Deer General Archery Season

Unit 8
Regular Deer Tag Unlimited Tags

Non-resident tag quota of 15,500 total deer tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.

8/30/2024 - 9/30/2024

Species
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Antlerless or Antlered Mule and White-tailed Deer
Either sex may be taken.
Archery
Archery ONLY.

Restrictions
  • Very limited access because of few roads and/or private property.

Unit 8 has very limited access because of few roads and private property.

Unit 8
All of Unit 8. Area Size: 490,436 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 8

General Season Harvest Statistics

Year Take Method Unit Harvest Hunters Success% Days Antlered Antlerless %4+Pts %5+Pts %Whitetail
2023 Archery 8 16 113 15 892 11 6 29 100
2022 Archery 8 13 108 12 858 6 6 50 100
2021 Archery 8 20 130 15 1031 16 4 0 66.7 72.5
2020 Archery 8 17 158 11 1185 8 9 42.6 100
2019 Archery 8 15 138 11.1 857 12 3 44.6 100
2018 Archery 8 4 134 2.6 1296 4 0 100
2017 Archery 8 5 105 5.1 868 4 2 0 100
2016 Archery 8 9 157 6 921 6 3 53.3 100
2015 Archery 8 19 187 10.3 725 10 10 0 0 100
2014 Archery 8 24 121 20.1 911 8 16 0 0 66.7
2013 Archery 8 24 145 16.2 1343 22 2 49.6 45 91.5
2012 Archery 8 8 131 5.8 927 4 4 75 0 86.9
2011 Archery 8 11 115 9.6 793 9 2 22.2 11.1 100
2010 Archery 8 9 117 7.7 781 7 2 42.9 28.6 100
2009 Archery 8 6 73 8.2 475 6 50 33.3 100
2008 Archery 8 7 84 8.3 795 7 85.7 71.4 100
2007 Archery 8 24 116 20.7 876 13 11 15.3 0 91.7
2006 Archery 8 10 83 12 6 4 50 16.7 90
2005 Archery 8 20 122 16.4 987 16 4 12.4 6.2 100
2004 Archery 8 4 52 7.7 327 4 0 50 0 100
2003 Archery 8 7 90 8 466 5 2 40 20 71
2002 Archery 8 10 91 11 507 5 5 100 40 90
2001 Archery 8 6 124 4 605 3 3 33 33 100
2000 Archery 8 8 6 2 38 12 89
Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Jr./Sr./DAV Deer Tag
  • Archery Permit
  • Handicapped Archery Permit* (permit for use of a crossbow during archery-only seasons)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

  • Junior Mentored Deer Tag
  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Archery Permit
  • Handicapped Archery Permit* (permit for use of a crossbow during archery-only seasons)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.

Where to purchase

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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.

Graph illustrating 95.03 percent Private 466,052 acres   95%
Graph illustrating 2.33 percent Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 11,435 acres   2.3%
Graph illustrating 1.41 percent State of Idaho 6,922 acres   1.4%
Graph illustrating 0.62 percent Other 3,027 acres   0.6%
Graph illustrating 0.45 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 2,217 acres   0.5%
Graph illustrating 0.13 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 624 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.