Below is a table of key dates for the 2023 Idaho returned tag sales. Dates for the 2024 return tag sales have not yet been announced, but the first sale is expected to be around April 18th, 2024. The first sale is usually in late April, and continues through the late fall. Returned tags go on sale approximately once a month, on Thursdays at 10am MT.

However, the August sale allows both resident and nonresidents to purchase second tags, so has increased competition. The July and August sales can include more tags than prior sales, when the tags exchanged for controlled hunt tags and outfitter pools are made available for general sale. You can read about these tags more on the Idaho Fish and Game return tag sale page. Tags allocated to outfitters go unsold.Īll of these tags are sold in monthly “Return Tag Sales”, where nonresidents (usually) are able to purchase returned elk tags and returned deer tags.Tags can become available again after the Idaho Controlled Hunt Draw, when hunters swap their OTC tag for a controlled tag.Hunters who have purchased OTC tags during the Idaho Nonresident Elk and Deer tag sale may not be able to hunt their tags, either due to injury or lack of time.These tags become available for a few reasons: Each year many previously purchased tags become available again to new hunters, through the Idaho Return Tags Sale.

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