The Application window for the 2025 Veterans Elk Hunt is approaching!

Applications must be submitted between January 2 and January 31, 2025.

Idaho Fish and Game makes five tags available each year to disabled veterans. Tags are eligible for any hunt for deer, elk, pronghorn, moose, black bear, or mountain lion (except controlled hunts with less than 5 tags are not eligible). If chosen, participants are exempt from licensing requirements and the tag is free. The tag is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Each year, the Idaho Division of Veterans Services will screen all applicants and provide a list of screened applicants to Idaho Department of Fish and Game in priority order of issuance. The top two candidates sponsored by Idaho Divisions of Veterans Services will receive a tag and Fish and Game will issue the three remaining tags to candidates sponsored by other qualified organizations. The application below is for the two Idaho Disabled Veterans Special Big Game Hunt tags sponsored by the Idaho Division of Veteran Services.

To be sponsored for a Disabled Veterans Special Big Game Hunt tag by the Idaho Division of Veteran Services you must be a resident of Idaho and have a disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs. If you are not a resident of Idaho you will need to find another qualified organization to sponsor you. You can apply for one of the other 3 available tags allocated by Idaho Fish and Game using the application located at https://idfg.idaho.gov/licenses/dav-programs. 

Please fill out the below application and either mail it to Idaho Division of Veterans Services, Attn: Disabled Veterans Special Big Game Hunt, 351 Collins Road, Boise, Idaho 83702; fax it to 208-780-1301 or email it to idvs@veterans.idaho.gov.

A committee consisting of past hunt participants, a representative from the Idaho Veterans Affairs Commission, veteran service organization representatives and personnel from the Idaho Division of Veterans Services will make the final selections. The selected veterans will be notified by IDVS. All personal information submitted will be confidential and used only by the selection committee. Please note that the committee may reach out to you to interview you if more information is required to make their selection.

If you have any questions about this program or the application process please contact Kevin Wallior, 208-780-1308 or kevin.wallior@veterans.idaho.gov.