Idaho non resident tag quotas for 2021

[CarbonHunter]

Wonder how the outfitter allocation comes into play?

I was thinking the same thing. They haven’t released any of those numbers so are they on top of the current quotas?

[Bone collector 13]

Did anyone notice that there is only 9806 tags available for elk if you add them up?  Therefore the quota of 12,800 is actually a joke because there isn’t enough tags available to reach that number.

But don’t worry if your an Idaho resident because at the new price of $651/elk tag they only need to sell 8,190 tags to make as much money as they made off of non resident elk as they did last year.

Where did you find the price? Was looking but can’t find it

[CarbonHunter]

Did anyone notice that there is only 9806 tags available for elk if you add them up?  Therefore the quota of 12,800 is actually a joke because there isn’t enough tags available to reach that number.

But don’t worry if your an Idaho resident because at the new price of $651/elk tag they only need to sell 8,190 tags to make as much money as they made off of non resident elk as they did last year.

Where did you find the price? Was looking but can’t find it

They came out in an earlier email in October. They did about a 20% across the board increase when you average the cost increase

[highside74]

Outfitter non res are included in that 15%

[BULLBLASTER]

Cant you just buy a whitetail only tag? Thats what my 2 buddies at work do.

not anymore. All the tags are just unit specific and whatever is open for that unit.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Non residents may be bitter about it right now, but this is a good thing going forward. Hopefully it will put less pressure on the deer in some units and will lower hunter density. I haven't dealt with other hunters since moving to a remote area for deer with less hunters overall and have had a way better experience.


That being said, I'm glad I bought the lifetime resident license before my job moved me to another state. I'd have a difficult time picking between the 4 units I have in mind for mule deer if I was a non resident trying to get my tag locked in for December 1.

My understanding is that you still have to buy a non resident tag, so you would still be screwed. I could be wrong tho, I'll look that up.

Purchasing a lifetime license guarantees you resident draw odds and also tags come out of the resident quota. With that though, if you move out of Idaho, you have to pay non resident tag and fee prices. I'm only deer hunting in Idaho in 2021 unless I move back or draw an antelope tag so it won't hurt the bank account too bad.

Hoping I'll be able to get back to Idaho or even move to Montana this spring.

OK, That's what I thought. But I didn't know that even if you pay non res prices that the tag came out of resident pool.

[CarbonHunter]

If you add up the deer tags there is just enough available tags in the unit to add up to the 14k. The worse part is that the units with the most tags have the lowest success rates...

[RB]

If you add up the deer tags there is just enough available tags in the unit to add up to the 14k. The worse part is that the units with the most tags have the lowest success rates...

 

That is what I was wondering with my previous question, a unit with only 30-40 out of state tags is better than one with 200 plus? Sorry if this is too public, just trying to understand how it is going to work.

[idaho guy]

Just curious, the units with low tag numbers is that because there are low Elk numbers, or more residents that want to hunt it?

From what I saw, they didn't adjust any elk quotas. The new unit restriction is only applicable to deer tags.

The established tag numbers per unit by looking at a 5 year average of how many hunters reported hunting that unit and then applied a quota that was 10%-15% of that number for non resident tags. As far as I can tell, it has nothing to do with game population.

   

  That’s how I understood it also it is a percentage of the 5 year average. 39 has 1156 tags tells you a lot about that unit that most people already knew.

[KFhunter]

I think nearly half the license plates were from WA where I was at, and the Idaho plates wouldn't wave back 🤔

Think I need a new area 😅

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[Cougeyes]

Anyone know where to find the previous years hunter numbers per gmu where it actually shows the number of resident vs non resident hunters? I’ve found the total hunter numbers but it doesn’t break it down by non resident and resident.


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[highside74]

Cant you just buy a whitetail only tag? Thats what my 2 buddies at work do.

not anymore. All the tags are just unit specific and whatever is open for that unit.

It says after they sell the 14000 1500 whitetail tags are available seperate of the 14000 or am I reading that wrong?

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Cant you just buy a whitetail only tag? Thats what my 2 buddies at work do.

not anymore. All the tags are just unit specific and whatever is open for that unit.

It says after they sell the 14000 1500 whitetail tags are available seperate of the 14000 or am I reading that wrong?

That's the way it's been. But it could be interesting if more non res hunters buy whitetail tags with the original 14,000 tags. All the capped units might be maxed out before they get to the 1500 extra whitetail tags.

[BULLBLASTER]

Cant you just buy a whitetail only tag? Thats what my 2 buddies at work do.

not anymore. All the tags are just unit specific and whatever is open for that unit.

It says after they sell the 14000 1500 whitetail tags are available seperate of the 14000 or am I reading that wrong?

No i think you right. I didnt read far enough into it before. I was thinking the regular deer was 12500 and whitetail 1500. To make 1400 but i was wrong. Doesnt happen often. 

[highside74]

Cant you just buy a whitetail only tag? Thats what my 2 buddies at work do.

not anymore. All the tags are just unit specific and whatever is open for that unit.

It says after they sell the 14000 1500 whitetail tags are available seperate of the 14000 or am I reading that wrong?

That's the way it's been. But it could be interesting if more non res hunters buy whitetail tags with the original 14,000 tags. All the capped units might be maxed out before they get to the 1500 extra whitetail tags.

Is says reserved 1500 whitetail tags. Seperate of the 14000