Unit 8A
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: 58 of 447 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 2899 | 580 | 20% | 170 | 5.9% | 277 | 9.6% | 58 | 2% |
| 2024 | 2628 | 541 | 20.6% | 109 | 4.1% | 325 | 12.4% | 82 | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 2578 | 429 | 16.6% | 73 | 2.8% | 261 | 10.1% | 80 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2450 | 376 | 15.3% | 88 | 3.6% | 188 | 7.7% | 44 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 2390 | 400 | 16.7% | 92 | 3.8% | 213 | 8.9% | 55 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 2569 | 374 | 14.6% | 77 | 3% | 199 | 7.7% | 52 | 2% |
| 2019 | 2398 | 305 | 12.7% | 68 | 2.8% | 182 | 7.6% | 38 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 2477 | 393 | 15.9% | 81 | 3.3% | 180 | 7.3% | 52 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2429 | 329 | 13.5% | 83 | 3.4% | 160 | 6.6% | 34 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 2292 | 429 | 18.7% | 58 | 2.5% | 205 | 8.9% | 76 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 2569 | 438 | 17% | 96 | 3.7% | 182 | 7.1% | 66 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2633 | 398 | 15.1% | 102 | 3.9% | 176 | 6.7% | 53 | 2% |
| 2013 | 2373 | 382 | 16.1% | 65 | 2.7% | 156 | 6.6% | 50 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2291 | 428 | 18.7% | 64 | 2.8% | 167 | 7.3% | 54 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2086 | 279 | 13.4% | 64 | 3.1% | 117 | 5.6% | 36 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 2096 | 412 | 19.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2015 | 332 | 16.5% | 55 | 2.7% | 178 | 8.8% | 41 | 2% |
| 2008 | 2123 | 287 | 13.5% | 75 | 3.5% | 136 | 6.4% | 27 | 1.3% |
| 2007 | 1810 | 314 | 17.3% | 83 | 4.6% | 144 | 8% | 30 | 1.7% |
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.
Antlerless: Oct 10 - Nov 3.
Second deer tag may not be used in Units 10, 10A, and 12.
Source: IDFG regulations (2026)
Nonresident licenses
Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Draw — see notes
✅ Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Unit 8A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD8A.
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 8A nonresident limit: 47 tags, plus 15 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): 1053 of 1053 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 4436 | 1548 | 34.9% | 1053 | 23.7% | 1053 | 23.7% |
| 2024 | 4996 | 1980 | 39.6% | 1426 | 28.5% | 1012 | 20.3% |
| 2023 | 4767 | 1744 | 36.6% | 1253 | 26.3% | 902 | 18.9% |
| 2022 | 4527 | 1518 | 33.5% | 995 | 22% | 428 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 4827 | 1743 | 36.1% | 1216 | 25.2% | 657 | 13.6% |
| 2020 | 5312 | 2067 | 38.9% | 1382 | 26% | 594 | 11.2% |
| 2019 | 5377 | 1664 | 30.9% | 1174 | 21.8% | 411 | 7.6% |
| 2018 | 5388 | 1916 | 35.6% | 1231 | 22.8% | 357 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 5156 | 1747 | 33.9% | 1160 | 22.5% | 232 | 4.5% |
| 2016 | 4964 | 1861 | 37.5% | 1349 | 27.2% | 378 | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 5345 | 2044 | 38.2% | 1355 | 25.4% | 783 | 14.6% |
| 2014 | 5857 | 2250 | 38.4% | 1636 | 27.9% | 1075 | 18.4% |
| 2013 | 5226 | 1928 | 36.9% | 1286 | 24.6% | 864 | 16.5% |
| 2012 | 4907 | 2079 | 42.4% | 1438 | 29.3% | 939 | 19.1% |
| 2011 | 4675 | 1699 | 36.3% | 1193 | 25.5% | 811 | 17.3% |
| 2010 | 4587 | 1621 | 35.3% | 1121 | 24.4% | 795 | 17.3% |
| 2009 | 4833 | 1558 | 32.2% | 1159 | 24% | 832 | 17.2% |
| 2008 | 4846 | 1543 | 31.8% | 1156 | 23.9% | 857 | 17.7% |
| 2007 | 5213 | 2291 | 43.9% | 1643 | 31.5% | 1148 | 22% |
IDFG doesn't publish harvest by residency.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.