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Elk Controlled Hunt Landowner Permission Required Extra Antlerless Season
Hunt Area 21A-1X
Elk Controlled Hunt 2203 400 Tags
Non-resident tag quota of 12,815 total elk tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.
10/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
- Species
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Antlerless Elk
- Only elk without antlers or with antlers shorter than 6 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlerless elk only.
- Any Weapon
- Rifle, Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, or Handgun.
- Restrictions
- Landowner Permission Hunt. Written permission from landowner who owns more than 159 acres in the hunt area is required to apply for this hunt. Landowner Permission Hunt Permits will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the Nampa, McCall and headquarters IDFG offices starting July 15. Do not apply for this hunt during the controlled hunt application period.
- Motorized Hunting Rule (MHR): Motorized vehicle use by all big game hunters is restricted to established roadways legally open to travel by full-sized automobiles. The motorized hunting rule applies only to big game animals, including moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats, in designated units from August 30 through December 31. Learn more about the Motorized hunting Rule at idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/access/motorized-vehicles
- These hunts open only outside National Forest Boundary within one mile of private fields on which cultivated corps are currently growing. The National Forest Boundary is a legislatively set boundary -- it is not necessarily the boundary of the Forest Service property. State, private and other lands within the National Forest Boundary are not open to hunting during this season. (Please refer to a U.S. Forest Service travel plan map for the location of this boundary.) "Private fields on which cultivated crops are currently growing" is defined as: fields on which soil has been used or broken up for the raising of crops, and artificially irrigated pasture. "Currently" means during the current or most recent growing season. Lands enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or other set-aside farm programs are specifically excluded.
Near cultivated fields outside National Forest Boundary. Landowner Permission Required see page 109 of the Big Game Seasons and Rules Booklet).

- Hunt Area 21A-1X
- Those portions of Units 21A, 28, 29, 30, 30A, 36A, 36B, 37, and 37A on or within 1 mile of cultivated fields outside the National Forest boundary. Area Size: 1,385,813 acres

Controlled Hunt Harvest Statistics
Year | Hunt# | Area | Hunters | Harvest | Success% | Days | Antlered | Antlerless | %Spike | %6+Pts |
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2024 | 2604 | 21A-1X | 9 | 9 | 100 | 25 | 9 | |||
2023 | 2604 | 21A-1X | 9 | 4 | 44 | 10 | 4 | |||
2021 | 2167 | 21A-1X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
2020 | 2171 | 21A-1X | 34 | 23 | 69 | 114 | 23 | |||
2019 | 2171 | 21A-1X | 13 | 4 | 35 | 62 | 4 | |||
2018 | 2203 | 21A-1X | 86 | 57 | 67 | 326 | 57 | |||
2017 | 2203 | 21A-1X | 72 | 50 | 69 | 252 | 50 | |||
2016 | 2190 | 21-1X | 64 | 54 | 86 | 236 | 2 | 53 | 100 | 0 |
2015 | 2254 | 21-1X | 46 | 46 | 1 | 68 | 46 | |||
2015 | 2190 | 21-1X | 84 | 69 | 81 | 268 | 69 |
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.
Drawing Odds for 1st & 2nd Choice Applicants (controlled hunts only)
Hunt Information | 1st Choice | 2nd Choice | Total | ||||||||||
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Year | Hunt# | Area | Draw* | Applicants | Permits Awarded | Success% | Applicants | Permits Awarded | Success% | Total Awarded | Permit Quota | ||
2020 | 2171 | 21A-1X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
* Beginning in 2004, a second drawing was held for unclaimed tags.
Drawing Odds for Resident & NonResident Applicants (controlled hunts only)
Hunt Information | Resident | NonResident | Total | ||||||||
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Year | Hunt# | Area | Draw* | 1st Choice Applicants | Permits Awarded | 1st Choice Success% | 1st Choice Applicants | Permits Awarded | 1st Choice Success% | Total Awarded | Permit Quota |
2020 | 2171 | 21A-1X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
* Beginning in 2004, a second drawing was held for unclaimed tags.
Resident Tags and Permits
- Adult Elk Tag
- Jr./Sr./DAV Elk Tag
- Controlled Hunt Application Fee
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
NonResident Tags and Permits
- Junior Mentored Elk Tag
- Adult Elk Tag
- Controlled Hunt Application Fee
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
Where to purchase
Learn more about IDFG Licenses, Tags & Permits
Surface Management
For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.
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Land management via Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
Access Yes! is Fish and Game program designed to improve hunting and fishing access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.
No properties are currently available in this hunt area.
View all Access Yes Participants.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.