Unit 58
Elk
Resident licenses
Beaverhead 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
Beaverhead Zone general elk tag (units 30, 30A, 58, 59, 59A).
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.
Beaverhead Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 263 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 16 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: 29 of 48 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 334 | 65 | 19.5% | 5 | 1.5% | 43 | 12.9% | 29 | 8.7% |
| 2024 | 288 | 65 | 22.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 41 | 14.2% | 29 | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 313 | 50 | 16% | 4 | 1.3% | 25 | 8% | 10 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 298 | 49 | 16.4% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 6.7% | 16 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 328 | 69 | 21% | 7 | 2.1% | 26 | 7.9% | 18 | 5.5% |
| 2020 | 365 | 76 | 20.8% | 4 | 1.1% | 36 | 9.9% | 29 | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 328 | 72 | 22% | 9 | 2.7% | 34 | 10.4% | 18 | 5.5% |
| 2018 | 281 | 58 | 20.6% | 10 | 3.6% | 36 | 12.8% | 19 | 6.8% |
| 2017 | 226 | 33 | 14.6% | 6 | 2.7% | 22 | 9.7% | 6 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 180 | 28 | 15.6% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 11.7% | 13 | 7.2% |
| 2015 | 214 | 50 | 23.4% | 10 | 4.7% | 21 | 9.8% | 19 | 8.9% |
| 2014 | 175 | 30 | 17.1% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 12% | 16 | 9.1% |
| 2013 | 129 | 42 | 32.6% | 2 | 1.6% | 31 | 24% | 20 | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 182 | 27 | 14.8% | 3 | 1.6% | 13 | 7.1% | 4 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 161 | 23 | 14.3% | 6 | 3.7% | 11 | 6.8% | 8 | 5% |
| 2010 | 202 | 34 | 16.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 179 | 25 | 14% | 1 | 0.6% | 16 | 8.9% | 5 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 312 | 52 | 16.7% | 45 | 14.4% | 7 | 2.2% | 4 | 1.3% |
| 2007 | 262 | 52 | 19.8% | 40 | 15.3% | 9 | 3.4% | 4 | 1.5% |
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: 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 58 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD58.
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 58 nonresident limit: 43 tags, plus 0 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): 49 of 122 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 469 | 122 | 26% | 122 | 26% | 49 | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 467 | 102 | 21.8% | 98 | 21% | 28 | 6% |
| 2023 | 396 | 60 | 15.2% | 60 | 15.2% | 10 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 440 | 65 | 14.8% | 65 | 14.8% | 26 | 5.9% |
| 2021 | 476 | 120 | 25.2% | 113 | 23.7% | 31 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 462 | 55 | 11.9% | 46 | 10% | 18 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 561 | 106 | 18.9% | 75 | 13.4% | 25 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 578 | 119 | 20.6% | 94 | 16.3% | 34 | 5.9% |
| 2017 | 551 | 112 | 20.3% | 99 | 18% | 32 | 5.8% |
| 2016 | 418 | 125 | 29.9% | 119 | 28.5% | 26 | 6.2% |
| 2015 | 534 | 177 | 33.1% | 130 | 24.3% | 55 | 10.3% |
| 2014 | 347 | 69 | 19.9% | 54 | 15.6% | 15 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 421 | 94 | 22.3% | 69 | 16.4% | 21 | 5% |
| 2012 | 490 | 106 | 21.6% | 66 | 13.5% | 21 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 510 | 122 | 23.9% | 94 | 18.4% | 24 | 4.7% |
| 2010 | 463 | 76 | 16.4% | 56 | 12.1% | 14 | 3% |
| 2009 | 493 | 69 | 14% | 55 | 11.2% | 9 | 1.8% |
| 2008 | 807 | 138 | 17.1% | 74 | 9.2% | 22 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 726 | 217 | 29.9% | 174 | 24% | 57 | 7.9% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.