Idaho Unit YNP
Elk
No rate published
Deer
No rate published
For planning only. Seasons, license rules, and boundaries change, and this site can contain errors. Before you apply, buy a license, or hunt, confirm everything in the official IDFG big game seasons & rules. Published state regulations always control. Terms of use
Elk
Licenses
Elk Zone Tag
Nonresident license: Nonresident Elk Zone 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.
Idaho's YNP unit is the portion of Yellowstone National Park within Idaho; hunting is not permitted inside the park, so there is no elk season of any kind here.
Sources: Residents, IDFG regulations (2026) · Nonresidents, IDFG regulations (2026)
Success rate history
Not published by IDFG for this unit.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics.
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.
Idaho's YNP unit is the portion of Yellowstone National Park within Idaho; hunting is not permitted inside the park, so there is no deer season of any kind here.
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.
Success rate history
Not published by IDFG for this unit.
Source: IDFG harvest statistics.