Idaho Elk Hunting Application Summary

Draw Deadline

Applications due by…………………June 5, 2011
Applications may be submitted electronically at any Fish and Game license vendor; made using a credit card by calling 1-800-55HUNT5 or on the Internet at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov. Application worksheets may be mailed, with proper fees (check or money order), to any Fish and Game office. The main office is Idaho Department of Fish and Game, P. O. Box 25, Boise, ID 83707. (http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/apps/ch/apply.cfm)

Results available by…………………July 10, 2011

Fees

Fees required at application
General Hunting License fee*………..$12.75 (resident)/$154.75 (non-resident)
Application Fee…………………………….$6.25 (resident)/$14.75 (non-resident)
*General Hunting License is required to apply and is non-refundable.

Additional Fees After Successful Drawing
Hunt permit tag fee………..$30.75 (resident)/$416.75 (non-resident)

Points Only Fees
Idaho does not utilize any kind of a point system.

Points

Idaho does not utilize a point system of any kind. Idaho’s draws are completely random and not based upon previous applications.

Non-Resident Permit Allocations

In controlled hunts with 10 or fewer tags, not more than one nonresident tag may be issued. In controlled hunts with more than 10 tags, except unlimited controlled hunts, not more than 10 percent of the tags may be issued to nonresidents.

Hunt Choices

Hunters may indicate up to 2 hunt choices on their applications. However, the second choice hunt will only be considered after all first-choice hunts have been filled (i.e., if there are tags left-over after the first-choice draw).

Successful applicants for controlled hunts must purchase their controlled hunt tag not later than August 1, at any license vendor, Fish and Game office, through the Internet, or by telephone at 800-554-8685. Tags not purchased and picked up by August 1 will be forfeited and become available in a special “left-over” tag drawing in mid-August.

Hunter Education Requirements

To buy a hunting license, all hunters must show proof that they have completed a hunter education course if they were born on or after January 1, 1975, unless they have held a hunting license from Idaho or another state.

To buy an archery permit, all bowhunters must possess a valid hunting license and show proof they have completed an approved bowhunter education course or show evidence of having been licensed for an archery-only hunt in Idaho or another state, or complete an affidavit to that effect.

Group Applications

Up to 4 applicants can apply together for elk.