 15 | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 312 | 71 | 22.8% | 5 | 1.6% | 22 | 7.1% | 12 | 3.8% |
| 2013 | 204 | 48 | 23.5% | 2 | 1% | 13 | 6.4% | 7 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 218 | 27 | 12.4% | 8 | 3.7% | 9 | 4.1% | 7 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 161 | 36 | 22.4% | 8 | 5% | 15 | 9.3% | 8 | 5% |
| 2010 | 171 | 43 | 25.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 145 | 37 | 25.5% | 9 | 6.2% | 8 | 5.5% | 5 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 221 | 38 | 17.2% | 9 | 4.1% | 11 | 5% | 3 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 202 | 54 | 26.7% | 1 | 0.5% | 14 | 6.9% | 9 | 4.5% |
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 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 37A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD37A.
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 37A nonresident limit: 17 tags, plus 13 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): 22 of 58 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 239 | 58 | 24.3% | 58 | 24.3% | 22 | 9.2% |
| 2024 | 223 | 60 | 26.9% | 52 | 23.3% | 32 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 178 | 25 | 14% | 23 | 12.9% | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 198 | 38 | 19.2% | 36 | 18.2% | 11 | 5.6% |
| 2021 | 246 | 71 | 28.9% | 60 | 24.4% | 13 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 331 | 87 | 26.3% | 69 | 20.8% | 12 | 3.6% |
| 2019 | 291 | 86 | 29.6% | 74 | 25.4% | 29 | 10% |
| 2018 | 420 | 62 | 14.8% | 49 | 11.7% | 11 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 158 | 29 | 18.4% | 29 | 18.4% | 8 | 5.1% |
| 2016 | 249 | 120 | 48.2% | 86 | 34.5% | 34 | 13.7% |
| 2015 | 219 | 64 | 29.2% | 64 | 29.2% | 17 | 7.8% |
| 2014 | 182 | 54 | 29.7% | 54 | 29.7% | 31 | 17% |
| 2013 | 198 | 48 | 24.2% | 43 | 21.7% | 18 | 9.1% |
| 2012 | 198 | 61 | 30.8% | 57 | 28.8% | 12 | 6.1% |
| 2011 | 186 | 53 | 28.5% | 47 | 25.3% | 18 | 9.7% |
| 2010 | 220 | 57 | 25.9% | 48 | 21.8% | 13 | 5.9% |
| 2009 | 240 | 62 | 25.8% | 62 | 25.8% | 19 | 7.9% |
| 2008 | 232 | 84 | 36.2% | 80 | 34.5% | 27 | 11.6% |
| 2007 | 223 | 84 | 37.7% | 84 | 37.7% | 38 | 17% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.