Unit 38
Elk
Resident licenses
Boise River Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk, Unit 39 only.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only, Unit 39 only; Any weapon — any elk, Unit 38 only.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Boise River Zone general elk tag (units 38, 39).
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.
Boise River Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 26 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 additional tags allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 354 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 additional tags 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: 11 of 29 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 322 | 51 | 15.8% | 9 | 2.8% | 20 | 6.2% | 11 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | Not published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Not published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Resident licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Controlled Hunt
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Not listed in the 2026 Regular Deer Tag general-season table — controlled-hunt-only for deer in this unit.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Unit 38 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD38.
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 38 nonresident limit: 70 tags, plus 0 tags allocated to outfitters (archery-only and short-range-weapon-only seasons).
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): 40 of 144 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 877 | 246 | 28.1% | 144 | 16.4% | 40 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 706 | 232 | 32.9% | 120 | 17% | 32 | 4.5% |
| 2023 | 708 | 208 | 29.4% | 102 | 14.4% | 33 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 702 | 220 | 31.3% | 79 | 11.3% | 16 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 612 | 179 | 29.2% | 87 | 14.2% | 28 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 813 | 229 | 28.2% | 98 | 12.1% | 28 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 832 | 191 | 23% | 82 | 9.9% | 21 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 890 | 222 | 24.9% | 118 | 13.3% | 26 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 1045 | 219 | 21% | 92 | 8.8% | 28 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 932 | 229 | 24.6% | 127 | 13.6% | 47 | 5% |
| 2015 | 1258 | 395 | 31.4% | 132 | 10.5% | 28 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 1081 | 262 | 24.2% | 131 | 12.1% | 39 | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 1277 | 297 | 23.3% | 142 | 11.1% | 37 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 1097 | 286 | 26.1% | 137 | 12.5% | 46 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 1325 | 305 | 23% | 120 | 9.1% | 19 | 1.4% |
| 2010 | 1015 | 306 | 30.1% | 128 | 12.6% | 23 | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 1124 | 263 | 23.4% | 129 | 11.5% | 27 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 1156 | 264 | 22.8% | 98 | 8.5% | 20 | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 971 | 294 | 30.3% | 103 | 10.6% | 29 | 3% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.