Unit 63A
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)
6+ point bulls: 0 of 1 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 57 | 3 | 5.3% | 1 | 1.8% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 52 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 68 | 11 | 16.2% | 5 | 7.4% | 1 | 1.5% | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 78 | 7 | 9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 66 | 10 | 15.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 38 | 14 | 36.8% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 13.2% | 0 | 0% |
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 211 | 28 | 13.3% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 3.8% | 0 | 0% |
| 2017 | 104 | 14 | 13.5% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 6.7% | 7 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 132 | 12 | 9.1% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 4.5% | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 145 | 25 | 17.2% | 3 | 2.1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| 2014 | 200 | 51 | 25.5% | 8 | 4% | 5 | 2.5% | 5 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 177 | 14 | 7.9% | 2 | 1.1% | 3 | 1.7% | 1 | 0.6% |
| 2012 | 123 | 15 | 12.2% | 1 | 0.8% | 3 | 2.4% | 1 | 0.8% |
| 2011 | 97 | 5 | 5.2% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% |
| 2010 | 136 | 19 | 14% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 8 | 10% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1.3% | 0 | 0% |
| 2008 | 108 | 7 | 6.5% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 3.7% | 1 | 0.9% |
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.
No nonresident general-season Regular Deer tag is listed for this unit in the 2026 nonresident tag tables — controlled-hunt-only for nonresidents here, and nonresidents drawn for a controlled hunt are not counted against the nonresident quota.
IDFG does not publish a per-unit nonresident cap for this 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): 0 of 146 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 883 | 197 | 22.3% | 146 | 16.5% | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 938 | 283 | 30.2% | 218 | 23.2% | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 839 | 231 | 27.5% | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 927 | 258 | 27.8% | 189 | 20.4% | 189 | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 998 | 290 | 29.1% | 204 | 20.4% | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | 775 | 248 | 32% | 192 | 24.8% | 0 | 0% |
| 2019 | 798 | 206 | 25.8% | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 810 | 238 | 29.4% | 164 | 20.2% | 82 | 10.1% |
| 2017 | 651 | 165 | 25.3% | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 566 | 198 | 35% | 138 | 24.4% | 109 | 19.3% |
| 2015 | 694 | 243 | 35% | 167 | 24.1% | 64 | 9.2% |
| 2014 | 883 | 185 | 21% | 128 | 14.5% | 72 | 8.2% |
| 2013 | 993 | 234 | 23.6% | 163 | 16.4% | 100 | 10.1% |
| 2012 | 736 | 248 | 33.7% | 151 | 20.5% | 79 | 10.7% |
| 2011 | 968 | 253 | 26.1% | 186 | 19.2% | 108 | 11.2% |
| 2010 | 661 | 232 | 35.1% | 145 | 21.9% | 64 | 9.7% |
| 2009 | 729 | 208 | 28.5% | 162 | 22.2% | 97 | 13.3% |
| 2008 | 693 | 170 | 24.5% | 129 | 18.6% | 62 | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 699 | 211 | 30.2% | 162 | 23.2% | 97 | 13.9% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.