Elk Nonresident Tag Limits

Starting December 1 at 10 a.m. MST, a limited number of general and capped zone elk tags go on sale for nonresidents for 2021.

This page lists nonresident tag limits by Elk Zone for general season and capped zone elk tags.

Nonresident Tag Limits Effective December 1, 2020

General season deer and elk tags for nonresident hunters are now limited by GMU for deer or Elk Zone for elk.

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Nonresident General Season Elk Limits

2021 Total Elk Tags
	Quota	Available
Zone Elk A & B Tag	12,815	12,815

Last updated: Tag count last updated November 20, 2020

Note: Nonresident lifetime hunting/combination license holders must purchase resident capped zone elk tags during the resident sale period.

These tag counts are NOT updated in real-time.

Nonresident Elk Tag Limits and Caps

This table combines the existing capped elk zones AND the new limited elk zones to simplify finding the amount of tags per elk zone and tag type. The new limits do not apply to capped elk zones.

The limited elk zones include nonresident non-outfitted and nonresident outfitted tags

Elk Zone Type	Tag Limit
Bannock — A Tag	154
Bear River — A Tag	175
Bear River — B Tag ^*	109
Beaverhead — A Tag	252
Big Desert — A Tag - ^ Archery only	15
Big Desert — B Tag ^*	5
Boise River — A Tag - ^ Archery only	25
Boise River — B Tag	324
Brownlee — A Tag - ^ Archery and Short-ranged only	52
Diamond Creek — A Tag ^* - ^ Archery only	506
Dworshak — A Tag - ^ Archery and Muzzleloader only	149
Dworshak — B Tag ^*	262
Elk City — A Tag ^* - ^ Archery and Muzzleloader only	83
Elk City — B Tag ^*	301
Island Park — A Tag	227
Lemhi — A Tag	279
Lolo — A Tag ^* - ^ Archery only	276
Lolo — B Tag ^*	458
McCall — A Tag	386
McCall — B Tag	430
Middle Fork — A Tag ^*	383
Middle Fork — B Tag ^*	711
Palisades — A Tag	82
Palisades — B Tag	59
Palouse — A Tag	104
Palouse — B Tag	197
Panhandle — A Tag	629
Panhandle — B Tag	1073
Pioneer — A Tag	299
Pioneer — B Tag ^*	33
Salmon — A Tag	98
Salmon — B Tag ^*	715
Sawtooth — A Tag ^* - ^ Archery only	125
Sawtooth — B Tag ^*	278
Selway — A Tag ^*	468
Selway — B Tag ^*	587
Smoky - Bennett — A Tag - ^ Archery only	202
Smoky - Bennett — B Tag ^*	29
Snake River — A Tag - ^ Archery and Short-ranged only	85
South Hills — A Tag	55
South Hills — B Tag ^*	10
Tex Creek — A Tag	195
Tex Creek — B Tag	172
Weiser River — A Tag	227
Weiser River — B Tag ^*	440