Unit 61
Elk
Resident licenses
Island Park Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30; Muzzleloader only — spike or antlerless, Unit 61 only.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Island Park Zone general elk tag (units 60, 60A, 61, 62, 62A).
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.
Island Park Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 216 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 20 additional tags allocated to outfitters), archery-only and muzzleloader-only seasons.
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: 49 of 140 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1505 | 221 | 14.7% | 32 | 2.1% | 108 | 7.2% | 49 | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 1452 | 218 | 15% | 28 | 1.9% | 112 | 7.7% | 50 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 1409 | 170 | 12.1% | 10 | 0.7% | 98 | 7% | 31 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 1341 | 189 | 14.1% | 28 | 2.1% | 89 | 6.6% | 46 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 1591 | 201 | 12.6% | 35 | 2.2% | 67 | 4.2% | 22 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 2102 | 298 | 14.2% | 49 | 2.3% | 139 | 6.6% | 81 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 1938 | 220 | 11.4% | 80 | 4.1% | 62 | 3.2% | 20 | 1% |
| 2018 | 1729 | 233 | 13.5% | 44 | 2.5% | 99 | 5.7% | 46 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 1791 | 222 | 12.4% | 35 | 2% | 124 | 6.9% | 54 | 3% |
| 2016 | 1634 | 168 | 10.3% | 51 | 3.1% | 51 | 3.1% | 12 | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 2130 | 274 | 12.9% | 42 | 2% | 127 | 6% | 85 | 4% |
| 2014 | 1908 | 242 | 12.7% | 42 | 2.2% | 109 | 5.7% | 42 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1624 | 179 | 11% | 40 | 2.5% | 71 | 4.4% | 23 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | 1450 | 201 | 13.9% | 47 | 3.2% | 73 | 5% | 23 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 1209 | 116 | 9.6% | 40 | 3.3% | 38 | 3.1% | 12 | 1% |
| 2010 | 1215 | 148 | 12.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1147 | 116 | 10.1% | 39 | 3.4% | 25 | 2.2% | 17 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 1189 | 94 | 7.9% | 23 | 1.9% | 40 | 3.4% | 22 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 1258 | 139 | 11% | 43 | 3.4% | 48 | 3.8% | 21 | 1.7% |
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.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 61 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD61.
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 61 nonresident limit: 121 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): 88 of 293 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1500 | 296 | 19.7% | 293 | 19.5% | 88 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 1364 | 245 | 18% | 236 | 17.3% | 71 | 5.2% |
| 2023 | 1386 | 101 | 7.3% | 96 | 6.9% | 46 | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 1396 | 224 | 16% | 220 | 15.8% | 79 | 5.7% |
| 2021 | 1370 | 179 | 13.1% | 172 | 12.6% | 45 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 1716 | 271 | 15.8% | 156 | 9.1% | 72 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 1452 | 169 | 11.6% | 123 | 8.5% | 27 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1478 | 261 | 17.7% | 173 | 11.7% | 36 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 1753 | 253 | 14.4% | 182 | 10.4% | 46 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 1459 | 233 | 16% | 159 | 10.9% | 51 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 1778 | 310 | 17.4% | 189 | 10.6% | 76 | 4.3% |
| 2014 | 1626 | 224 | 13.8% | 147 | 9% | 31 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 1363 | 193 | 14.2% | 123 | 9% | 39 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 999 | 202 | 20.2% | 148 | 14.8% | 65 | 6.5% |
| 2011 | 1100 | 114 | 10.4% | 88 | 8% | 33 | 3% |
| 2010 | 1096 | 128 | 11.7% | 92 | 8.4% | 34 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 959 | 126 | 13.1% | 95 | 9.9% | 37 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 917 | 87 | 9.5% | 63 | 6.9% | 14 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 1004 | 143 | 14.2% | 104 | 10.4% | 34 | 3.4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.