Unit 77
Elk
Resident licenses
Bear River 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 24.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Bear River Zone general elk tag (units 75, 77, 78).
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.
Bear River Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 103 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 76 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 55 nonresident tags (capped zone — 550 total capped tags, of which 441 are resident tags and 54 are 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: 14 of 52 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 550 | 70 | 12.7% | 5 | 0.9% | 47 | 8.5% | 14 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 597 | 65 | 10.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 40 | 6.7% | 30 | 5% |
| 2023 | 515 | 62 | 12% | 1 | 0.2% | 43 | 8.3% | 13 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 517 | 89 | 17.2% | 0 | 0% | 50 | 9.7% | 37 | 7.2% |
| 2021 | 554 | 74 | 13.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 38 | 6.9% | 13 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 576 | 102 | 17.7% | 0 | 0% | 59 | 10.2% | 17 | 3% |
| 2019 | 596 | 78 | 13.1% | 11 | 1.8% | 39 | 6.5% | 21 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 588 | 56 | 9.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 27 | 4.6% | 15 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 552 | 80 | 14.5% | 10 | 1.8% | 29 | 5.3% | 14 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 567 | 78 | 13.8% | 3 | 0.5% | 50 | 8.8% | 13 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 802 | 125 | 15.6% | 2 | 0.2% | 54 | 6.7% | 28 | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 629 | 125 | 19.9% | 13 | 2.1% | 53 | 8.4% | 16 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 520 | 41 | 7.9% | 8 | 1.5% | 25 | 4.8% | 8 | 1.5% |
| 2012 | 513 | 73 | 14.2% | 8 | 1.6% | 22 | 4.3% | 15 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 488 | 50 | 10.2% | 7 | 1.4% | 23 | 4.7% | 4 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 479 | 73 | 15.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 487 | 80 | 16.4% | 12 | 2.5% | 45 | 9.2% | 17 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 527 | 63 | 12% | 12 | 2.3% | 22 | 4.2% | 6 | 1.1% |
| 2007 | 435 | 30 | 6.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 19 | 4.4% | 7 | 1.6% |
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.
Motorized Hunting Rule Applies.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 77 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD77.
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 77 nonresident limit: 91 tags, plus 47 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): 101 of 195 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 927 | 195 | 21% | 195 | 21% | 101 | 10.9% |
| 2024 | 941 | 175 | 18.6% | 175 | 18.6% | 91 | 9.7% |
| 2023 | 765 | 130 | 17% | 130 | 17% | 64 | 8.4% |
| 2022 | 1115 | 344 | 30.9% | 344 | 30.9% | 196 | 17.6% |
| 2021 | 986 | 265 | 26.9% | 265 | 26.9% | 98 | 9.9% |
| 2020 | 1153 | 272 | 23.6% | 244 | 21.2% | 85 | 7.4% |
| 2019 | 1035 | 206 | 19.9% | 170 | 16.4% | 78 | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 1012 | 206 | 20.4% | 204 | 20.2% | 84 | 8.3% |
| 2017 | 1147 | 209 | 18.2% | 193 | 16.8% | 73 | 6.4% |
| 2016 | 1087 | 351 | 32.3% | 321 | 29.5% | 167 | 15.4% |
| 2015 | 1372 | 433 | 31.6% | 405 | 29.5% | 207 | 15.1% |
| 2014 | 1317 | 491 | 37.3% | 431 | 32.7% | 137 | 10.4% |
| 2013 | 901 | 250 | 27.7% | 202 | 22.4% | 82 | 9.1% |
| 2012 | 601 | 222 | 36.9% | 187 | 31.1% | 98 | 16.3% |
| 2011 | 727 | 166 | 22.8% | 140 | 19.3% | 65 | 8.9% |
| 2010 | 895 | 186 | 20.8% | 167 | 18.7% | 68 | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 692 | 121 | 17.5% | 107 | 15.5% | 29 | 4.2% |
| 2008 | 718 | 150 | 20.9% | 139 | 19.4% | 41 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 865 | 279 | 32.3% | 265 | 30.6% | 61 | 7.1% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.