Unit 73A
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: 5 of 12 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 298 | 46 | 15.4% | 1 | 0.3% | 11 | 3.7% | 5 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 221 | 17 | 7.7% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 5.9% | 12 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | 264 | 22 | 8.3% | 1 | 0.4% | 12 | 4.5% | 11 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 173 | 28 | 16.2% | 2 | 1.2% | 9 | 5.2% | 1 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 206 | 30 | 14.6% | 5 | 2.4% | 13 | 6.3% | 5 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 319 | 41 | 12.9% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 6% | 7 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 266 | 22 | 8.3% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1.1% | 3 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 263 | 28 | 10.6% | 0 | 0% | 22 | 8.4% | 22 | 8.4% |
| 2017 | 157 | 10 | 6.4% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 5.1% | 2 | 1.3% |
| 2016 | 118 | 7 | 5.9% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1.7% | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 95 | 18 | 18.9% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 13.7% | 10 | 10.5% |
| 2014 | 58 | 6 | 10.3% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3.4% | 2 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 145 | 3 | 2.1% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 78 | 4 | 5.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 66 | 1 | 1.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 91 | 1 | 1.1% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1.1% | 0 | 0% |
| 2008 | 40 | 1 | 2.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 72 | 2 | 2.8% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0% |
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 73A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD73A.
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 73A nonresident limit: 149 tags, plus 4 tags allocated to outfitters (archery-only and muzzleloader-only seasons).
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): 21 of 34 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 295 | 34 | 11.5% | 34 | 11.5% | 21 | 7.1% |
| 2024 | 927 | 289 | 31.2% | 289 | 31.2% | 104 | 11.2% |
| 2023 | 1002 | 194 | 19.4% | 194 | 19.4% | 72 | 7.2% |
| 2022 | 1012 | 285 | 28.2% | 285 | 28.2% | 105 | 10.4% |
| 2021 | 1002 | 221 | 22.1% | 221 | 22.1% | 46 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 1099 | 220 | 20% | 180 | 16.4% | 52 | 4.7% |
| 2019 | 1248 | 253 | 20.3% | 201 | 16.1% | 105 | 8.4% |
| 2018 | 1420 | 279 | 19.6% | 268 | 18.9% | 67 | 4.7% |
| 2017 | 1182 | 229 | 19.4% | 229 | 19.4% | 103 | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 1274 | 403 | 31.6% | 342 | 26.8% | 147 | 11.5% |
| 2015 | 1403 | 377 | 26.9% | 330 | 23.5% | 161 | 11.5% |
| 2014 | 1168 | 368 | 31.5% | 344 | 29.5% | 115 | 9.8% |
| 2013 | 1174 | 265 | 22.6% | 224 | 19.1% | 94 | 8% |
| 2012 | 1019 | 367 | 36% | 302 | 29.6% | 107 | 10.5% |
| 2011 | 945 | 227 | 24% | 189 | 20% | 60 | 6.3% |
| 2010 | 982 | 254 | 25.9% | 202 | 20.6% | 66 | 6.7% |
| 2009 | 1224 | 271 | 22.1% | 212 | 17.3% | 61 | 5% |
| 2008 | 1304 | 285 | 21.9% | 279 | 21.4% | 117 | 9% |
| 2007 | 1428 | 414 | 29% | 403 | 28.2% | 135 | 9.5% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.