Unit 73
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: 8 of 19 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 657 | 88 | 13.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 18 | 2.7% | 8 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 629 | 87 | 13.8% | 5 | 0.8% | 24 | 3.8% | 12 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 599 | 52 | 8.7% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 1.8% | 3 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 469 | 68 | 14.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 15 | 3.2% | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 513 | 35 | 6.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 22 | 4.3% | 9 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 455 | 38 | 8.4% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 5.5% | 14 | 3.1% |
| 2019 | 481 | 47 | 9.8% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 617 | 90 | 14.6% | 0 | 0% | 22 | 3.6% | 10 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 461 | 63 | 13.7% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 4.1% | 13 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 357 | 62 | 17.4% | 0 | 0% | 16 | 4.5% | 4 | 1.1% |
| 2015 | 311 | 34 | 10.9% | 3 | 1% | 13 | 4.2% | 8 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 275 | 24 | 8.7% | 4 | 1.5% | 7 | 2.5% | 4 | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 371 | 23 | 6.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 8 | 2.2% | 7 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 316 | 35 | 11.1% | 0 | 0% | 16 | 5.1% | 8 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 248 | 24 | 9.7% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 4.8% | 11 | 4.4% |
| 2010 | 303 | 19 | 6.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 294 | 15 | 5.1% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 3.7% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2008 | 324 | 21 | 6.5% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2007 | 257 | 31 | 12.1% | 1 | 0.4% | 7 | 2.7% | 4 | 1.6% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Resident licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Controlled Hunt
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Not listed in the 2026 Regular Deer Tag general-season table — controlled-hunt-only for deer in this unit.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
⚠️ No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Unit 73 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD73.
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 73 nonresident limit: 71 tags, plus 0 tags allocated to outfitters (archery-only season).
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): 33 of 70 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 370 | 70 | 18.9% | 70 | 18.9% | 33 | 8.9% |
| 2024 | 364 | 75 | 20.6% | 75 | 20.6% | 24 | 6.6% |
| 2023 | 401 | 26 | 6.5% | 26 | 6.5% | 12 | 3% |
| 2022 | 425 | 65 | 15.3% | 65 | 15.3% | 23 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 422 | 67 | 15.9% | 65 | 15.4% | 22 | 5.2% |
| 2020 | 591 | 169 | 28.6% | 88 | 14.9% | 33 | 5.6% |
| 2019 | 563 | 106 | 18.8% | 54 | 9.6% | 21 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 406 | 87 | 21.4% | 67 | 16.5% | 35 | 8.6% |
| 2017 | 473 | 84 | 17.8% | 78 | 16.5% | 49 | 10.4% |
| 2016 | 653 | 213 | 32.6% | 150 | 23% | 63 | 9.6% |
| 2015 | 673 | 195 | 29% | 73 | 10.8% | 27 | 4% |
| 2014 | 692 | 188 | 27.2% | 77 | 11.1% | 15 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 564 | 168 | 29.8% | 82 | 14.5% | 31 | 5.5% |
| 2012 | 497 | 145 | 29.2% | 98 | 19.7% | 49 | 9.9% |
| 2011 | 566 | 106 | 18.7% | 64 | 11.3% | 24 | 4.2% |
| 2010 | 570 | 156 | 27.4% | 94 | 16.5% | 40 | 7% |
| 2009 | 683 | 123 | 18% | 60 | 8.8% | 28 | 4.1% |
| 2008 | 2331 | 490 | 21% | 486 | 20.8% | 399 | 17.1% |
| 2007 | 2341 | 587 | 25.1% | 581 | 24.8% | 534 | 22.8% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.