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Hunters can provide input for the 2019-20 big game seasons at February open houses
Fish and Game staff will hold a series of open houses around the state to talk to hunters about their preferences for rules and seasons for the upcoming big game hunts.
The department will also provide a list of proposed rule changes for the 2019-20 big game hunting seasons before the first meetings, and people will be able to see those proposals and comment online.
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Fish and Game Schedules Big Game Measuring Day in Pocatello
9 min 58 sec ago
Southeast Region Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma (Puma concolor) Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Moose (Alces americanus) Elk (Cervus canadensis) Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) -
2018 deer, elk harvests similar to 2017; above 10-year averages except mule deer
7 hours 45 min ago
Hunters took more mule deer and fewer white-tailed deer in 2018 compared to 2017, while the elk harvest was similar between the two years -- dropping by less than 2 percent from 2017 to 2018. The 2018 elk harvest was about 15.4 percent above the 10-year average, and the overall deer harvest was less than 1 percent below the 10-year average. -
Submit your project ideas to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Restoration Partnership
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 1:53 PM MST
The Restoration Partnership is soliciting restoration project ideas from citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies to benefit natural resources in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. Deadline to apply is March 20. -
Public's Help Sought in Deer Poaching Case
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 12:07 PM MST
Fish and Game is asking the public for information regarding the recent poaching of two mule deer bucks just off Big Willow Road north of Emmett. -
Bighorn Sheep Capture Planned in Hells Canyon
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 10:54 AM MST
An interagency effort is planned between Idaho Fish and Game, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture 80 bighorn sheep in five Hells Canyon herds Feb. 19–28. -
Bridge Repairs Close Fort Boise WMA Boat Ramp Access
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 8:28 AM MST
The badly dilapidated bridge spanning Sand Hollow Creek at Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will soon be replaced, one of the last repair projects resulting from the “snowpocalypse” of 2016-2017. -
Despite snowstorms, it's a normal winter and wide-spread emergency feeding unnecessary
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 3:58 PM MST
When big snowstorms roll through Idaho, people often wonder how they will effect big game, and whether Idaho Fish and Game will start feeding deer, elk, pronghorn and other animals. -
Hoof disease detected in Idaho elk for the first time
Saturday, February 9, 2019 - 11:06 AM MST
Idaho Fish and Game has confirmed a case of Treponema Associated Hoof Disease in an elk harvested by a hunter near Whitebird in 2018, which is the first animal diagnosed with TAHD in Idaho. -
Game cameras provide new methods for counting and managing wildlife
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 4:11 PM MST
An innovative approach using trail cameras to capture wildlife allows Idaho Fish and Game biologists to estimate deer and elk populations in a safer, less-invasive, and less-expensive way.
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