Unit 59
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: 44 of 74 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 619 | 114 | 18.4% | 6 | 1% | 68 | 11% | 44 | 7.1% |
| 2024 | 623 | 93 | 14.9% | 10 | 1.6% | 25 | 4% | 14 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 583 | 94 | 16.1% | 4 | 0.7% | 53 | 9.1% | 16 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 648 | 123 | 19% | 21 | 3.2% | 60 | 9.3% | 25 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 634 | 81 | 12.8% | 9 | 1.4% | 27 | 4.3% | 6 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 774 | 176 | 22.7% | 25 | 3.2% | 79 | 10.2% | 31 | 4% |
| 2019 | 691 | 104 | 15.1% | 5 | 0.7% | 36 | 5.2% | 20 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 666 | 96 | 14.4% | 11 | 1.7% | 32 | 4.8% | 25 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 633 | 89 | 14.1% | 0 | 0% | 26 | 4.1% | 10 | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 731 | 137 | 18.7% | 12 | 1.6% | 29 | 4% | 6 | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 742 | 128 | 17.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 31 | 4.2% | 14 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 560 | 112 | 20% | 13 | 2.3% | 41 | 7.3% | 11 | 2% |
| 2013 | 614 | 90 | 14.7% | 5 | 0.8% | 26 | 4.2% | 11 | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 518 | 84 | 16.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 33 | 6.4% | 15 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 460 | 98 | 21.3% | 8 | 1.7% | 29 | 6.3% | 9 | 2% |
| 2010 | 393 | 87 | 22.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 361 | 76 | 21.1% | 14 | 3.9% | 15 | 4.2% | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 610 | 90 | 14.8% | 49 | 8% | 28 | 4.6% | 7 | 1.1% |
| 2007 | 519 | 67 | 12.9% | 39 | 7.5% | 15 | 2.9% | 4 | 0.8% |
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 59 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD59.
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 59 nonresident limit: 104 tags, plus 1 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): 78 of 338 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1177 | 340 | 28.9% | 338 | 28.7% | 78 | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 1271 | 297 | 23.4% | 291 | 22.9% | 61 | 4.8% |
| 2023 | 1243 | 204 | 16.4% | 196 | 15.8% | 39 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 1112 | 261 | 23.5% | 261 | 23.5% | 84 | 7.6% |
| 2021 | 1055 | 238 | 22.6% | 235 | 22.3% | 54 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 1206 | 356 | 29.5% | 237 | 19.7% | 59 | 4.9% |
| 2019 | 1193 | 257 | 21.5% | 185 | 15.5% | 31 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 1375 | 314 | 22.8% | 206 | 15% | 74 | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 1318 | 327 | 24.8% | 205 | 15.6% | 57 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 1118 | 307 | 27.5% | 245 | 21.9% | 88 | 7.9% |
| 2015 | 1450 | 419 | 28.9% | 308 | 21.2% | 75 | 5.2% |
| 2014 | 1373 | 322 | 23.5% | 210 | 15.3% | 63 | 4.6% |
| 2013 | 1306 | 308 | 23.6% | 224 | 17.2% | 66 | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 1077 | 309 | 28.7% | 227 | 21.1% | 62 | 5.8% |
| 2011 | 1159 | 247 | 21.3% | 160 | 13.8% | 43 | 3.7% |
| 2010 | 1001 | 202 | 20.2% | 154 | 15.4% | 37 | 3.7% |
| 2009 | 998 | 184 | 18.4% | 96 | 9.6% | 28 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 1273 | 269 | 21.1% | 176 | 13.8% | 42 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 1047 | 257 | 24.5% | 189 | 18.1% | 54 | 5.2% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.