Unit 74
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: 16 of 35 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 558 | 71 | 12.7% | 12 | 2.2% | 23 | 4.1% | 16 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 665 | 105 | 15.8% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 3.8% | 25 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 554 | 75 | 13.5% | 2 | 0.4% | 30 | 5.4% | 13 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 624 | 187 | 30% | 5 | 0.8% | 26 | 4.2% | 18 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 693 | 114 | 16.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 23 | 3.3% | 10 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 794 | 118 | 14.9% | 7 | 0.9% | 24 | 3% | 13 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 711 | 163 | 22.9% | 11 | 1.5% | 23 | 3.2% | 10 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 464 | 88 | 19% | 6 | 1.3% | 24 | 5.2% | 13 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 450 | 102 | 22.7% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 4.4% | 18 | 4% |
| 2016 | 386 | 85 | 22% | 12 | 3.1% | 21 | 5.4% | 21 | 5.4% |
| 2015 | 504 | 63 | 12.5% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 4.2% | 13 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 418 | 68 | 16.3% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 3.6% | 11 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 393 | 30 | 7.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2012 | 341 | 43 | 12.6% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 3.5% | 7 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 391 | 38 | 9.7% | 3 | 0.8% | 8 | 2% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2010 | 331 | 57 | 17.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 385 | 35 | 9.1% | 1 | 0.3% | 14 | 3.6% | 2 | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 490 | 52 | 10.6% | 8 | 1.6% | 12 | 2.4% | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2007 | 363 | 43 | 11.8% | 1 | 0.3% | 13 | 3.6% | 2 | 0.6% |
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.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 74 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD74.
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 74 nonresident limit: 98 tags, plus 21 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): 168 of 366 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1239 | 366 | 29.5% | 366 | 29.5% | 168 | 13.6% |
| 2024 | 1141 | 374 | 32.8% | 371 | 32.5% | 189 | 16.6% |
| 2023 | 1144 | 205 | 17.9% | 205 | 17.9% | 90 | 7.9% |
| 2022 | 1344 | 533 | 39.7% | 525 | 39.1% | 242 | 18% |
| 2021 | 1288 | 433 | 33.6% | 433 | 33.6% | 143 | 11.1% |
| 2020 | 1249 | 316 | 25.3% | 309 | 24.7% | 117 | 9.4% |
| 2019 | 1327 | 302 | 22.8% | 296 | 22.3% | 112 | 8.4% |
| 2018 | 1245 | 350 | 28.1% | 350 | 28.1% | 137 | 11% |
| 2017 | 1461 | 293 | 20.1% | 287 | 19.6% | 132 | 9% |
| 2016 | 1393 | 449 | 32.2% | 352 | 25.3% | 148 | 10.6% |
| 2015 | 1626 | 510 | 31.4% | 425 | 26.1% | 109 | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 1590 | 479 | 30.1% | 366 | 23% | 143 | 9% |
| 2013 | 1338 | 403 | 30.1% | 320 | 23.9% | 91 | 6.8% |
| 2012 | 1010 | 350 | 34.7% | 284 | 28.1% | 102 | 10.1% |
| 2011 | 1211 | 266 | 22% | 217 | 17.9% | 74 | 6.1% |
| 2010 | 1195 | 259 | 21.7% | 227 | 19% | 54 | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 1431 | 298 | 20.8% | 230 | 16.1% | 73 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 1430 | 327 | 22.9% | 321 | 22.4% | 108 | 7.6% |
| 2007 | 1551 | 494 | 31.9% | 487 | 31.4% | 126 | 8.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.