Unit 72
Elk
Resident licenses
Bannock Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: No B Tags in this Zone — See Controlled Hunts.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Bannock Zone general elk tag (units 70, 71, 72, 73, 73A, 74).
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.
Bannock Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 186 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 7 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
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: 21 of 28 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 605 | 71 | 11.7% | 3 | 0.5% | 25 | 4.1% | 21 | 3.5% |
| 2024 | 650 | 86 | 13.2% | 7 | 1.1% | 28 | 4.3% | 12 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 640 | 90 | 14.1% | 9 | 1.4% | 34 | 5.3% | 10 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 490 | 138 | 28.2% | 0 | 0% | 23 | 4.7% | 15 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 550 | 93 | 16.9% | 5 | 0.9% | 16 | 2.9% | 6 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 558 | 73 | 13.1% | 11 | 2% | 24 | 4.3% | 13 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 730 | 83 | 11.4% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 2.5% | 6 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 663 | 96 | 14.5% | 6 | 0.9% | 13 | 2% | 6 | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 572 | 142 | 24.8% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 4.4% | 8 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 518 | 82 | 15.8% | 3 | 0.6% | 6 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 517 | 95 | 18.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 18 | 3.5% | 5 | 1% |
| 2014 | 409 | 58 | 14.2% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 3.7% | 11 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 301 | 17 | 5.6% | 2 | 0.7% | 6 | 2% | 5 | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 336 | 33 | 9.8% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 3.9% | 9 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 305 | 21 | 6.9% | 1 | 0.3% | 6 | 2% | 6 | 2% |
| 2010 | 199 | 34 | 17.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 292 | 23 | 7.9% | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0% |
| 2008 | 285 | 18 | 6.3% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 286 | 15 | 5.2% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1% | 2 | 0.7% |
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.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 72 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD72.
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 72 nonresident limit: 74 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): 54 of 199 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 749 | 202 | 27% | 199 | 26.6% | 54 | 7.2% |
| 2024 | 759 | 146 | 19.2% | 146 | 19.2% | 55 | 7.2% |
| 2023 | 649 | 78 | 12% | 78 | 12% | 30 | 4.6% |
| 2022 | 789 | 165 | 20.9% | 165 | 20.9% | 53 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 792 | 201 | 25.4% | 201 | 25.4% | 70 | 8.8% |
| 2020 | 799 | 141 | 17.6% | 134 | 16.8% | 39 | 4.9% |
| 2019 | 986 | 142 | 14.4% | 142 | 14.4% | 26 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 1031 | 178 | 17.3% | 178 | 17.3% | 69 | 6.7% |
| 2017 | 1038 | 153 | 14.7% | 142 | 13.7% | 72 | 6.9% |
| 2016 | 1155 | 371 | 32.1% | 296 | 25.6% | 127 | 11% |
| 2015 | 1202 | 323 | 26.9% | 277 | 23% | 84 | 7% |
| 2014 | 1095 | 267 | 24.4% | 237 | 21.6% | 60 | 5.5% |
| 2013 | 948 | 257 | 27.1% | 185 | 19.5% | 53 | 5.6% |
| 2012 | 741 | 211 | 28.5% | 169 | 22.8% | 76 | 10.3% |
| 2011 | 796 | 121 | 15.2% | 89 | 11.2% | 26 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 731 | 151 | 20.7% | 114 | 15.6% | 25 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 855 | 156 | 18.2% | 129 | 15.1% | 28 | 3.3% |
| 2008 | 884 | 162 | 18.3% | 155 | 17.5% | 47 | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 961 | 222 | 23.1% | 205 | 21.3% | 52 | 5.4% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.