Everything deer and elk hunters need to know heading in to the 2024 big game season. Statewide, deer and elk hunting in Idaho is trending upward after a tough season in 2023.
Good Neighbor Authority authorizes forests to utilize unique capacities of Tribal, state, and local governments to achieve shared stewardship objectives. This authority allows partners to perform forest and watershed restoration work, fuels reduction, and other activities that will improve forest resilience, and directly benefit local communities and small businesses.
Idaho Fish and Game is happy to offer a free “North Idaho Bear Fair” at the Boundary County Fairgrounds on Sept. 28 from 12 to 4 p.m. The event is a partnership among Fish and Game, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, The U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Services, the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation, the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Big game hunting a cherished Idaho tradition that's shared by tens of thousands of people every fall. The state has lots of big game animals and millions of acres for hunters to roam in pursuit of their favorite quarry.
Idaho Fish and Game advises hunters heading into the backcountry this hunting season to check with Forest Service ranger district offices or county sheriffs’ offices for fire closures in their hunt areas.
Hunters and recreationists are reminded they may find traps set for wolves in the field this fall. For full wolf trapping seasons and rules, see the online version of the 2024 Idaho Big Game Seasons and Rules booklet. Note: the 2024 printed version does not reflect all the changes found in the online version.
Practice firearms safety, develop shooting skills, and hunt pheasants with an experienced mentor at the youth pheasant hunt in Salmon on October 5. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is designed for youth ages 10-17 with a valid hunting license or Hunting Passport.
Fish and Game is honored to announce Sammie Hendricks from the Upper Snake Region as Idaho’s Hunter Education Instructor of the Year for 2023. Hendricks was presented with this prestigious award at the July 24, Commission Meeting and again honored by his peers at the Hunter Education Instructor Banquet this August in Idaho Falls.
Whether you find yourself in the high-mountain timber or the lowland-sagebrush steppe, there’s a good chance you’re in upland bird country. Fish and Game's wildlife biologists in each region provide an overview of upland game birds in their necks of the woods, so hunters can get a look at their favorite areas and quarry.