2055 · antlerlessRES + NR

Unit 16 elk,any weapon season

Season Any Weapon Dec 10–Dec 31·Units: 16·40 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

40 tags, 76 applied, 53% drew in 2026. 181st hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

100%

1 of 1 drew

Harvest success

31–41%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Elk City, 2022

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	1	1
2026	Resident	75	39

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2026	Resident	39 of 75 drew	75	39	52%
2025	Resident	40 of 42 drew	42	40	95%
2024	Nonresident	12 of 17 drew	17	12	71%
2024	Resident	138 of 207 drew	207	138	67%
2023	Nonresident	3 of 12 drew	12	3	25%
2023	Resident	147 of 217 drew	217	147	68%
2022	Nonresident	3 of 22 drew	22	3	14%
2022	Resident	27 of 220 drew	220	27	12%
2021	Nonresident	2 of 15 drew	15	2	13%
2021	Resident	28 of 266 drew	266	28	11%
2020	Nonresident	7 of 42 drew	42	7	17%
2020	Resident	93 of 626 drew	626	93	15%
2019	Nonresident	3 of 43 drew	43	3	7%
2019	Resident	97 of 667 drew	667	97	15%
2018	Nonresident	26 of 57 drew	57	26	46%
2018	Resident	274 of 726 drew	726	274	38%
2017	Nonresident	16 of 46 drew	46	16	35%
2017	Resident	284 of 585 drew	585	284	49%
2016	All applicants	155 of 155 drew	155	155	100%
2016	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2016	Resident	9 of 43 drew	43	9	21%
2015	All applicants	181 of 181 drew	181	181	100%
2015	Nonresident	1 of 2 drew	2	1	50%
2015	Resident	6 of 26 drew	26	6	23%
2014	All applicants	40 of 40 drew	40	40	100%
2013	Nonresident	6 of 6 drew	6	6	100%
2013	Resident	144 of 151 drew	151	144	95%
2012	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2012	Resident	74 of 264 drew	264	74	28%
2011	All applicants	24 of 24 drew	24	24	100%
2011	Nonresident	4 of 5 drew	5	4	80%
2011	Resident	13 of 25 drew	25	13	52%
2010	All applicants	139 of 139 drew	139	139	100%
2010	Nonresident	0 of 1 drew	1	0	<1%
2010	Resident	9 of 27 drew	27	9	33%
2009	All applicants	208 of 208 drew	208	208	100%
2009	Resident	38 of 54 drew	54	38	70%
2008	All applicants	353 of 353 drew	353	353	100%
2008	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2008	Resident	27 of 35 drew	35	27	77%
2007	All applicants	298 of 298 drew	298	298	100%
2006	All applicants	142 of 142 drew	142	142	100%
2006	Resident	9 of 24 drew	24	9	38%
2005	All applicants	64 of 64 drew	64	64	100%
2004	Nonresident	12 of 12 drew	12	12	100%
2004	Resident	388 of 390 drew	390	388	99%
2003	All applicants	104 of 104 drew	104	104	100%
2002	Resident	100 of 145 drew	145	100	69%
2001	All applicants	305 of 305 drew	305	305	100%
2000	All applicants	288 of 288 drew	288	288	100%

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What it is

Hunt: That portion of Unit 16 west of the Nez Perce National Forest perimeter boundary.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 40 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Dec 10–Dec 31

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Harvest success, 2055

2001–2025

0138%0659%1137%1620%2184%2541%

2025: 14 taken by 34 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