Idaho Unit 47
Elk
0.0%
Deer
20.4%
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Elk
Licenses
South Hills Zone Elk Tag
Nonresident license: Nonresident Elk Zone Tag
Availability: Residents General Season · Nonresidents Draw — see notes
Included Includes bull elk
Residents: A Tag: Archery only — any elk, Units 55, 56, and 57 only.
B Tag: Any weapon — antlerless only, Unit 56 only.
Nonresidents: South Hills Zone general elk tag (units 46, 47, 54, 55, 56, 57).
Nonresident general-season elk 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 12,815 elk tags.
South Hills Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 60 nonresident tags (uncapped zone; 0 additional tags allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 10 nonresident tags (capped zone — 500 total capped tags, of which 490 are resident tags and 0 are allocated to outfitters).
Price: $651.75 nonresident elk 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 Elk Tags by Zone" and "Elk Tag Limits for Nonresidents and Outfitters by 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 | ||
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 100 | 3 | 3.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Not published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
Deer
Licenses
Regular Deer Tag
Nonresident license: Nonresident Regular Deer Tag
Availability: Residents Controlled Hunt · Nonresidents Draw — see notes
No general season No general season data for this species in this unit — see the regulation notes below for details.
Residents: Not listed in the 2026 Regular Deer Tag general-season table — controlled-hunt-only for deer in this unit.
Nonresidents: Unit 47 Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD47.
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 47 nonresident limit: 10 tags, plus 0 tags allocated to outfitters (archery-only season).
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): 3 of 11 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 103 | 21 | 20.4% | 11 | 10.7% | 3 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 102 | 11 | 10.8% | 6 | 5.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 89 | 8 | 9.0% | 4 | 4.5% | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 64 | 4 | 6.3% | 2 | 3.1% | 1 | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 93 | 4 | 4.3% | 3 | 3.2% | 2 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 129 | 4 | 3.1% | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 143 | 12 | 8.4% | 12 | 8.4% | 5 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 166 | 3 | 1.8% | 3 | 1.8% | 2 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 125 | 20 | 16.0% | 10 | 8.0% | 1 | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 116 | 18 | 15.5% | 7 | 6.0% | 3 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 57 | 9 | 15.8% | 9 | 15.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 124 | 15 | 12.1% | 15 | 12.1% | 15 | 12.1% |
| 2013 | 50 | 5 | 10.0% | 3 | 6.0% | 2 | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | 2 | 4.1% | 2 | 4.1% |
| 2011 | 83 | 5 | 6.0% | 3 | 3.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | 1 | 3.3% | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2008 | 54 | 2 | 3.7% | 2 | 3.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.