Idaho Unit 66A
Elk
17.5%
Deer
13.8%
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Elk
Licenses
Diamond Creek 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 Aug 30-Sep 30.
B Tag: Archery only — any elk, Portion of Unit 76 only.
Nonresidents: Diamond Creek Zone general elk tag (units 66A, 76).
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.
Diamond Creek Zone nonresident limits — A Tag: 459 nonresident tags (capped zone — 1,836 total capped tags, of which 1,330 are resident tags and 47 are allocated to outfitters), archery-only season.
B Tag: 15 nonresident tags (capped zone — 150 total capped tags, of which 135 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)
6+ point bulls: 45 of 90 total bulls harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spike | Bull | 6+ pt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 703 | 123 | 17.5% | 6 | 0.9% | 84 | 11.9% | 45 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 761 | 184 | 24.2% | 21 | 2.8% | 137 | 18.0% | 87 | 11.4% |
| 2023 | 735 | 98 | 13.3% | 7 | 1.0% | 61 | 8.3% | 21 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 697 | 145 | 20.8% | 16 | 2.3% | 91 | 13.1% | 50 | 7.2% |
| 2021 | 688 | 176 | 25.6% | 16 | 2.3% | 132 | 19.2% | 61 | 8.9% |
| 2020 | 667 | 162 | 24.3% | 13 | 1.9% | 107 | 16.0% | 43 | 6.4% |
| 2019 | 727 | 104 | 14.3% | 8 | 1.1% | 68 | 9.4% | 34 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 663 | 137 | 20.7% | 16 | 2.4% | 69 | 10.4% | 37 | 5.6% |
| 2017 | 783 | 156 | 19.9% | 15 | 1.9% | 89 | 11.4% | 47 | 6.0% |
| 2016 | 688 | 152 | 22.1% | 5 | 0.7% | 101 | 14.7% | 56 | 8.1% |
| 2015 | 739 | 195 | 26.4% | 24 | 3.2% | 117 | 15.8% | 73 | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 693 | 128 | 18.5% | 12 | 1.7% | 70 | 10.1% | 33 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 702 | 125 | 17.8% | 16 | 2.3% | 71 | 10.1% | 33 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 654 | 115 | 17.6% | 6 | 0.9% | 92 | 14.1% | 47 | 7.2% |
| 2011 | 631 | 85 | 13.5% | 10 | 1.6% | 58 | 9.2% | 18 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 692 | 121 | 17.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 690 | 116 | 16.8% | 5 | 0.7% | 84 | 12.2% | 46 | 6.7% |
| 2008 | 824 | 128 | 15.5% | 6 | 0.7% | 94 | 11.4% | 47 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 795 | 85 | 10.7% | 6 | 0.8% | 55 | 6.9% | 28 | 3.5% |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.
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.
Antlerless: None.
Motorized Hunting Rule Applies.
Nonresidents: Unit 66A Regular Deer, nonresident hunt code RD66A.
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 66A nonresident limit: 83 tags, plus 9 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): 29 of 58 antlered deer harvested (2025)
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All deer | Antlered | 4+ pt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 421 | 58 | 13.8% | 58 | 13.8% | 29 | 6.9% |
| 2024 | 442 | 43 | 9.7% | 43 | 9.7% | 18 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 565 | 37 | 6.5% | 37 | 6.5% | 11 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 627 | 84 | 13.4% | 84 | 13.4% | 20 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 740 | 92 | 12.4% | 90 | 12.2% | 36 | 4.9% |
| 2020 | 606 | 73 | 12.0% | 62 | 10.2% | 22 | 3.6% |
| 2019 | 702 | 72 | 10.3% | 66 | 9.4% | 20 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 855 | 99 | 11.6% | 88 | 10.3% | 41 | 4.8% |
| 2017 | 701 | 56 | 8.0% | 53 | 7.6% | 40 | 5.7% |
| 2016 | 679 | 133 | 19.6% | 88 | 13.0% | 40 | 5.9% |
| 2015 | 951 | 256 | 26.9% | 209 | 22.0% | 101 | 10.6% |
| 2014 | 701 | 199 | 28.4% | 169 | 24.1% | 83 | 11.8% |
| 2013 | 587 | 127 | 21.6% | 113 | 19.3% | 51 | 8.7% |
| 2012 | 566 | 116 | 20.5% | 87 | 15.4% | 38 | 6.7% |
| 2011 | 700 | 77 | 11.0% | 58 | 8.3% | 25 | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 711 | 133 | 18.7% | 113 | 15.9% | 36 | 5.1% |
| 2009 | 756 | 134 | 17.7% | 101 | 13.4% | 49 | 6.5% |
| 2008 | 865 | 128 | 14.8% | 109 | 12.6% | 43 | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 921 | 231 | 25.1% | 215 | 23.3% | 90 | 9.8% |
Source: IDFG harvest statistics, 2025.