Unit 4
Elk
Resident licenses
Panhandle Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — antlered only ...
Any weapon — antlered only Oct 25-Oct 29.
B Tag: Archery only — antlered only ...
Any weapon — antlered only Oct 10-Oct 24.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Panhandle Zone general elk tag (units 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 9).
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.
Panhandle Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 657 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 71 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 1,092 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 79 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: 91 of 508 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 5152 | 508 | 9.9% | 218 | 4.2% | 290 | 5.6% | 91 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 5134 | 473 | 9.2% | 208 | 4.1% | 265 | 5.2% | 99 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 4985 | 447 | 9% | 168 | 3.4% | 273 | 5.5% | 57 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 5114 | 518 | 10.1% | 131 | 2.6% | 306 | 6% | 52 | 1% |
| 2021 | 5063 | 475 | 9.4% | 109 | 2.2% | 213 | 4.2% | 64 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 5737 | 612 | 10.7% | 165 | 2.9% | 248 | 4.3% | 74 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 5829 | 634 | 10.9% | 176 | 3% | 300 | 5.1% | 119 | 2% |
| 2018 | 5733 | 581 | 10.1% | 97 | 1.7% | 263 | 4.6% | 76 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 6265 | 681 | 10.9% | 157 | 2.5% | 335 | 5.3% | 138 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 5480 | 609 | 11.1% | 219 | 4% | 390 | 7.1% | 122 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 6362 | 827 | 13% | 160 | 2.5% | 667 | 10.5% | 147 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 5685 | 536 | 9.4% | 232 | 4.1% | 304 | 5.3% | 119 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 6034 | 478 | 7.9% | 125 | 2.1% | 353 | 5.9% | 178 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 6061 | 455 | 7.5% | 87 | 1.4% | 368 | 6.1% | 142 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 7684 | 834 | 10.9% | 141 | 1.8% | 414 | 5.4% | 128 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 7092 | 942 | 13.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 6809 | 733 | 10.8% | 83 | 1.2% | 416 | 6.1% | 147 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 8266 | 772 | 9.3% | 141 | 1.7% | 463 | 5.6% | 140 | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 6883 | 936 | 13.6% | 173 | 2.5% | 466 | 6.8% | 149 | 2.2% |
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 (White-tailed deer only); Nov 1 - Nov 9 [unlabeled].
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Nov 9 (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 4 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD4.
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 4 nonresident limit: 243 tags, plus 53 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): 230 of 534 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 3964 | 743 | 18.7% | 534 | 13.5% | 230 | 5.8% |
| 2024 | 3616 | 679 | 18.8% | 477 | 13.2% | 148 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 3718 | 642 | 17.3% | 492 | 13.2% | 192 | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 3678 | 432 | 11.7% | 265 | 7.2% | 85 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 4285 | 704 | 16.4% | 524 | 12.2% | 252 | 5.9% |
| 2020 | 3750 | 579 | 15.4% | 388 | 10.3% | 66 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 4700 | 546 | 11.6% | 400 | 8.5% | 112 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 4531 | 640 | 14.1% | 417 | 9.2% | 183 | 4% |
| 2017 | 4578 | 719 | 15.7% | 469 | 10.2% | 98 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 5033 | 832 | 16.5% | 639 | 12.7% | 166 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 5133 | 1089 | 21.2% | 644 | 12.5% | 242 | 4.7% |
| 2014 | 5530 | 935 | 16.9% | 680 | 12.3% | 293 | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 5262 | 676 | 12.8% | 459 | 8.7% | 239 | 4.5% |
| 2012 | 5102 | 941 | 18.4% | 610 | 12% | 369 | 7.2% |
| 2011 | 5994 | 690 | 11.5% | 480 | 8% | 281 | 4.7% |
| 2010 | 5558 | 732 | 13.2% | 606 | 10.9% | 335 | 6% |
| 2009 | 6065 | 643 | 10.6% | 500 | 8.2% | 289 | 4.8% |
| 2008 | 6377 | 737 | 11.6% | 522 | 8.2% | 331 | 5.2% |
| 2007 | 5150 | 841 | 16.3% | 562 | 10.9% | 367 | 7.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.