2019 · BullRES + NR

Unit 43 elk,All of Unit 43.

Season Any Weapon Oct 1–Oct 14·Units: 43·20 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

20 tags, 403 applied, 5% drew in 2026. One of Idaho's hardest elk draws: 23rd hardest of 300 in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

2 of 90 drew

Harvest success

32–48%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	90	2
2026	Resident	313	18

Idaho prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	2 of 90 drew	90	2	2%
2026	Resident	18 of 313 drew	313	18	6%
2025	Nonresident	2 of 72 drew	72	2	3%
2025	Resident	18 of 340 drew	340	18	5%
2024	Nonresident	12 of 230 drew	230	12	5%
2024	Resident	113 of 871 drew	871	113	13%
2023	Nonresident	12 of 184 drew	184	12	7%
2023	Resident	113 of 748 drew	748	113	15%
2022	Nonresident	11 of 177 drew	177	11	6%
2022	Resident	99 of 795 drew	795	99	12%
2021	Nonresident	11 of 174 drew	174	11	6%
2021	Resident	99 of 706 drew	706	99	14%
2020	Nonresident	10 of 176 drew	176	10	6%
2020	Resident	90 of 736 drew	736	90	12%
2019	Nonresident	10 of 181 drew	181	10	6%
2019	Resident	90 of 686 drew	686	90	13%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 40 drew	40	1	3%
2018	Resident	14 of 333 drew	333	14	4%
2017	Nonresident	1 of 57 drew	57	1	2%
2017	Resident	14 of 268 drew	268	14	5%
2016	Nonresident	0 of 19 drew	19	0	<1%
2016	Resident	10 of 227 drew	227	10	4%
2015	Nonresident	0 of 9 drew	9	0	<1%
2015	Resident	10 of 200 drew	200	10	5%
2014	Nonresident	1 of 53 drew	53	1	2%
2014	Resident	9 of 334 drew	334	9	3%
2013	Nonresident	1 of 43 drew	43	1	2%
2013	Resident	9 of 403 drew	403	9	2%
2012	Nonresident	0 of 41 drew	41	0	<1%
2012	Resident	10 of 425 drew	425	10	2%
2011	Nonresident	0 of 64 drew	64	0	<1%
2011	Resident	10 of 339 drew	339	10	3%
2010	Nonresident	9 of 65 drew	65	9	14%
2010	Resident	81 of 337 drew	337	81	24%
2009	Nonresident	1 of 57 drew	57	1	2%
2009	Resident	9 of 432 drew	432	9	2%
2008	Nonresident	10 of 63 drew	63	10	16%
2008	Resident	165 of 907 drew	907	165	18%
2007	Nonresident	17 of 95 drew	95	17	18%
2007	Resident	158 of 732 drew	732	158	22%
2006	Nonresident	17 of 125 drew	125	17	14%
2006	Resident	158 of 829 drew	829	158	19%
2005	Nonresident	2 of 73 drew	73	2	3%
2005	Resident	18 of 553 drew	553	18	3%
2004	Nonresident	2 of 97 drew	97	2	2%
2004	Resident	18 of 605 drew	605	18	3%
2003	Nonresident	2 of 106 drew	106	2	2%
2003	Resident	18 of 578 drew	578	18	3%
2002	Nonresident	3 of 136 drew	136	3	2%
2002	Resident	32 of 662 drew	662	32	5%
2001	Nonresident	2 of 78 drew	78	2	3%
2001	Resident	23 of 475 drew	475	23	5%
2000	Nonresident	1 of 32 drew	32	1	3%
2000	Resident	9 of 352 drew	352	9	3%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 43.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 20 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 1–Oct 14

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Harvest success, 2019

2001–2025

0177%0625%1175%1622%2145%2548%

2025: 10 taken by 21 hunters.

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Before you apply

Tag fee: “Elk 651.75”
Tag fee: “Elk 30.75 36.75”
Points: “Controlled hunts have a limited number of tags that are issued by a random drawing.”

Rules for 2026.

Source: IDFG · Updated Nov 13, 2026