Elk General A Tag Season

Portion of Units 1,2,3,4,4A,5 and 6
Elk A Tag - Panhandle Zone Unlimited Tags

Non-resident tag quota of 12,815 total elk tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.

9/15/2018 - 9/21/2018

Species: Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Either-sex Elk: Either sex may be taken.

Archery: Archery ONLY.

Restrictions

Open only within 1 mile of private land.

Surface Management

Game Units

Wilderness

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Portion of Units 1,2,3,4,4A,5 and 6: Within 1 mile of private land in the following Units: 1, 2, 3, portion of 4, 4A, 5, and 6 only. That portion of Unit 4 within the following boundary: starting at the junction of State Highway 97 and State Highway 3 near Harrison, then north on State Highway 3 to Interstate 90, then East on Interstate 90 to Kingston, then north and east on Forest Service Road 9 (CDA River Road) to the Montana border, and then follow the unit 4 boundary south and west to the point of beginning. Area Size: 4,046,793 acres

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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 1 2 3 4 4A 5 6

General Season Harvest Statistics

Year	Take Method	Unit	Harvest	Hunters	Success%	Days	Antlered	Antlerless	%Spike	%6+Pts
2023	Archery	1	91	921	10	6970	89	2	43	12
2023	Archery	2	18	340	5	2424	18		0	8
2023	Archery	3	57	732	8	5035	54	3	19	19
2023	Archery	4	116	1444	8	11576	116		19	17
2023	Archery	4A	31	201	15	1395	26	5	40	0
2023	Archery	5	66	503	13	3908	58	8	13	16
2023	Archery	6	142	1074	13	8983	134	8	11	28
2022	Archery	1	83	916	9	6492	82	2	8.9	42.5
2022	Archery	2	22	307	7	2034	20	2	28.1	7.8
2022	Archery	3	72	683	10	5236	66	6	21.1	10.4
2022	Archery	4	124	1489	8	12345	120	4	16.7	12.8
2022	Archery	4A	21	202	10	1523	21		34.5	32.8
2022	Archery	5	36	395	9	3640	36		12.3	19.2
2022	Archery	6	132	946	14	8261	123	8	12.5	17.3
2021	Archery	1	63	972	6	7449	63		18.2	25.7
2021	Archery	2	9	300	3	2104	7	2	20.9	0
2021	Archery	3	65	765	8	5279	63	2	13.6	10.9
2021	Archery	4	133	1316	10	10855	124	9	20.3	18
2021	Archery	4A	12	185	7	1226	12		9.8	9.8
2021	Archery	5	61	477	13	4288	61		42.1	11.8
2021	Archery	6	100	895	11	7578	98	2	29.9	27.9
2020	Archery	1	71	920	8	6360	71		2.6	52.6
2020	Archery	2	58	322	18	2282	39	20	0	59
2020	Archery	3	73	786	9	5269	70	3	13.9	11.9
2020	Archery	4	141	1556	9	10982	132	10	27	31.3
2020	Archery	4A	6	224	3	1674	6		0	53.5
2020	Archery	5	54	516	10	3869	54		32.1	14.8
2020	Archery	6	94	826	11	6722	90	3	13.3	32
2019	Archery	1	52	793	6.5	5646	52		14.3	69.1
2019	Archery	2	1	343	0.4	1939	1		0	100
2019	Archery	3	66	794	8.3	4675	60	6	14.4	44.1
2019	Archery	4	149	1749	8.5	12491	136	13	12.6	38.1
2019	Archery	4A	3	239	1.1	1620	3		0	0
2019	Archery	5	59	479	12.3	3347	44	14	58.5	0
2019	Archery	6	74	851	8.7	6583	68	6	2	22.5
2018	Archery	1	64	834	7.7	5852	52	12	14.2	51.6
2018	Archery	2	30	324	9.1	2391	18	12	8.5	8.5
2018	Archery	3	58	786	7.3	5326	56	2	47.7	13.3
2018	Archery	4	129	1510	8.6	10462	123	6	18.1	32.4
2018	Archery	4A	8	275	2.9	1672	8		0	59.1
2018	Archery	5	36	425	8.5	3126	30	6	19.4	24.3
2018	Archery	6	98	772	12.8	5681	95	3	14.1	17.3
2017	Archery	1	99	780	12.7	5368	99		24	22.3
2017	Archery	2	30	301	10	1623	30		0	56
2017	Archery	3	93	786	11.9	4595	91	2	29.9	12.8
2017	Archery	4	172	1558	11	10347	155	17	14.3	46.7
2017	Archery	4A	13	178	7.4	1160	12	1	0	28.2
2017	Archery	5	18	370	4.9	1998	17	2	41.1	0
2017	Archery	6	61	741	8.2	5004	59	2	11.5	31.5
2016	Archery	1	63	710	8.8	4919	63		21.7	16.7
2016	Archery	2	15	266	5.6	1436	15		0	0
2016	Archery	3	54	782	6.9	4723	54		25.3	5.8
2016	Archery	4	142	1494	9.5	10177	142		15.4	46.2
2016	Archery	4A	3	159	2	1077	3		0	100
2016	Archery	5	40	358	11.2	2262	40		20.7	3.3
2016	Archery	6	104	612	17.1	4633	104		5	11.4
2015	Archery	1	94	781	12	5607	94		16.7	66.7
2015	Archery	2	16	267	6	1348	16		100	0
2015	Archery	3	94	834	11	5091	94		33.3	16.7
2015	Archery	4	226	1380	16	9654	226		23.7	48.6
2015	Archery	4A	16	157	10	894	16		0	0
2015	Archery	5	31	342	9	2453	31		100	0
2015	Archery	6	110	671	16	5317	110		28.6	14.3
2014	Archery	1	150	690	22	5592	150		66.7	16.7
2014	Archery	2	47	314	15	2207	47		0	53.3
2014	Archery	3	0	690	0	3856
2014	Archery	4	150	1445	10	9054	150		33.3	33.3
2014	Archery	4A	25	176	14	1003	25		0	0
2014	Archery	5	75	423	18	2125	75		0	0
2014	Archery	6	125	643	20	5423	125		40	20
2013	Archery	1	50	735	6.8	5508	50		16	35
2013	Archery	2	19	299	6.5	1994	19		25.7	5.1
2013	Archery	3	37	784	4.7	5191	37		38.7	27.9
2013	Archery	4	111	1606	6.9	10809	111		15.8	56
2013	Archery	4A	11	154	7.3	977	11		8.9	46.6
2013	Archery	5	44	333	13.1	2181	44		33.2	19.4
2013	Archery	6	62	532	11.6	4000	62		1.6	17.8
2012	Archery	1	79	724	11	4891	79		19.9	37.8
2012	Archery	2	18	266	6.7	1630	18		38.6	27.7
2012	Archery	3	61	662	9.2	4149	61		14.8	34.1
2012	Archery	4	105	1606	6.5	11812	105		15	37.8
2012	Archery	4A	18	181	9.9	1082	18		5.6	77.5
2012	Archery	5	55	295	18.6	1886	55		32.2	7.3
2012	Archery	6	65	475	13.6	3689	65		15.2	28.1
2011	Archery	1	96	955	10.1	7243	55	41	16.1	42.3
2011	Archery	2	19	271	6.9	1764	12	7	9.3	18.5
2011	Archery	3	76	787	9.7	5291	42	34	23.6	16.5
2011	Archery	4	192	1915	10	14320	111	80	22.5	33.8
2011	Archery	4A	25	225	11.3	1504	21	5	4.9	29.1
2011	Archery	5	43	382	11.3	2719	23	21	34.5	0
2011	Archery	6	87	541	16.1	4247	76	11	17.8	33.3
2010	Archery	1	103	824	12.5	5678	68	35	18.4	51.5
2010	Archery	2	28	265	10.6	1452	22	7	25.6	18.5
2010	Archery	3	78	706	11	4564	64	14	27.4	25.1
2010	Archery	4	149	1871	8	13391	107	42	26.8	37.1
2010	Archery	4A	26	222	11.5	1496	16	10	12.5	50
2010	Archery	5	56	310	18	1937	32	24	20.3	9.3
2010	Archery	6	85	589	14.4	4334	76	9	29.2	34.4
2009	Archery	1	103	909	11.4	6852	91	11	25.3	49.5
2009	Archery	2	17	247	6.9	1460	13	4	7.7	0
2009	Archery	3	66	650	10.2	4323	52	14	25	34.5
2009	Archery	4	131	1694	7.7	12693	114	17	12.3	36.8
2009	Archery	4A	21	143	14.7	866	17	4	11.7	23.5
2009	Archery	5	31	260	11.9	1727	25	6	8	12
2009	Archery	6	67	509	13.2	4187	45	22	13.3	31.1
2008	Archery	1	130	1028	12.7	8282	93	36	22.4	9.7
2008	Archery	2	21	252	8.5	2040	15	6	67.5	6.5
2008	Archery	3	58	732	7.9	5917	31	27	53.2	6.5
2008	Archery	4	169	2048	8.3	16685	128	40	20.2	30.7
2008	Archery	4A	17	219	7.7	1772	11	6	9.1	36.4
2008	Archery	5	59	297	19.8	2311	43	16	26.7	9.4
2008	Archery	6	93	763	12.2	5773	63	26	14.2	35.3
2007	Archery	1	131	831	15.7	6743	97	33	32.4	22.5
2007	Archery	2	42	196	21.3	1254	27	14	40.8	14.7
2007	Archery	3	40	446	9	3118	26	14	20.8	29.2
2007	Archery	4	184	1724	10.7	13550	139	45	10.8	23.8
2007	Archery	4A	24	197	12.3	1493	20	4	9.9	65.3
2007	Archery	5	27	231	11.7	1924	18	9	31.2	18.8
2007	Archery	6	99	700	14.1	5599	63	35	26.7	28.3
2006	Archery	1	118	773	15.3		94	21	44.5	28.3
2006	Archery	2	12	210	5.7		9	2	11.1	33.3
2006	Archery	3	43	444	9.7		29	14	26.9	23.1
2006	Archery	4	163	1452	11.2		124	37	23.8	20.5
2006	Archery	4A	10	199	5		8	2	37.5	25
2006	Archery	5	13	306	4.2		10	3	55.6	0
2006	Archery	6	83	687	12.1		56	25	17	24.5
2005	Archery	1	104	761	13.6	5387	77	27	5.2	64.8
2005	Archery	2	14	182	7.7	1272	7	7	14.3	28.6
2005	Archery	3	54	516	10.5	3480	39	15	5.1	28
2005	Archery	4	158	1447	10.9	10662	113	45	16.9	38
2005	Archery	4A	17	169	10.1	1256	12	5	16.7	8.3
2005	Archery	5	32	200	16	1379	13	19	30.8	38.5
2005	Archery	6	110	605	18.2	4884	74	36	31.4	35
2004	Archery	1	54	643	8.4	4860	39	15	10.3	25.6
2004	Archery	2	4	141	2.8	888	3	1	0	0
2004	Archery	3	34	417	8.2	2676	23	11	8.7	39.1
2004	Archery	4	139	1393	10	9740	114	24	22.8	21.1
2004	Archery	4A	9	127	7.1	906	7	2	0	57.1
2004	Archery	5	20	155	12.9	969	15	5	6.7	20
2004	Archery	6	94	589	16	5097	77	15	33.8	23.4
2003	Archery	1	62	636	10	4500	42	20	25	34
2003	Archery	2	3	151	2	790	2	1	50	0
2003	Archery	3	32	447	7	2491	22	10	22	33
2003	Archery	4	116	1303	9	8682	83	31	17	28
2003	Archery	4A	12	123	10	763	11	1	11	44
2003	Archery	5	21	193	11	1099	16	4	29	14
2003	Archery	6	82	596	14	4110	57	23	17	44
2002	Archery	1	57	568	10	3970	41	16	22	32
2002	Archery	2	7	164	4	876	4	3	25	50
2002	Archery	3	18	415	4	2491	16	2	7	29
2002	Archery	4	83	1185	7	7825	67	16	29	40
2002	Archery	4A	3	111	3	714	2	1	0	50
2002	Archery	5	15	170	9	955	11	4	20	0
2002	Archery	6	74	549	13	3905	50	24	20	25
2001	Archery	1	70	540	13	3939	36	34	25	34
2001	Archery	2	6	179	4	834	3	3	33	0
2001	Archery	3	25	448	5	1820	14	11	46	31
2001	Archery	4	95	1195	8	7249	63	32	21	32
2001	Archery	4A	12	127	9	675	10	2	22	11
2001	Archery	5	15	166	9	742	9	6	37	25
2001	Archery	6	69	551	13	3619	42	27	19	31
2000	Archery	1	40				28	12	28	25
2000	Archery	2	7				4	3	52	15
2000	Archery	3	17				11	6	25	20
2000	Archery	4	50				34	16	32	23
2000	Archery	4A	4				3	1	30	10
2000	Archery	5	12				8	4	33	11
2000	Archery	6	41				28	13	23	20

Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

Adult Elk Tag
Jr./Sr./DAV Elk Tag
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

Junior Mentored Elk Tag
Adult Elk Tag
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.

* Indicates this item is optional.

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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.

Private 1,769,011 acres 43.7%

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 1,529,033 acres 37.8%

State of Idaho 392,853 acres 9.7%

Other 166,197 acres 4.1%

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 94,789 acres 2.3%

Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 51,084 acres 1.3%

State of Idaho 16,474 acres 0.4%

Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 14,327 acres 0.4%

State of Idaho 12,247 acres 0.3%

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