Unit 8
Elk
Resident licenses
Palouse Zone Elk Tag
Availability: General Season
✅ Includes bull elk
A Tag: Muzzleloader only — Unit 8A only: spike or antlerless: Dec 2-Dec 5, spike only: Dec 6-Dec 14.
Archery only — any elk Aug 30-Sep 30.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes bull elk
Palouse Zone general elk tag (units 8, 8A, 11A).
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.
Palouse Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 109 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 14 additional tags allocated to outfitters).
B Tag: 182 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 22 additional tags 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: 47 of 189 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1149 | 284 | 24.7% | 51 | 4.4% | 138 | 12% | 47 | 4.1% |
| 2024 | 965 | 260 | 26.9% | 51 | 5.3% | 125 | 13% | 53 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | 909 | 247 | 27.2% | 48 | 5.3% | 94 | 10.3% | 28 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 920 | 180 | 19.6% | 40 | 4.3% | 56 | 6.1% | 13 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 1082 | 244 | 22.6% | 43 | 4% | 92 | 8.5% | 14 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 1052 | 206 | 19.6% | 27 | 2.6% | 81 | 7.7% | 15 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1108 | 214 | 19.3% | 42 | 3.8% | 92 | 8.3% | 38 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 948 | 212 | 22.4% | 27 | 2.8% | 114 | 12% | 47 | 5% |
| 2017 | 919 | 188 | 20.5% | 22 | 2.4% | 55 | 6% | 10 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 997 | 246 | 24.7% | 15 | 1.5% | 117 | 11.7% | 20 | 2% |
| 2015 | 960 | 206 | 21.5% | 23 | 2.4% | 130 | 13.5% | 39 | 4.1% |
| 2014 | 1013 | 154 | 15.2% | 16 | 1.6% | 79 | 7.8% | 26 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 1137 | 223 | 19.6% | 22 | 1.9% | 88 | 7.7% | 19 | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 936 | 177 | 18.9% | 31 | 3.3% | 73 | 7.8% | 21 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 812 | 175 | 21.6% | 26 | 3.2% | 81 | 10% | 17 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 875 | 215 | 24.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 716 | 120 | 16.8% | 26 | 3.6% | 42 | 5.9% | 7 | 1% |
| 2008 | 730 | 119 | 16.3% | 28 | 3.8% | 41 | 5.6% | 8 | 1.1% |
| 2007 | 584 | 157 | 26.9% | 14 | 2.4% | 83 | 14.2% | 33 | 5.7% |
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 - Nov 3 [unlabeled].
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Nov 3 [unlabeled].
Very limited access because of private property.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 8 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD8.
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 8 nonresident limit: 43 tags, plus 0 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): 164 of 411 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 1797 | 545 | 30.3% | 411 | 22.9% | 164 | 9.1% |
| 2024 | 2270 | 936 | 41.2% | 739 | 32.6% | 288 | 12.7% |
| 2023 | 2260 | 1023 | 45.3% | 816 | 36.1% | 351 | 15.5% |
| 2022 | 2222 | 800 | 36% | 588 | 26.5% | 188 | 8.5% |
| 2021 | 2375 | 856 | 36% | 644 | 27.1% | 213 | 9% |
| 2020 | 2832 | 1315 | 46.4% | 992 | 35% | 456 | 16.1% |
| 2019 | 2872 | 1020 | 35.5% | 802 | 27.9% | 393 | 13.7% |
| 2018 | 3037 | 1122 | 36.9% | 820 | 27% | 517 | 17% |
| 2017 | 3095 | 1192 | 38.5% | 863 | 27.9% | 397 | 12.8% |
| 2016 | 3156 | 1257 | 39.8% | 1040 | 33% | 551 | 17.5% |
| 2015 | 3388 | 1547 | 45.7% | 1092 | 32.2% | 636 | 18.8% |
| 2014 | 3733 | 1760 | 47.1% | 1305 | 35% | 851 | 22.8% |
| 2013 | 3493 | 1432 | 41% | 1041 | 29.8% | 706 | 20.2% |
| 2012 | 2959 | 1304 | 44.1% | 932 | 31.5% | 616 | 20.8% |
| 2011 | 2817 | 1135 | 40.3% | 785 | 27.9% | 494 | 17.5% |
| 2010 | 2717 | 1055 | 38.8% | 762 | 28% | 471 | 17.3% |
| 2009 | 2819 | 1074 | 38.1% | 759 | 26.9% | 481 | 17.1% |
| 2008 | 2848 | 1067 | 37.5% | 766 | 26.9% | 535 | 18.8% |
| 2007 | 2677 | 1179 | 44% | 836 | 31.2% | 557 | 20.8% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.