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Elk General A Tag Season
Portion of Units 1,2,3,4A and 5
Elk A Tag - Panhandle Zone Unlimited Tags
Non-resident tag quota of 12,815 total elk tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.
12/2/2024 - 12/8/2024
- 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.
- Muzzleloader
- Muzzleloader ONLY.
- Restrictions
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Transport Rules Apply. It is unlawful to transport deer, elk, or moose out of a designated CWD Management Zone, visit idfg.idaho.gov/cwd for more information.
Only open within 1 mile of private land. In a portion of Unit 1 (portion of Boundary County east of the Selkirk Mountains crest) Chronic Wasting Disease Transport Rules Apply.
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- Portion of Units 1,2,3,4A and 5
- Within 1 mile of private land in the following Units: 1, 2, 3, portion of 4A, and 5. That portion of Unit 4A within the following boundary: starting at the mouth of the Clark Fork River, follow Johnson Creek FS Road 278, then south on FS Road 1066, then east on FS Road 332 to the Montana border, and follow Montana border north back to the Clark Fork River, then to point of beginning. Area Size: 2,879,319 acres
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General Season Harvest Statistics
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Year | Take Method | Unit | Harvest | Hunters | Success% | Days | Antlered | Antlerless | %Spike | %6+Pts |
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| 2024 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 68 | 504 | 6790 | 1617 | 68 | |||
| 2024 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 16 | 214 | 1620 | 612 | 16 | |||
| 2024 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 62 | 576 | 6240 | 1641 | 62 | |||
| 2024 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 7 | 32 | 700 | 97 | 7 | |||
| 2024 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 37 | 396 | 3740 | 1172 | 37 | |||
| 2023 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 46 | 522 | 9 | 1747 | 46 | |||
| 2023 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 29 | 156 | 18 | 462 | 29 | |||
| 2023 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 45 | 491 | 9 | 1478 | 45 | |||
| 2023 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 43 | 0 | 134 | ||||
| 2023 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 40 | 318 | 13 | 909 | 1 | 39 | 100 | 0 |
| 2022 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 102 | 526 | 10220 | 1581 | 102 | |||
| 2022 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 10 | 170 | 1000 | 493 | 10 | |||
| 2022 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 64 | 382 | 6400 | 1090 | 64 | |||
| 2022 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 1 | 65 | 120 | 190 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 65 | 337 | 6470 | 819 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 67 | 557 | 6740 | 1828 | 67 | |||
| 2021 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 9 | 205 | 870 | 550 | 9 | |||
| 2021 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 45 | 494 | 4530 | 1483 | 45 | |||
| 2021 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 51 | 0 | 127 | ||||
| 2021 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 47 | 454 | 4690 | 1310 | 47 | |||
| 2020 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 59 | 601 | 5920 | 1986 | 59 | |||
| 2020 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 15 | 201 | 1520 | 550 | 15 | |||
| 2020 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 58 | 481 | 5820 | 1293 | 58 | |||
| 2020 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 6 | 69 | 650 | 250 | 6 | |||
| 2020 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 31 | 589 | 3070 | 1828 | 31 | |||
| 2019 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 86 | 448 | 8640 | 1508 | 86 | |||
| 2019 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 6 | 218 | 580 | 583 | 6 | |||
| 2019 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 40 | 506 | 4040 | 1342 | 40 | |||
| 2019 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 37 | 0 | 131 | ||||
| 2019 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 44 | 477 | 4420 | 1377 | 44 | |||
| 2018 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 66 | 483 | 6590 | 1528 | 66 | |||
| 2018 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 36 | 247 | 3550 | 896 | 36 | |||
| 2018 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 99 | 490 | 9860 | 1288 | 99 | |||
| 2018 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 32 | 135 | 3240 | 383 | 32 | |||
| 2018 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 60 | 382 | 5950 | 923 | 60 | |||
| 2017 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 59 | 423 | 5910 | 1451 | 59 | |||
| 2017 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 27 | 263 | 2670 | 944 | 27 | |||
| 2017 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 92 | 567 | 9230 | 1537 | 92 | |||
| 2017 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 16 | 120 | 1550 | 353 | 16 | |||
| 2017 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 35 | 413 | 3500 | 1279 | 35 | |||
| 2016 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 7 | 139 | 720 | 471 | 7 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 6 | 90 | 590 | 247 | 6 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 98 | ||||
| 2016 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 49 | 0 | 137 | ||||
| 2016 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 106 | ||||
| 2015 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | |||||
| 2015 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 38 | 0 | 151 | |||||
| 2015 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 183 | 0 | 447 | |||||
| 2015 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 16 | 53 | 29 | 154 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 38 | 0 | 113 | |||||
| 2014 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| 2013 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 101 | ||||
| 2013 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 2013 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 113 | ||||
| 2013 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| 2013 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 0 | 15 | 49 | |||||
| 2012 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 9 | 81 | |||||
| 2012 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 18 | 117 | |||||
| 2012 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 7 | 33 | |||||
| 2012 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14.6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 15 | 185 | 8.3 | 609 | 14 | 1 | 73.4 | 0 |
| 2011 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 2 | 55 | 3.6 | 171 | 2 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 2 | 120 | 1.7 | 488 | 2 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 31 | 0 | 87 | |||||
| 2011 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 1 | 60 | 1.7 | 178 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 29 | 151 | 19.1 | 475 | 28 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| 2010 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8.5 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| 2010 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 17 | 78 | 22.4 | 186 | 17 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 2 | 30 | 6.7 | 97 | 2 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 1 | 43 | 2.3 | 127 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 15 | 136 | 11.2 | 417 | 13 | 2 | 100 | 0 |
| 2009 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 1 | 60 | 1.7 | 180 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 1 | 42 | 2.4 | 131 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 1 | 181 | 0.6 | 661 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2008 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 1 | 58 | 1.7 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2008 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 7 | 83 | 8.9 | 212 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2008 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 38 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 6 | 123 | 4.9 | 332 | 6 | 83.3 | 16.7 | |
| 2007 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5.6 | 83 | 2 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2007 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 111 | ||||
| 2007 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 16 | 0 | 58 | ||||
| 2007 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 4 | 30 | 13.3 | 85 | 4 | 75 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 5 | 152 | 3.3 | 5 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 1 | 34 | 2.9 | 1 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 3 | 42 | 7.1 | 3 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 4 | 45 | 8.9 | 4 | 75 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 8 | 153 | 5.2 | 362 | 8 | 0 | 87.5 | 0 |
| 2005 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8.7 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| 2005 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 2 | 48 | 4.2 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| 2005 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 12 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 2 | 35 | 5.7 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 2004 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 5 | 156 | 3.2 | 451 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2004 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 1 | 67 | 1.5 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2004 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 2 | 28 | 7.1 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2003 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 6 | 158 | 4 | 429 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2003 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2002 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 3 | 151 | 2 | 511 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2002 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 14 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 5 | 103 | 5 | 252 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 2001 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2001 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 1 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2001 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 4 | 47 | 9 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 2000 | Muzzleloader | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 2000 | Muzzleloader | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 15 | |||
| 2000 | Muzzleloader | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 2000 | Muzzleloader | 4A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |||
| 2000 | Muzzleloader | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
* 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.
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.
Private 1,316,978 acres 45.7%
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U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 1,073,595 acres 37.3%
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State of Idaho 323,484 acres 11.2%
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Other 85,868 acres 3%
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Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 58,388 acres 2%
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 20,337 acres 0.7%
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Land management via Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.