Unit 59A
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: 10 of 37 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 421 | 92 | 21.9% | 10 | 2.4% | 27 | 6.4% | 10 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 422 | 78 | 18.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 33 | 7.8% | 9 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 413 | 70 | 16.9% | 6 | 1.5% | 41 | 9.9% | 12 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 404 | 61 | 15.1% | 2 | 0.5% | 33 | 8.2% | 20 | 5% |
| 2021 | 440 | 100 | 22.7% | 16 | 3.6% | 31 | 7% | 22 | 5% |
| 2020 | 429 | 57 | 13.3% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 4.7% | 6 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 388 | 81 | 20.9% | 6 | 1.5% | 42 | 10.8% | 19 | 4.9% |
| 2018 | 365 | 58 | 15.9% | 5 | 1.4% | 30 | 8.2% | 25 | 6.8% |
| 2017 | 214 | 31 | 14.5% | 3 | 1.4% | 14 | 6.5% | 11 | 5.1% |
| 2016 | 265 | 30 | 11.3% | 0 | 0% | 17 | 6.4% | 16 | 6% |
| 2015 | 266 | 43 | 16.2% | 2 | 0.8% | 19 | 7.1% | 12 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 241 | 45 | 18.7% | 2 | 0.8% | 21 | 8.7% | 11 | 4.6% |
| 2013 | 218 | 47 | 21.6% | 5 | 2.3% | 22 | 10.1% | 7 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 221 | 44 | 19.9% | 4 | 1.8% | 13 | 5.9% | 7 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 202 | 44 | 21.8% | 11 | 5.4% | 9 | 4.5% | 1 | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 214 | 36 | 16.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 229 | 31 | 13.5% | 2 | 0.9% | 19 | 8.3% | 5 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 312 | 59 | 18.9% | 32 | 10.3% | 18 | 5.8% | 9 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 256 | 34 | 13.3% | 17 | 6.6% | 10 | 3.9% | 6 | 2.3% |
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 59A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD59A.
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 59A nonresident limit: 50 tags, plus 2 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): 28 of 133 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 624 | 135 | 21.6% | 133 | 21.3% | 28 | 4.5% |
| 2024 | 588 | 95 | 16.2% | 95 | 16.2% | 29 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 541 | 76 | 14% | 70 | 12.9% | 11 | 2% |
| 2022 | 594 | 123 | 20.7% | 116 | 19.5% | 31 | 5.2% |
| 2021 | 632 | 131 | 20.7% | 125 | 19.8% | 20 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 612 | 143 | 23.4% | 95 | 15.5% | 30 | 4.9% |
| 2019 | 492 | 102 | 20.7% | 62 | 12.6% | 12 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 514 | 124 | 24.1% | 79 | 15.4% | 17 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 427 | 79 | 18.5% | 59 | 13.8% | 12 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 431 | 146 | 33.9% | 114 | 26.5% | 16 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 402 | 103 | 25.6% | 103 | 25.6% | 28 | 7% |
| 2014 | 539 | 137 | 25.4% | 92 | 17.1% | 23 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 373 | 113 | 30.3% | 75 | 20.1% | 17 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 316 | 94 | 29.7% | 73 | 23.1% | 15 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 292 | 41 | 14% | 25 | 8.6% | 6 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 426 | 86 | 20.2% | 53 | 12.4% | 6 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 466 | 84 | 18% | 56 | 12% | 5 | 1.1% |
| 2008 | 531 | 130 | 24.5% | 98 | 18.5% | 17 | 3.2% |
| 2007 | 439 | 119 | 27.1% | 94 | 21.4% | 33 | 7.5% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.