Unit 51
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: 16 of 42 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 500 | 92 | 18.4% | 10 | 2% | 32 | 6.4% | 16 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 467 | 87 | 18.6% | 0 | 0% | 38 | 8.1% | 12 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 465 | 80 | 17.2% | 15 | 3.2% | 37 | 8% | 22 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 421 | 95 | 22.6% | 6 | 1.4% | 38 | 9% | 21 | 5% |
| 2021 | 407 | 101 | 24.8% | 5 | 1.2% | 25 | 6.1% | 14 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 611 | 126 | 20.6% | 25 | 4.1% | 45 | 7.4% | 20 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 463 | 87 | 18.8% | 6 | 1.3% | 28 | 6% | 12 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 442 | 51 | 11.5% | 5 | 1.1% | 23 | 5.2% | 18 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 469 | 86 | 18.3% | 0 | 0% | 29 | 6.2% | 22 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 753 | 127 | 16.9% | 31 | 4.1% | 17 | 2.3% | 11 | 1.5% |
| 2015 | 721 | 192 | 26.6% | 36 | 5% | 21 | 2.9% | 9 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 719 | 164 | 22.8% | 30 | 4.2% | 34 | 4.7% | 25 | 3.5% |
| 2013 | 627 | 97 | 15.5% | 31 | 4.9% | 32 | 5.1% | 20 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 564 | 79 | 14% | 28 | 5% | 23 | 4.1% | 5 | 0.9% |
| 2011 | 498 | 69 | 13.9% | 30 | 6% | 14 | 2.8% | 7 | 1.4% |
| 2010 | 423 | 71 | 16.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 373 | 50 | 13.4% | 18 | 4.8% | 19 | 5.1% | 9 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 406 | 46 | 11.3% | 10 | 2.5% | 26 | 6.4% | 18 | 4.4% |
| 2007 | 422 | 59 | 14% | 7 | 1.7% | 19 | 4.5% | 13 | 3.1% |
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: None.
Motorized Hunting Rule Applies.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 51 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD51.
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 51 nonresident limit: 72 tags, plus 12 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 246 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 979 | 251 | 25.6% | 246 | 25.1% | 69 | 7% |
| 2024 | 846 | 199 | 23.5% | 191 | 22.6% | 86 | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 833 | 190 | 22.8% | 189 | 22.7% | 66 | 7.9% |
| 2022 | 853 | 177 | 20.8% | 170 | 19.9% | 60 | 7% |
| 2021 | 912 | 175 | 19.2% | 171 | 18.8% | 41 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 1116 | 175 | 15.7% | 141 | 12.6% | 37 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 1077 | 261 | 24.2% | 200 | 18.6% | 68 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 1054 | 225 | 21.3% | 176 | 16.7% | 33 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 1087 | 264 | 24.3% | 209 | 19.2% | 109 | 10% |
| 2016 | 899 | 292 | 32.5% | 248 | 27.6% | 89 | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 975 | 308 | 31.6% | 233 | 23.9% | 140 | 14.4% |
| 2014 | 975 | 237 | 24.3% | 161 | 16.5% | 53 | 5.4% |
| 2013 | 976 | 189 | 19.4% | 159 | 16.3% | 37 | 3.8% |
| 2012 | 868 | 199 | 22.9% | 148 | 17.1% | 59 | 6.8% |
| 2011 | 867 | 182 | 21% | 143 | 16.5% | 59 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 824 | 159 | 19.3% | 137 | 16.6% | 42 | 5.1% |
| 2009 | 964 | 179 | 18.6% | 128 | 13.3% | 36 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 985 | 210 | 21.3% | 168 | 17.1% | 38 | 3.9% |
| 2007 | 921 | 255 | 27.7% | 186 | 20.2% | 63 | 6.8% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.