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Elk General A Tag Season
Units 23 and 24 outside NF boundary
Unlimited Tags
Non-resident tag quota of 12,815 total elk tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.
11/10/2012 - 11/30/2012
- Species
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Antlerless Elk
- Only elk without antlers or with antlers shorter than 6 inches may be taken in any season which is open for antlerless elk only.
- Muzzleloader
- Muzzleloader ONLY.
- Restrictions
No special restrictions.
- Units 23 and 24 outside NF boundary
- Hunting is only allowed outside National Forest boundaries in Units 23 and 24. The National Forest Boundary is a legislatively set boundary -- it is not necessarily the boundary of Forest Service property. State, private and other lands within the National Forest Boundary are not open to hunting during this season. (Please refer to a U.S. Forest Service travel plan map for the location of this boundary.) Area Size: 448,396 acres
General Season Harvest Statistics
Year | Take Method | Unit | Harvest | Hunters | Success% | Days | Antlered | Antlerless | %Spike | %6+Pts |
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2023 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 23 | 160 | 14 | 729 | 23 | |||
2023 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 18 | 132 | 14 | 974 | 18 | |||
2022 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 50 | 172 | 29 | 634 | 50 | |||
2022 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 43 | 157 | 27 | 670 | 43 | |||
2021 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 58 | 240 | 24 | 1118 | 58 | |||
2021 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 16 | 162 | 10 | 895 | 16 | |||
2020 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 59 | 196 | 30 | 869 | 59 | |||
2020 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 31 | 160 | 19 | 988 | 31 | |||
2019 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 27 | 172 | 15.5 | 920 | 27 | |||
2019 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 11 | 166 | 6.6 | 843 | 11 | |||
2018 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 34 | 143 | 23.7 | 601 | 34 | |||
2018 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 41 | 199 | 20.5 | 963 | 41 | |||
2017 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 31 | 152 | 20.3 | 555 | 31 | |||
2017 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 650 | ||||
2016 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 46 | 321 | 14.4 | 1484 | 46 | |||
2016 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 42 | 382 | 10.9 | 1776 | 42 | |||
2015 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 59 | 365 | 16 | 1500 | 59 | |||
2015 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 89 | 523 | 17 | 2941 | 89 | |||
2014 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 80 | 219 | 37 | 1732 | 80 | |||
2014 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 29 | 292 | 10 | 1484 | 29 | |||
2013 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 39 | 246 | 15.7 | 1202 | 39 | |||
2013 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 39 | 370 | 10.5 | 2351 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 43 | 242 | 17.7 | 1142 | 43 | |||
2012 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 37 | 341 | 10.8 | 1836 | 37 | |||
2011 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 59 | 303 | 19.4 | 1575 | 1 | 58 | ||
2011 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 47 | 464 | 10 | 2466 | 5 | 42 | 100 | 0 |
2010 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 51 | 223 | 22.9 | 937 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 63 | 381 | 16.5 | 2122 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 46 | 240 | 19 | 1287 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 59 | 414 | 14.3 | 2334 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 100 |
2008 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 40 | 254 | 15.7 | 1330 | 0 | 39 | ||
2008 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 47 | 406 | 11.5 | 2627 | 0 | 47 | ||
2007 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 25 | 144 | 17.4 | 612 | 1 | 24 | ||
2007 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 39 | 256 | 15.2 | 1394 | 2 | 37 | ||
2006 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 47 | 242 | 19.4 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 57 | 386 | 14.8 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||
2005 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 71 | 293 | 24.2 | 1509 | 1 | 70 | 100 | 0 |
2005 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 87 | 393 | 22.1 | 2045 | 1 | 86 | 100 | 0 |
2004 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 15 | 54 | 27.8 | 356 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 19 | 39 | 48.7 | 249 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | Muzzleloader | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 28 | |||
2000 | Muzzleloader | 24 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 23 |
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.
Resident Tags and Permits
- Adult Elk Tag
- Jr./Sr./DAV Elk Tag
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
NonResident Tags and Permits
- Junior Mentored Elk Tag
- Adult Elk Tag
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
Where to purchase
Learn more about IDFG Licenses, Tags & Permits
Surface Management
For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.
Private 344,712 acres 76.9% |
State of Idaho 53,663 acres 12% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 30,062 acres 6.7% |
Other 8,802 acres 2% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 7,645 acres 1.7% |
State of Idaho 1,470 acres 0.3% |
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 1,086 acres 0.2% |
State of Idaho 957 acres 0.2% |
Make your own map of Units 23 and 24 outside NF boundary
Land management via Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
Access Yes! is Fish and Game program designed to improve hunting and fishing access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.
No properties are currently available in this hunt area.
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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.