2121 · BullRES + NR

Unit 18 elk,All of Unit 18.

Season Archery Aug 30–Sep 30·Units: 18·40 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

40 tags, 384 applied, 10% drew in 2026. 54th hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

4 of 132 drew

Harvest success

41–53%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

Bulls / 100 cows

Hells Canyon, 2019

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	132	4
2026	Resident	252	36

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

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	4 of 132 drew	132	4	3%
2026	Resident	36 of 252 drew	252	36	14%
2025	Nonresident	4 of 121 drew	121	4	3%
2025	Resident	36 of 230 drew	230	36	16%
2024	Nonresident	2 of 416 drew	416	2	<1%
2024	Resident	18 of 786 drew	786	18	2%
2023	Nonresident	2 of 356 drew	356	2	<1%
2023	Resident	18 of 657 drew	657	18	3%
2022	Nonresident	2 of 108 drew	108	2	2%
2022	Resident	18 of 421 drew	421	18	4%
2021	Nonresident	2 of 97 drew	97	2	2%
2021	Resident	18 of 390 drew	390	18	5%
2020	Nonresident	2 of 60 drew	60	2	3%
2020	Resident	23 of 213 drew	213	23	11%
2019	Nonresident	2 of 46 drew	46	2	4%
2019	Resident	23 of 212 drew	212	23	11%
2018	Nonresident	13 of 14 drew	14	13	93%
2018	Resident	237 of 250 drew	250	237	95%
2017	Nonresident	15 of 15 drew	15	15	100%
2017	Resident	235 of 262 drew	262	235	90%
2016	Nonresident	5 of 8 drew	8	5	63%
2016	Resident	195 of 289 drew	289	195	67%
2015	Nonresident	8 of 10 drew	10	8	80%
2015	Resident	192 of 233 drew	233	192	82%
2014	Nonresident	2 of 7 drew	7	2	29%
2014	Resident	148 of 862 drew	862	148	17%
2013	Nonresident	1 of 3 drew	3	1	33%
2013	Resident	249 of 325 drew	325	249	77%
2012	All applicants	82 of 82 drew	82	82	100%
2012	Nonresident	1 of 1 drew	1	1	100%
2012	Resident	12 of 43 drew	43	12	28%
2010	Nonresident	1 of 51 drew	51	1	2%
2010	Resident	14 of 479 drew	479	14	3%
2009	All applicants	28 of 28 drew	28	28	100%
2008	Nonresident	2 of 8 drew	8	2	25%
2008	Resident	23 of 91 drew	91	23	25%
2007	All applicants	276 of 276 drew	276	276	100%
2007	Nonresident	2 of 2 drew	2	2	100%
2007	Resident	26 of 40 drew	40	26	65%
2006	Nonresident	26 of 81 drew	81	26	32%
2006	Resident	239 of 264 drew	264	239	91%
2005	Resident	24 of 24 drew	24	24	100%
2004	Nonresident	11 of 43 drew	43	11	26%
2004	Resident	189 of 512 drew	512	189	37%
2003	Nonresident	9 of 12 drew	12	9	75%
2003	Resident	141 of 178 drew	178	141	79%
2002	Nonresident	13 of 39 drew	39	13	33%
2002	Resident	187 of 556 drew	556	187	34%
2001	Nonresident	9 of 14 drew	14	9	64%
2001	Resident	272 of 438 drew	438	272	62%
2000	Nonresident	20 of 33 drew	33	20	61%
2000	Resident	180 of 362 drew	362	180	50%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 18.
Weapon: Archery
Tags: 40 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Archery: Aug 30–Sep 30

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Harvest success, 2121

2001–2025

0128%0641%1126%1646%2131%2541%

2025: 16 taken by 39 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