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Elk General A Tag Season
Portion of Unit 51
Elk A Tag - Lemhi Zone Unlimited Tags
Non-resident tag quota of 12,815 total elk tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.
8/1/2018 - 8/29/2018
- 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
- 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.
Unit 51 ONLY within 1 mile of private cultivated fields outside National Forest System Boundary.
- Portion of Unit 51
- Unit 51 within 1 mile of private cultivated fields outside National Forest System boundary Area Size: 334,752 acres
General Season Harvest Statistics
Year | Take Method | Unit | Harvest | Hunters | Success% | Days | Antlered | Antlerless | %Spike | %6+Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Any Weapon | 51 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 64 | 1 | |||
2022 | Any Weapon | 51 | 11 | 52 | 21 | 249 | 11 | |||
2021 | Any Weapon | 51 | 38 | 58 | 66 | 226 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Any Weapon | 51 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 276 | 3 | |||
2019 | Any Weapon | 51 | 23 | 71 | 32 | 308 | 23 | |||
2018 | Any Weapon | 51 | 7 | 47 | 14.9 | 181 | 7 | |||
2017 | Any Weapon | 51 | 17 | 109 | 15.5 | 524 | 17 | |||
2016 | Any Weapon | 51 | 87 | 323 | 27 | 1226 | 26 | 61 | 100 | |
2015 | Any Weapon | 51 | 102 | 309 | 33 | 1361 | 33 | 69 | 100 | 0 |
2014 | Any Weapon | 51 | 86 | 322 | 27 | 1166 | 25 | 61 | 100 | 0 |
2013 | Any Weapon | 51 | 40 | 265 | 15.1 | 884 | 26 | 14 | 100 | 0 |
2012 | Any Weapon | 51 | 23 | 181 | 12.8 | 703 | 22 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
2011 | Any Weapon | 51 | 23 | 184 | 12.3 | 577 | 23 | 100 | 0 | |
2010 | Any Weapon | 51 | 15 | 134 | 11.1 | 442 | 15 | 100 | 0 | |
2009 | Any Weapon | 51 | 15 | 142 | 10.3 | 595 | 15 | 100 | 0 | |
2008 | Any Weapon | 51 | 6 | 514 | 1.2 | 2652 | 6 | 83.3 | 16.7 | |
2007 | Any Weapon | 51 | 8 | 115 | 7 | 410 | 8 | 100 | 0 | |
2006 | Any Weapon | 51 | 14 | 125 | 11.2 | 11 | 2 | 100 | 0 | |
2005 | Any Weapon | 51 | 12 | 99 | 12.1 | 301 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
2004 | Any Weapon | 51 | 20 | 155 | 12.9 | 729 | 14 | 6 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
2003 | Any Weapon | 51 | 29 | 188 | 15 | 843 | 13 | 16 | 100 | 0 |
2002 | Any Weapon | 51 | 41 | 207 | 20 | 926 | 17 | 24 | 94 | 6 |
2001 | Any Weapon | 51 | 45 | 215 | 21 | 761 | 22 | 23 | 100 | 0 |
2000 | Any Weapon | 51 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 67 | 12 |
* 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*
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. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 270,438 acres 80.8% |
Private 48,634 acres 14.5% |
State of Idaho 13,446 acres 4% |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 1,839 acres 0.5% |
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 395 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.
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.