Unit 66
Elk
Resident licenses
Tex Creek Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Archery only — spike or antlerless; 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
Tex Creek Zone general elk tag (units 66, 69).
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.
Tex Creek Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 102 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 56 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 154 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 62 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: 85 of 188 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1588 | 258 | 16.2% | 15 | 0.9% | 173 | 10.9% | 85 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 1864 | 292 | 15.7% | 40 | 2.1% | 152 | 8.2% | 61 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 1542 | 235 | 15.2% | 13 | 0.8% | 170 | 11% | 53 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 1847 | 293 | 15.9% | 14 | 0.8% | 190 | 10.3% | 92 | 5% |
| 2021 | 1641 | 240 | 14.6% | 20 | 1.2% | 148 | 9% | 66 | 4% |
| 2020 | 2039 | 355 | 17.4% | 70 | 3.4% | 210 | 10.3% | 70 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 1789 | 267 | 14.9% | 38 | 2.1% | 187 | 10.5% | 68 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 2083 | 359 | 17.2% | 58 | 2.8% | 119 | 5.7% | 34 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 2298 | 329 | 14.3% | 35 | 1.5% | 160 | 7% | 62 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2184 | 395 | 18.1% | 31 | 1.4% | 192 | 8.8% | 76 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 2274 | 556 | 24.5% | 89 | 3.9% | 207 | 9.1% | 79 | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 2013 | 293 | 14.6% | 49 | 2.4% | 122 | 6.1% | 34 | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 1904 | 321 | 16.9% | 36 | 1.9% | 95 | 5% | 36 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 2074 | 309 | 14.9% | 48 | 2.3% | 119 | 5.7% | 49 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2167 | 297 | 13.7% | 46 | 2.1% | 106 | 4.9% | 14 | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 2122 | 421 | 19.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2509 | 420 | 16.7% | 55 | 2.2% | 162 | 6.5% | 59 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2375 | 381 | 16% | 54 | 2.3% | 122 | 5.1% | 51 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 2102 | 287 | 13.7% | 47 | 2.2% | 116 | 5.5% | 34 | 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.
Motorized Hunting Rule Applies.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 66 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD66.
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 66 nonresident limit: 113 tags, plus 38 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): 54 of 113 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 959 | 124 | 12.9% | 113 | 11.8% | 54 | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 963 | 73 | 7.6% | 56 | 5.8% | 15 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1012 | 56 | 5.5% | 48 | 4.7% | 36 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 1172 | 143 | 12.2% | 135 | 11.5% | 41 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 1007 | 142 | 14.1% | 135 | 13.4% | 30 | 3% |
| 2020 | 1158 | 89 | 7.7% | 79 | 6.8% | 23 | 2% |
| 2019 | 1240 | 60 | 4.8% | 56 | 4.5% | 17 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 1187 | 99 | 8.3% | 85 | 7.2% | 44 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 1202 | 118 | 9.8% | 93 | 7.7% | 47 | 3.9% |
| 2016 | 1211 | 230 | 19% | 176 | 14.5% | 53 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 1602 | 310 | 19.4% | 272 | 17% | 153 | 9.6% |
| 2014 | 1543 | 259 | 16.8% | 213 | 13.8% | 107 | 6.9% |
| 2013 | 1220 | 246 | 20.2% | 194 | 15.9% | 69 | 5.7% |
| 2012 | 1093 | 156 | 14.3% | 125 | 11.4% | 62 | 5.7% |
| 2011 | 1300 | 94 | 7.2% | 67 | 5.2% | 38 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 1160 | 154 | 13.3% | 136 | 11.7% | 56 | 4.8% |
| 2009 | 1263 | 110 | 8.7% | 98 | 7.8% | 40 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 1168 | 135 | 11.6% | 131 | 11.2% | 65 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 1215 | 225 | 18.5% | 200 | 16.5% | 62 | 5.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.