Deer General Archery Season

Unit 55
Regular Deer Tag Unlimited Tags

Non-resident tag quota of 15,500 total deer tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.

11/16/2024 - 12/10/2024

Species
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Antlerless or Antlered Mule and White-tailed Deer
Either sex may be taken.
Archery
Archery ONLY.

Restrictions

No special restrictions.

Unit 55
All of Unit 55. Most of the City of Rocks National Reserve is open to hunting. Information about hunting within the Reserve is available to permittees at IDFG offices or at the National Park Service office in Almo. Area Size: 648,768 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 55

General Season Harvest Statistics

Year Take Method Unit Harvest Hunters Success% Days Antlered Antlerless %4+Pts %5+Pts %Whitetail
2023 Archery 55 59 689 8 3029 54 5 55 0
2022 Archery 55 82 548 15 2910 77 5 54.4 0
2021 Archery 55 54 671 8 3074 42 12 49.2 0
2020 Archery 55 68 733 9 3447 45 23 42.5 0
2019 Archery 55 44 742 5.9 2817 22 21 22.8 0
2018 Archery 55 61 694 8.8 3230 40 21 71.9 0
2017 Archery 55 77 722 10.6 3549 56 21 63.8 0
2016 Archery 55 79 604 13.2 2354 45 34 41.9 0
2015 Archery 55 54 550 9.8 2318 36 18 47.9 0 0
2014 Archery 55 38 654 5.8 2427 23 15 100 66.7
2013 Archery 55 40 668 6 2770 33 7 53.6 19.3 0
2012 Archery 55 75 736 10.2 2892 50 26 67.7 22.2 0
2011 Archery 55 62 787 7.8 3360 46 15 35.5 2.2 6.6
2010 Archery 55 79 547 14.4 2184 35 44 51.4 11.6 1.3
2009 Archery 55 31 437 7.1 1968 18 13 39.1 11.2 0
2008 Archery 55 34 492 7 2536 17 16 52.9 17.6 0
2007 Archery 55 19 394 4.8 1668 9 10 55.6 11.1 0
2006 Archery 55 23 332 6.9 10 9 40 10 0
2005 Archery 55 39 267 14.7 1018 31 8 19.2 9.6 0
2004 Archery 55 24 220 10.9 888 15 9 60 13.3 0
2003 Archery 55 17 229 7 763 13 3 58 33 0
2002 Archery 55 17 220 8 1132 12 5 70 20 0
2001 Archery 55 10 131 8 380 8 2 71 14 0
2000 Archery 55 11 10 1 27 0 0
Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Jr./Sr./DAV Deer Tag
  • Archery Permit
  • Handicapped Archery Permit* (permit for use of a crossbow during archery-only seasons)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

  • Junior Mentored Deer Tag
  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Archery Permit
  • Handicapped Archery Permit* (permit for use of a crossbow during archery-only seasons)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.

Where to purchase

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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.

Graph illustrating 47.64 percent Private 309,057 acres   47.6%
Graph illustrating 34.93 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 226,605 acres   34.9%
Graph illustrating 11.61 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 75,313 acres   11.6%
Graph illustrating 4.56 percent State of Idaho 29,564 acres   4.6%
Graph illustrating 1.25 percent U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 8,098 acres   1.2%

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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.

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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.

There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.