Unit 63
Elk
Resident licenses
Snake River Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Short range weapons only — any elk, Unit 63A only: Aug 1-Aug 31.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Snake River Zone general elk tag (units 63, 63A).
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.
Snake River Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 7 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 additional tags allocated to outfitters), short-range-weapon-only season.
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)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 20% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 1039 | 234 | 22.5% | 18 | 1.7% | 48 | 4.6% | 18 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1088 | 261 | 24% | 27 | 2.5% | 140 | 12.9% | 50 | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 1112 | 339 | 30.5% | 0 | 0% | 123 | 11.1% | 73 | 6.6% |
| 2015 | 1118 | 355 | 31.8% | 20 | 1.8% | 86 | 7.7% | 31 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 1007 | 231 | 22.9% | 10 | 1% | 41 | 4.1% | 33 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 1027 | 164 | 16% | 1 | 0.1% | 43 | 4.2% | 19 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 796 | 195 | 24.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 42 | 5.3% | 16 | 2% |
| 2011 | 698 | 70 | 10% | 2 | 0.3% | 25 | 3.6% | 4 | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 762 | 258 | 33.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 604 | 142 | 23.5% | 8 | 1.3% | 35 | 5.8% | 15 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 683 | 155 | 22.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 35 | 5.1% | 6 | 0.9% |
| 2007 | 513 | 121 | 23.6% | 7 | 1.4% | 48 | 9.4% | 29 | 5.7% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Resident licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Controlled Hunt
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Not listed in the 2026 Regular Deer Tag general-season table — controlled-hunt-only for deer in this unit.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Unit 63 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD63.
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 63 nonresident limit: 29 tags, plus 0 tags allocated to outfitters (archery-only and short-range-weapon-only seasons).
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): 26 of 50 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 317 | 53 | 16.7% | 50 | 15.8% | 26 | 8.2% |
| 2024 | 289 | 47 | 16.3% | 45 | 15.6% | 24 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 298 | 35 | 11.7% | 33 | 11.1% | 10 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 340 | 52 | 15.3% | 51 | 15% | 25 | 7.4% |
| 2021 | 338 | 67 | 19.8% | 54 | 16% | 32 | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 438 | 71 | 16.2% | 55 | 12.6% | 30 | 6.8% |
| 2019 | 511 | 51 | 10% | 45 | 8.8% | 32 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 390 | 103 | 26.4% | 79 | 20.3% | 47 | 12.1% |
| 2017 | 484 | 38 | 7.9% | 24 | 5% | 22 | 4.5% |
| 2016 | 502 | 114 | 22.7% | 89 | 17.7% | 47 | 9.4% |
| 2015 | 570 | 85 | 14.9% | 66 | 11.6% | 38 | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 613 | 99 | 16.2% | 69 | 11.3% | 38 | 6.2% |
| 2013 | 593 | 89 | 15% | 70 | 11.8% | 33 | 5.6% |
| 2012 | 366 | 58 | 15.8% | 44 | 12% | 22 | 6% |
| 2011 | 523 | 65 | 12.4% | 59 | 11.3% | 20 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 503 | 106 | 21.1% | 88 | 17.5% | 44 | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 482 | 69 | 14.3% | 62 | 12.9% | 29 | 6% |
| 2008 | 550 | 81 | 14.7% | 67 | 12.2% | 31 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 472 | 87 | 18.4% | 75 | 15.9% | 19 | 4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.