Unit 64
Elk
Resident licenses
Palisades Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlered only Oct 15-Oct 21.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Palisades Zone general elk tag (units 64, 65, 67).
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.
Palisades Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 21 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 27 additional tags allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 40 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 28 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
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: 15 of 43 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 287 | 43 | 15% | 3 | 1% | 40 | 13.9% | 15 | 5.2% |
| 2024 | 278 | 39 | 14% | 6 | 2.2% | 33 | 11.9% | 15 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | 285 | 39 | 13.7% | 0 | 0% | 38 | 13.3% | 8 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 264 | 37 | 14% | 7 | 2.7% | 29 | 11% | 18 | 6.8% |
| 2021 | 247 | 41 | 16.6% | 0 | 0% | 41 | 16.6% | 16 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 405 | 60 | 14.8% | 0 | 0% | 28 | 6.9% | 10 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 408 | 40 | 9.8% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 4.7% | 7 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 484 | 44 | 9.1% | 0 | 0% | 16 | 3.3% | 14 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 412 | 33 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 3.2% | 7 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 449 | 94 | 20.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 17 | 3.8% | 10 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 435 | 43 | 9.9% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 4.4% | 15 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 492 | 43 | 8.7% | 2 | 0.4% | 21 | 4.3% | 9 | 1.8% |
| 2013 | 336 | 37 | 11% | 1 | 0.3% | 18 | 5.4% | 14 | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 360 | 47 | 13.1% | 7 | 1.9% | 13 | 3.6% | 5 | 1.4% |
| 2011 | 364 | 36 | 9.9% | 6 | 1.6% | 20 | 5.5% | 10 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 430 | 39 | 9.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 491 | 41 | 8.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 9 | 1.8% | 5 | 1% |
| 2008 | 682 | 34 | 5% | 1 | 0.1% | 7 | 1% | 3 | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 480 | 33 | 6.9% | 3 | 0.6% | 15 | 3.1% | 11 | 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.
Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Required.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 64 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD64.
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 64 nonresident limit: 40 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): 17 of 71 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 535 | 94 | 17.6% | 71 | 13.3% | 17 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 547 | 82 | 15% | 71 | 13% | 40 | 7.3% |
| 2023 | 496 | 43 | 8.7% | 29 | 5.8% | 18 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 432 | 68 | 15.7% | 65 | 15% | 22 | 5.1% |
| 2021 | 495 | 92 | 18.6% | 77 | 15.6% | 5 | 1% |
| 2020 | 552 | 90 | 16.3% | 64 | 11.6% | 5 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 476 | 75 | 15.8% | 58 | 12.2% | 8 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 521 | 74 | 14.2% | 57 | 10.9% | 14 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 624 | 117 | 18.8% | 75 | 12% | 17 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 576 | 121 | 21% | 86 | 14.9% | 40 | 6.9% |
| 2015 | 693 | 94 | 13.6% | 75 | 10.8% | 9 | 1.3% |
| 2014 | 734 | 144 | 19.6% | 77 | 10.5% | 31 | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 598 | 118 | 19.7% | 74 | 12.4% | 26 | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 562 | 70 | 12.5% | 44 | 7.8% | 14 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 681 | 61 | 9% | 41 | 6% | 10 | 1.5% |
| 2010 | 756 | 76 | 10.1% | 58 | 7.7% | 24 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 745 | 77 | 10.3% | 65 | 8.7% | 21 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 852 | 71 | 8.3% | 42 | 4.9% | 15 | 1.8% |
| 2007 | 1052 | 249 | 23.7% | 198 | 18.8% | 92 | 8.7% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.