Deer General Archery Season

Unit 73
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)
Antlered Mule and White-tailed Deer
Only deer with at least one antler longer than 3 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlered deer only. In antlered-only seasons, antlers must accompany the carcass while in transit.
Archery
Archery ONLY.

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

Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
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Unit 73
All of Unit 73. Area Size: 791,868 acres
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General Season Harvest Statistics

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Year
Take Method
Unit
Harvest
Hunters
Success%
Days
Antlered
Antlerless
%4+Pts
%5+Pts
%Whitetail
2023Archery73142326196214560
2022Archery7315193815821556.90
2021Archery7312198615321244.80
2020Archery7356208271540411534.5010.3
2019Archery732721312.5150925136.20
2018Archery734417724.81176242088.60
2017Archery734222118.8148735673.20
2016Archery735225820.119735252.40
2015Archery7381614.91268810000
2014Archery732315914.575915848.60
2013Archery732617015.5130821562.623.40
2012Archery734216525.41156321064.215.60
2011Archery73171849.3138214377.337.80
2010Archery732618614126220650.225.40
2009Archery732816117.311062354813.10
2008Archery73222389.3155720263.25.30
2007Archery732419612.2148821390.547.80
2006Archery733216519.431193.69.50
2005Archery7341083.79854075250
2004Archery7331122.79133010033.30
2003Archery73231931214051492300
2002Archery731314691061765000
2001Archery7314201793011350300
2000Archery736602882
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 64.17 percent Private 508,167 acres   64.2%
Graph illustrating 16 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 126,697 acres   16%
Graph illustrating 15.88 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 125,727 acres   15.9%
Graph illustrating 1.82 percent State of Idaho 14,379 acres   1.8%
Graph illustrating 1.29 percent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 10,211 acres   1.3%
Graph illustrating 0.8 percent U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 6,333 acres   0.8%
Graph illustrating 0.03 percent Other 228 acres   0%

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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.

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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.

There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.