Unit 65
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 31 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 211 | 31 | 14.7% | 3 | 1.4% | 28 | 13.3% | 15 | 7.1% |
| 2024 | 119 | 8 | 6.7% | 1 | 0.8% | 7 | 5.9% | 1 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 174 | 30 | 17.2% | 3 | 1.7% | 22 | 12.6% | 20 | 11.5% |
| 2022 | 202 | 29 | 14.4% | 0 | 0% | 28 | 13.9% | 12 | 5.9% |
| 2021 | 214 | 10 | 4.7% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 4.7% | 3 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 354 | 32 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 2.8% | 6 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 380 | 36 | 9.5% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 5% | 15 | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 398 | 59 | 14.8% | 0 | 0% | 28 | 7% | 8 | 2% |
| 2017 | 364 | 18 | 4.9% | 2 | 0.5% | 12 | 3.3% | 7 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 340 | 28 | 8.2% | 2 | 0.6% | 13 | 3.8% | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 466 | 50 | 10.7% | 4 | 0.9% | 24 | 5.2% | 13 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 366 | 54 | 14.8% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 6.8% | 11 | 3% |
| 2013 | 132 | 7 | 5.3% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 2.3% | 0 | 0% |
| 2012 | 151 | 14 | 9.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 6 | 4% | 2 | 1.3% |
| 2011 | 245 | 20 | 8.2% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 4.1% | 7 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 235 | 29 | 12.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 338 | 49 | 14.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 9 | 2.7% | 6 | 1.8% |
| 2008 | 344 | 31 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 2.6% | 5 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 182 | 14 | 7.7% | 1 | 0.5% | 4 | 2.2% | 3 | 1.6% |
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 65 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD65.
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 65 nonresident limit: 24 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): 13 of 35 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 320 | 41 | 12.8% | 35 | 10.9% | 13 | 4.1% |
| 2024 | 245 | 28 | 11.4% | 22 | 9% | 12 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 220 | 35 | 15.9% | 19 | 8.6% | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 288 | 38 | 13.2% | 30 | 10.4% | 12 | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 321 | 60 | 18.7% | 59 | 18.4% | 40 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | 399 | 40 | 10% | 32 | 8% | 2 | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 358 | 49 | 13.7% | 41 | 11.5% | 11 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 341 | 72 | 21.1% | 56 | 16.4% | 26 | 7.6% |
| 2017 | 426 | 63 | 14.8% | 45 | 10.6% | 10 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 384 | 68 | 17.7% | 37 | 9.6% | 26 | 6.8% |
| 2015 | 364 | 56 | 15.4% | 46 | 12.6% | 37 | 10.2% |
| 2014 | 410 | 102 | 24.9% | 79 | 19.3% | 25 | 6.1% |
| 2013 | 315 | 61 | 19.4% | 50 | 15.9% | 19 | 6% |
| 2012 | 283 | 52 | 18.4% | 40 | 14.1% | 14 | 4.9% |
| 2011 | 347 | 59 | 17% | 40 | 11.5% | 30 | 8.6% |
| 2010 | 393 | 111 | 28.2% | 78 | 19.8% | 50 | 12.7% |
| 2009 | 360 | 56 | 15.6% | 34 | 9.4% | 20 | 5.6% |
| 2008 | 414 | 69 | 16.7% | 48 | 11.6% | 31 | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 458 | 79 | 17.2% | 65 | 14.2% | 39 | 8.5% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.