Unit 69
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: 104 of 305 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1834 | 419 | 22.8% | 61 | 3.3% | 244 | 13.3% | 104 | 5.7% |
| 2024 | 1903 | 341 | 17.9% | 28 | 1.5% | 207 | 10.9% | 89 | 4.7% |
| 2023 | 1827 | 311 | 17% | 27 | 1.5% | 164 | 9% | 65 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 1830 | 376 | 20.5% | 40 | 2.2% | 224 | 12.2% | 100 | 5.5% |
| 2021 | 1806 | 263 | 14.6% | 32 | 1.8% | 159 | 8.8% | 34 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 1787 | 293 | 16.4% | 32 | 1.8% | 193 | 10.8% | 88 | 4.9% |
| 2019 | 1543 | 226 | 14.6% | 33 | 2.1% | 117 | 7.6% | 36 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2184 | 349 | 16% | 31 | 1.4% | 175 | 8% | 74 | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 2130 | 335 | 15.7% | 36 | 1.7% | 166 | 7.8% | 83 | 3.9% |
| 2016 | 2231 | 380 | 17% | 26 | 1.2% | 162 | 7.3% | 79 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 2105 | 330 | 15.7% | 27 | 1.3% | 148 | 7% | 91 | 4.3% |
| 2014 | 2138 | 273 | 12.8% | 29 | 1.4% | 98 | 4.6% | 59 | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 1940 | 210 | 10.8% | 21 | 1.1% | 92 | 4.7% | 43 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2495 | 308 | 12.3% | 17 | 0.7% | 113 | 4.5% | 37 | 1.5% |
| 2011 | 2466 | 414 | 16.8% | 41 | 1.7% | 131 | 5.3% | 72 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 2391 | 573 | 24% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2416 | 282 | 11.7% | 21 | 0.9% | 97 | 4% | 51 | 2.1% |
| 2008 | 2708 | 262 | 9.7% | 18 | 0.7% | 91 | 3.4% | 38 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 2189 | 236 | 10.8% | 9 | 0.4% | 103 | 4.7% | 38 | 1.7% |
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 69 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD69.
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 69 nonresident limit: 178 tags, plus 34 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): 165 of 412 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2129 | 427 | 20.1% | 412 | 19.4% | 165 | 7.8% |
| 2024 | 2181 | 296 | 13.6% | 284 | 13% | 122 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | 2144 | 259 | 12.1% | 256 | 11.9% | 138 | 6.4% |
| 2022 | 2519 | 480 | 19.1% | 464 | 18.4% | 181 | 7.2% |
| 2021 | 2283 | 540 | 23.7% | 528 | 23.1% | 158 | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 2519 | 379 | 15% | 348 | 13.8% | 125 | 5% |
| 2019 | 2353 | 287 | 12.2% | 265 | 11.3% | 85 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 2703 | 459 | 17% | 338 | 12.5% | 88 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 3114 | 410 | 13.2% | 285 | 9.2% | 128 | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 3086 | 614 | 19.9% | 455 | 14.7% | 209 | 6.8% |
| 2015 | 3731 | 831 | 22.3% | 627 | 16.8% | 234 | 6.3% |
| 2014 | 3615 | 876 | 24.2% | 704 | 19.5% | 218 | 6% |
| 2013 | 3116 | 717 | 23% | 529 | 17% | 135 | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 2771 | 677 | 24.4% | 519 | 18.7% | 173 | 6.2% |
| 2011 | 2825 | 330 | 11.7% | 252 | 8.9% | 113 | 4% |
| 2010 | 2774 | 563 | 20.3% | 461 | 16.6% | 159 | 5.7% |
| 2009 | 2496 | 287 | 11.5% | 274 | 11% | 84 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 2454 | 349 | 14.2% | 332 | 13.5% | 124 | 5.1% |
| 2007 | 2693 | 579 | 21.5% | 552 | 20.5% | 153 | 5.7% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.