Unit 78
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: 23 of 75 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 720 | 121 | 16.8% | 10 | 1.4% | 65 | 9% | 23 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 777 | 144 | 18.5% | 11 | 1.4% | 72 | 9.3% | 25 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 552 | 76 | 13.8% | 5 | 0.9% | 31 | 5.6% | 11 | 2% |
| 2022 | 672 | 105 | 15.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 40 | 6% | 19 | 2.8% |
| 2021 | 703 | 114 | 16.2% | 10 | 1.4% | 65 | 9.2% | 24 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 818 | 99 | 12.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 36 | 4.4% | 8 | 1% |
| 2019 | 709 | 72 | 10.2% | 5 | 0.7% | 32 | 4.5% | 11 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 871 | 177 | 20.3% | 6 | 0.7% | 85 | 9.8% | 35 | 4% |
| 2017 | 750 | 125 | 16.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 38 | 5.1% | 11 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 886 | 105 | 11.9% | 9 | 1% | 44 | 5% | 9 | 1% |
| 2015 | 818 | 184 | 22.5% | 12 | 1.5% | 65 | 7.9% | 26 | 3.2% |
| 2014 | 738 | 147 | 19.9% | 8 | 1.1% | 54 | 7.3% | 16 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 718 | 93 | 13% | 8 | 1.1% | 30 | 4.2% | 14 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 767 | 127 | 16.6% | 10 | 1.3% | 60 | 7.8% | 25 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 693 | 100 | 14.4% | 24 | 3.5% | 33 | 4.8% | 5 | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 629 | 114 | 18.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 582 | 107 | 18.4% | 13 | 2.2% | 38 | 6.5% | 10 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 568 | 85 | 15% | 6 | 1.1% | 38 | 6.7% | 15 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 485 | 80 | 16.5% | 2 | 0.4% | 37 | 7.6% | 10 | 2.1% |
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 78 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD78.
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 78 nonresident limit: 16 tags, plus 21 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): 12 of 32 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 193 | 32 | 16.6% | 32 | 16.6% | 12 | 6.2% |
| 2024 | 237 | 9 | 3.8% | 9 | 3.8% | 3 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 220 | 19 | 8.6% | 19 | 8.6% | 16 | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 240 | 17 | 7.1% | 17 | 7.1% | 8 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 198 | 20 | 10.1% | 20 | 10.1% | 11 | 5.6% |
| 2020 | 338 | 42 | 12.4% | 34 | 10.1% | 16 | 4.7% |
| 2019 | 270 | 43 | 15.9% | 20 | 7.4% | 12 | 4.4% |
| 2018 | 338 | 50 | 14.8% | 43 | 12.7% | 24 | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 312 | 27 | 8.7% | 22 | 7.1% | 16 | 5.1% |
| 2016 | 424 | 104 | 24.5% | 82 | 19.3% | 48 | 11.3% |
| 2015 | 379 | 93 | 24.5% | 46 | 12.1% | 18 | 4.7% |
| 2014 | 266 | 60 | 22.6% | 23 | 8.6% | 0 | 0% |
| 2013 | 253 | 60 | 23.7% | 39 | 15.4% | 7 | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 231 | 52 | 22.5% | 28 | 12.1% | 12 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 227 | 38 | 16.7% | 24 | 10.6% | 11 | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 315 | 71 | 22.5% | 49 | 15.6% | 18 | 5.7% |
| 2009 | 225 | 51 | 22.7% | 27 | 12% | 16 | 7.1% |
| 2008 | 231 | 50 | 21.6% | 46 | 19.9% | 18 | 7.8% |
| 2007 | 763 | 237 | 31.1% | 232 | 30.4% | 55 | 7.2% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.