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In 2021, hunters harvested 20,396 elk with overall success rate at 23 percent for elk hunters. Check out an earlier report for the full 2021 deer and elk harvest stats.
The remaining states with the top five highest numbers of elk are in the same northwest region of the country. Oregon (133,000), Idaho (120,000), and Wyoming (112,900) are the other states with over 100,000 elk.
The Idaho Hunt Planner provides all information the hunter needs for a successful Idaho hunt: regulations, seasons, drawing odds, harvest statistics, and hunt boundaries in one location.
In the most recent state elk status report, estimates put the elk population in the Black Hills at approximately 6,000 – 8,000, and the population in Custer State Park at approximately 500-600. Small herds also exist on prairies in Fall River, Meade, Butte, Bennett and Gregory counties.
In 2015 , IDFG wildlife research biologists were charged with the task of producing and providing ITD and IDFG a map depicting elk seasonal habitats statewide in a probability format (score 0 – 1) for as much of the state of Idaho as is scientifically feasible and defensible.
While deer and elk in central and southern Idaho congregate in semi-open, snow-covered country where animals are fairly easy to spot and count from the air. The new camera and GPS data gives biologists an opportunity to mix current population data, such as harvest statistics, with other data to spot trends or trouble spots, and work to reverse ...
Elk herds in the prairies and agricultural areas of northern Idaho are mostly robust and population levels are constrained by crop and property damage. In total, Idaho’s elk population in early 2013 was estimated at approximately 107,000 animals.
The 2025 Nonresident Deer and Elk Tag Sale Map Aid allows users to search for GMUs and Proposed 2025 Elk Zones in Idaho by name, create and export customized maps. User can toggle included layers on/off and change the basemap style to create area specific, georefenced, map files.
The current population of Idaho elk is stable at about 125,000 animals. In some specific areas, predation by wolves has drastically reduced numbers, but, as a whole, the state's population remains very healthy.
Seasonal range habitat suitability of Elk in Idaho.