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Deer General Muzzleloader Season
Portion of Unit 8A
White-tailed Deer Tag Unlimited Tags
Non-resident tag quota of 15,500 total deer tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.
12/2/2016 - 12/14/2016
- Species
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Antlerless White-tailed Deer
- Only deer without antlers or with antlers shorter than 3 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlerless deer only.
- Muzzleloader
- Muzzleloader ONLY.
- Restrictions
- Only a portion of this Area is OPEN to hunt, see note for details.
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- Portion of Unit 8A
- That portion of Unit 8A east of State Highway 6 and State Highway 9 and north of the following line: Beginning at the boundary of Unit 8A at its junction with State Highway 8 at Deary, then east on Highway 8 to Forest Service Road 1963 at Helmer, then south and east on Forest Service Road 1963 to Long Meadow Creek, then southeast on Long Meadow Creek to Dworshak Reservoir, then east along the shoreline of Dworshak Reservoir to the Unit 8A boundary at Dent Bridge. Area Size: 251,288 acres
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General Season Harvest Statistics
Year | Take Method | Unit | Harvest | Hunters | Success% | Days | Antlered | Antlerless | %4+Pts | %5+Pts | %Whitetail |
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2023 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 22 | 146 | 15 | 522 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 100 | |
2022 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 35 | 145 | 24 | 505 | 35 | 100 | |||
2021 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 27 | 186 | 15 | 649 | 27 | 100 | |||
2020 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 47 | 190 | 25 | 757 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 100 | |
2019 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 41 | 235 | 17.5 | 967 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 100 | |
2018 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 34 | 220 | 15.4 | 926 | 34 | 100 | |||
2017 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 22 | 195 | 11.5 | 785 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 100 | |
2016 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 50 | 134 | 37.2 | 745 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 100 | |
2015 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 19 | 189 | 10.2 | 598 | 19 | ||||
2014 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 33 | 168 | 19.6 | 577 | 16 | 16 | 100 | 50 | 100 |
2013 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 44 | 192 | 22.8 | 711 | 2 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 100 |
2012 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 39 | 218 | 18 | 852 | 2 | 37 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
2011 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 28 | 173 | 16.1 | 590 | 2 | 26 | 100 | ||
2010 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 48 | 145 | 33.1 | 468 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
2009 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 29 | 128 | 22.7 | 424 | 12 | 17 | 10.1 | 0 | 100 |
2008 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 34 | 152 | 22.6 | 542 | 2 | 32 | 50 | 0 | 97.1 |
2007 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 34 | 140 | 24.3 | 476 | 3 | 31 | 100 | 0 | 100 |
2006 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 78 | 139 | 56.1 | 7 | 71 | 97.4 | |||
2005 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 50 | 143 | 35 | 431 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 50 | 100 |
2004 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 42 | 238 | 17.6 | 767 | 10 | 32 | 60 | 30 | 95 |
2003 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 45 | 194 | 23 | 588 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 17 | 98 |
2002 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 23 | 254 | 9 | 2549 | 6 | 17 | 100 | 0 | 100 |
2001 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 83 | 252 | 33 | 656 | 8 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 97 |
2000 | Muzzleloader | 8A | 50 | 33 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 93 |
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.
Resident Tags and Permits
- Adult Deer Tag
- Jr./Sr./DAV Deer Tag
- Muzzleloader Permit
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
NonResident Tags and Permits
- Junior Mentored Deer Tag
- Adult Deer Tag
- Muzzleloader Permit
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.
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.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 106,450 acres 42.4% |
Private 106,009 acres 42.2% |
State of Idaho 37,863 acres 15.1% |
U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 818 acres 0.3% |
State of Idaho 150 acres 0.1% |
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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.
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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.