2020 · BullRES + NR

Unit 43 elk,All of Unit 43.

Season Any Weapon Oct 15–Nov 10·Units: 43·125 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

125 tags, 1,382 applied, 9% drew in 2026. 46th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

12 of 287 drew

Harvest success

46–94%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

125

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	287	12
2026	Resident	1,095	113

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	12 of 287 drew	287	12	4%
2026	Resident	113 of 1,095 drew	1,095	113	10%
2025	Nonresident	12 of 233 drew	233	12	5%
2025	Resident	113 of 946 drew	946	113	12%
2024	Nonresident	2 of 143 drew	143	2	1%
2024	Resident	18 of 630 drew	630	18	3%
2023	Nonresident	2 of 106 drew	106	2	2%
2023	Resident	18 of 655 drew	655	18	3%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 116 drew	116	2	2%
2022	Resident	18 of 619 drew	619	18	3%
2021	Nonresident	2 of 82 drew	82	2	2%
2021	Resident	18 of 526 drew	526	18	3%
2020	Nonresident	2 of 86 drew	86	2	2%
2020	Resident	18 of 562 drew	562	18	3%
2019	Nonresident	2 of 76 drew	76	2	3%
2019	Resident	18 of 478 drew	478	18	4%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 24 drew	24	1	4%
2018	Resident	9 of 205 drew	205	9	4%
2017	Nonresident	0 of 17 drew	17	0	<1%
2017	Resident	10 of 216 drew	216	10	5%
2016	Nonresident	9 of 140 drew	140	9	6%
2016	Resident	81 of 642 drew	642	81	13%
2015	Nonresident	9 of 112 drew	112	9	8%
2015	Resident	81 of 551 drew	551	81	15%
2014	Nonresident	10 of 140 drew	140	10	7%
2014	Resident	130 of 992 drew	992	130	13%
2013	Nonresident	9 of 140 drew	140	9	6%
2013	Resident	131 of 1,117 drew	1,117	131	12%
2012	Nonresident	12 of 146 drew	146	12	8%
2012	Resident	128 of 1,028 drew	1,028	128	12%
2011	Nonresident	11 of 80 drew	80	11	14%
2011	Resident	129 of 927 drew	927	129	14%
2010	Nonresident	1 of 63 drew	63	1	2%
2010	Resident	9 of 424 drew	424	9	2%
2009	Nonresident	8 of 78 drew	78	8	10%
2009	Resident	132 of 938 drew	938	132	14%
2008	Nonresident	3 of 38 drew	38	3	8%
2008	Resident	27 of 436 drew	436	27	6%
2007	Nonresident	2 of 43 drew	43	2	5%
2007	Resident	28 of 431 drew	431	28	6%
2006	Nonresident	2 of 39 drew	39	2	5%
2006	Resident	28 of 360 drew	360	28	8%
2005	Nonresident	15 of 101 drew	101	15	15%
2005	Resident	160 of 816 drew	816	160	20%
2004	Nonresident	10 of 81 drew	81	10	12%
2004	Resident	165 of 899 drew	899	165	18%
2003	Nonresident	13 of 96 drew	96	13	14%
2003	Resident	162 of 806 drew	806	162	20%
2002	Nonresident	12 of 83 drew	83	12	14%
2002	Resident	163 of 769 drew	769	163	21%
2001	Nonresident	15 of 84 drew	84	15	18%
2001	Resident	135 of 766 drew	766	135	18%
2000	Nonresident	10 of 77 drew	77	10	13%
2000	Resident	90 of 675 drew	675	90	13%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 43.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 125 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 15–Nov 10

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Harvest success, 2020

2001–2025

0139%0676%1145%1639%2170%2546%

2025: 54 taken by 118 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