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List of returned Idaho general season tags — August 2023

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Once again, more 2023 leftover tags are available this week. If you've been following along, this is the fifth period for Idaho's returned general season sold-out deer and elk tags.

On the August 3 return sale date in Idaho at 10:00 am MT, there are tags available.

  • A tag can be purchased for any of the units listed in the table below (could pick up an elk and a deer tag)
  • Individual unit tag counts are a not-to-exceed limit.
  • NOTE: This is also when a resident can buy one unsold nonresident general season deer and elk tag at the nonresident price. So a resident can pick up a second tag, AND ALSO, a nonresident can pick up a second tag. So you could have two deer tags, or two elk tags.

You can get additional information here if you don't know how Idaho's process works for picking up a tag.

Returned sold-out tags

Available tags will be listed here on Idaho's 2023 returned tag page.

If there are any returned tags on the other sale dates, they will now be available on the second and fourth Thursday of each remaining month at 10:00 a.m. MT. The list of available tags for that period will be made available two days before the sale opens at 10:00 a.m. These tags will be available online on a first-come, first-served basis, and they will sell out quickly!

Before the August 3 sale date, it's a great idea to do some research ahead of time on both Filtering 2.0 and GOHUNT Maps to see what units you might be interested in. Jump over to those research tools below: 

Research on Filtering 2.0 here Research on GOHUNT Maps

Below is a list of remaining returned tag dates:

Idaho returned sold-out tag dates for 2023

Sale date
(10:00 a.m. MT)		Date to
view available tags
(10:00 a.m. MT)
August 3August 1
September 7September 5
September 21September 19
October 5October 3
October 19October 17

Pick up an available tag here once available

August general tags available

Note: Sales in all units will cease when the statewide not-to-exceed quota is reached.

Nonresident returned elk tags

Elk Zone TypeTag LimitTags Remaining
Bannock — A Tag17610
Bear River — A Tag1181
Beaverhead — A Tag2653
Boise River — A Tag
- ^ Archery only		261
Boise River — B Tag3424
Brownlee — A Tag
- ^ Archery and Short-ranged only		512
Dworshak — A Tag
- ^ Archery and Muzzleloader only		1394
Dworshak — B Tag *2151
Elk City — A Tag *
- ^ Archery and Muzzleloader only		776
Elk City — B Tag *26114
Island Park — A Tag2342
Lolo — A Tag *
- ^ Archery only		2163
Lolo — B Tag *222136
McCall — A Tag34618
McCall — B Tag32018
Middle Fork — A Tag *17485
Middle Fork — B Tag *267173
Palisades — A Tag456
Palisades — B Tag383
Palouse — A Tag1051
Panhandle — A Tag6437
Panhandle — B Tag110935
Pioneer — A Tag1969
Pioneer — B Tag *121
Salmon — A Tag672
Sawtooth — A Tag *
- ^ Archery only		779
Sawtooth — B Tag *1979
Selway — A Tag *254138
Selway — B Tag *284133
Smoky - Bennett — A Tag
- ^ Archery only		17318
Smoky - Bennett — B Tag *62
Snake River — A Tag
- ^ Archery and Short-ranged only		862
South Hills — A Tag565
Tex Creek — A Tag1451
Tex Creek — B Tag1514
Weiser River — A Tag29012
Weiser River — B Tag *43017

* Indicates a capped elk zone. These capped tags are set during season setting in March.
- ^ Indicates no "any weapon" season.

Nonresident returned whitetail deer tags

UnitTag Limit
Tags Remaining
Unit 11403
Unit 2731
Unit 3821
Unit 43015
Unit 51412
Unit 61324
Unit 717
Unit 82413
Unit 8A4291
Unit 10A7417
Unit 111671
Unit 11A14929
Unit 13397
Unit 141183
Unit 152942
Unit 161304
Unit 16A61
Unit 18567
Unit 2031
Unit 20A34
Unit 23523
Unit 242910
Unit 2651
Unit 32A91
Unit 37A51
Unit 5821
Unit 5931
Unit 60185
Unit 60A145
Unit 61111
Unit 63
- ^Archery and Short-ranged only		73
Unit 63A
- ^Archery and Short-ranged only		6235

- ^ Exceptions apply to this unit.

Nonresident returned regular deer tags

UnitTag LimitTag Remaining
Unit 168990
Unit 2327262
Unit 3316256
Unit 4275204
Unit 4A3923
Unit 522961
Unit 633217
Unit 73436
Unit 85115
Unit 8A571
Unit 91913
Unit 103725
Unit 10A752
Unit 1265
Unit 15762
Unit 16184
Unit 16A702
Unit 1711528
Unit 191867
Unit 19A1206
Unit 206833
Unit 20A413
Unit 21862
Unit 21A1083
Unit 22
- ^ 2-point only		148113
Unit 231728
Unit 2419075
Unit 257110
Unit 266930
Unit 2727032
Unit 281996
Unit 3112436
Unit 32270179
Unit 32A28086
Unit 3310515
Unit 34294
Unit 351711
Unit 3611318
Unit 37315
Unit 37A253
Unit 38
- ^ Archery and Short-ranged only		8171
Unit 39130856
Unit 40
- ^ 2-point only		246172
Unit 41
- ^ 2-point only		6033
Unit 42
- ^ 2-point only		3315
Unit 4360416
Unit 4617885
Unit 47
- ^ Archery only		49
Unit 481975
Unit 4919412
Unit 501935
Unit 51803
Unit 52A12154
Unit 53
- ^ Short-ranged only		4624
Unit 5620120
Unit 57
- ^ Archery only		172
Unit 58494
Unit 5911238
Unit 6010682
Unit 60A119100
Unit 6112621
Unit 62A3020
Unit 63
- ^ Archery and Short-ranged only		3426
Unit 685841
Unit 73
- ^ Archery only		735
Unit 73A1693

 

Resident returned sold-out elk tags

UnitTag LimitTag Remaining
Bear River Zone – B Tag4412
Big Desert Zone – B Tag248SOLD OUT
Diamond Creek Zone – A Tag1,330SOLD OUT
Dworshak Zone – B Tag2,118990
Elk City Zone – A Tag54592
Elk City Zone – B Tag1,1319
Lolo Zone – A Tag12849
Lolo Zone – B Tag630498
Middle Fork Zone – A Tag1,1681,047
Middle Fork Zone – B Tag925594
Pioneer Zone – B Tag494SOLD OUT
Salmon Zone – B Tag1,7922
Sawtooth Zone – A Tag **875SOLD OUT
Sawtooth Zone – B Tag **1,522SOLD OUT
Selway Zone – A Tag17967
Selway Zone – B Tag480134
Smoky-Bennett Zone - B Tag6925
Weiser River Zone - B Tag3,56015

 

Returned DAV Tags

Tag TypeAvailable
Nonresident
DAV Deer Tags		0
Nonresident
DAV Elk Tags		0

Pick up an available tag once available here

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Brady Miller

August 2, 2023

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