Deer General Archery Season

Unit 4
White-tailed Deer Tag Unlimited Tags

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

8/30/2017 - 9/30/2017

Species
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Either-sex White-tailed Deer
Either sex may be taken.
Archery
Archery ONLY.

Restrictions

No special restrictions.

Unit 4
All of Unit 4. Area Size: 787,906 acres
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General Season Harvest Statistics

Year Take Method Unit Harvest Hunters Success% Days Antlered Antlerless %4+Pts %5+Pts %Whitetail
2023 Archery 4 30 602 5 4780 27 3 38 17 73
2022 Archery 4 14 573 2 4930 8 6 41.2 100
2021 Archery 4 59 653 9 4309 37 22 0 44.4 90.8
2020 Archery 4 28 537 5 3783 27 1 50 31.4 59.3
2019 Archery 4 67 648 10.3 4436 66 1 0 9.9 83.8
2018 Archery 4 35 582 6 3793 20 15 0 42.6 90.3
2017 Archery 4 30 629 4.8 3948 18 12 0 50 79.7
2016 Archery 4 50 735 6.8 5356 43 7 0 58.7 80.2
2015 Archery 4 57 460 12.3 2933 47 10 40 0 83.4
2014 Archery 4 77 753 10.2 4976 62 15 25.2 0 79.2
2013 Archery 4 69 790 8.8 5272 41 28 34.4 27.1 97.1
2012 Archery 4 71 967 7.3 6717 51 20 61.5 19.2 95.7
2011 Archery 4 64 990 6.5 6890 28 37 40.3 7.2 90.4
2010 Archery 4 65 903 7.2 6197 44 20 50.4 26.1 87.6
2009 Archery 4 22 813 2.7 6349 19 3 36.4 26 73
2008 Archery 4 59 876 6.7 7186 37 22 77.7 37.4 84
2007 Archery 4 32 749 4.3 5749 19 13 66.7 27.8 81.2
2006 Archery 4 57 741 7.7 45 10 71.2 62.3 80.7
2005 Archery 4 46 690 6.7 5128 25 21 28 36 71.8
2004 Archery 4 38 692 5.5 4769 27 11 25.9 18.5 76
2003 Archery 4 32 667 5 4440 16 15 36 7 88
2002 Archery 4 15 647 2 4540 10 5 44 11 60
2001 Archery 4 46 709 7 3781 21 25 63 42 74
2000 Archery 4 33 18 15 24 9 70
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 68.99 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 543,602 acres   69%
Graph illustrating 20.02 percent Private 157,763 acres   20%
Graph illustrating 6.55 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 51,590 acres   6.5%
Graph illustrating 3.62 percent State of Idaho 28,561 acres   3.6%
Graph illustrating 0.47 percent Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 3,697 acres   0.5%
Graph illustrating 0.18 percent Other 1,382 acres   0.2%
Graph illustrating 0.14 percent State of Idaho 1,088 acres   0.1%

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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.