Idaho Unit 42
Elk
No rate published
Deer
13.1%
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Elk
Licenses
Owyhee Zone Elk Tag
Nonresident license: Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Residents Controlled Hunt · Nonresidents Draw — see notes
Not included Bull elk is not included in this general season — it requires a controlled hunt tag. See the full regulation text below for details.
Residents: Owyhee Zone (Units 40, 41, 42) — Controlled Hunts Only.
A Tag: No A Tags in this Zone.
B Tag: No B Tags in this Zone.
Nonresidents: No nonresident general-season elk tag is listed for this unit's elk zone in the 2026 nonresident tag tables — controlled-hunt-only for nonresidents, and nonresidents drawn for a controlled hunt are not counted against the nonresident quota.
IDFG does not publish a per-zone nonresident cap for this zone.
Sources: Residents, IDFG regulations (2026) · Nonresidents, IDFG regulations (2026)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2015 | Not published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Not published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2015.
Deer
Licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Nonresident license: Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Residents General Season · Nonresidents Draw — see notes
Included Includes antlered deer opportunity (all deer)
Residents: Antlered: Oct 10 - Oct 24 (2-point deer only).
Antlerless: None.
Nonresidents: Unit 42 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD42.
Nonresident general-season deer tags are not sold over the counter: beginning with the 2026 season IDFG issues them by random draw — first application period Dec 5-15, 2025, second application period Feb 5-15, 2026 — against a statewide nonresident general-season quota of 15,500 deer tags.
Unit 42 nonresident limit: 30 tags, plus 0 tags allocated to outfitters.
Price: $351.75 nonresident deer tag plus $185.00 nonresident hunting license (Idaho Big Game 2026 Seasons & Rules, Nonresident License, Tag and Permit Fees, prices as of December 1, 2024).
Source: 2026 Nonresident General Tags and Tags Allocated to Outfitters, "Nonresident Regular Deer Tags by Unit" and "Regular Deer Tag Limits for Nonresidents and Outfitters by Unit".
Sources: Residents, IDFG regulations (2026) · Nonresidents, IDFG regulations (2026)
Idaho's Regular Deer Tag harvest and success-rate figures below combine the mule and white-tailed deer populations into one number — IDFG doesn't publish a single-species breakdown at the unit level.
4+ point deer (all deer): 0 of 33 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 251 | 33 | 13.1% | 33 | 13.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 264 | 53 | 20.1% | 50 | 18.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 222 | 34 | 15.3% | 31 | 14.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 303 | 63 | 20.8% | 63 | 20.8% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2021 | 248 | 54 | 21.8% | 50 | 20.2% | 4 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 361 | 56 | 15.5% | 56 | 15.5% | 12 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 362 | 71 | 19.6% | 62 | 17.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 347 | 57 | 16.4% | 57 | 16.4% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 384 | 45 | 11.7% | 33 | 8.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 322 | 91 | 28.3% | 85 | 26.4% | 6 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 430 | 177 | 41.2% | 168 | 39.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 356 | 93 | 26.1% | 85 | 23.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 401 | 85 | 21.2% | 82 | 20.4% | 7 | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 324 | 72 | 22.2% | 70 | 21.6% | 5 | 1.5% |
| 2011 | 399 | 97 | 24.3% | 92 | 23.1% | 4 | 1.0% |
| 2010 | 365 | 99 | 27.1% | 90 | 24.7% | 5 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 292 | 80 | 27.4% | 78 | 26.7% | 10 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 299 | 39 | 13.0% | 35 | 11.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 302 | 58 | 19.2% | 45 | 14.9% | 2 | 0.7% |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.