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Hunters: As hunting season draws near, now is the perfect time to dial in your bow or firearm
Hunting season will be here before we know it. Whether you’re hauling a rifle or a recurve out into the field with you this hunting season, proper maintenance and preparation is a must. Be sure to brush up on your marksmanship and take care of your weapon to ensure a fun, safe (and “interesting”) hunt.
Range grant application period is open; deadline is Nov. 2
Idaho Fish and Game enhances recreational shooting ranges through its Shooting Range Development Grant program to assist organizations or agencies to establish, upgrade, expand, or otherwise improve public firearms and archery ranges in Idaho.
Sign up now for hunter and bowhunter education courses in Salmon
The following instructor-led hunter and bowhunter education courses will be held in Salmon.
Senior Conservation Officer, Meghan Roos awarded International Wildlife Crimestoppers Guidefitter Game Warden of the Year
Senior Conservation Officer Meghan Roos, serving Idaho Fish and Game's Magic Valley Region, was awarded the 2026 International Wildlife Crimestoppers (IWC) Guidefitter Game Warden of the Year Award at the IWC Conference in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Returned big game tags offer more hunting opportunity and are on sale Aug. 6
Idaho Fish and Game will sell primarily returned nonresident, general season big game tags starting at 10 a.m. MDT on Aug. 6. A list of available tags will be listed at 10 a.m. MDT on Aug. 5 on the Nonresident License and Tag webpage.
IDFG director issues conservation closure for sturgeon fishing on portion of CJ Strike Reservoir
To protect sturgeon amid abnormally low dissolved oxygen levels and high water temperatures in a portion of CJ Strike Reservoir, Idaho Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks on July 31 signed a conservation closure order for sturgeon fishing in the portion of the Snake River arm between Canyon Creek and Rattlesnake Creek, effective August 2 until September 25, 2026.
Rainbow trout stocking schedule for August 2026 in the Magic Valley Region
Hatchery personnel from Fish and Game’s Magic Valley Region will be stocking approximately 20,580 10-12” catchable-sized rainbow trout in August. The stocking date and numbers of fish are approximate.
July 28, 2026 South Fork Salmon River Chinook Update
That's a wrap on another South Fork Salmon River Chinook season. After opening on June 18, the fishery remained open for 34 days, including six full weekends of fishing. We’re now within 35 fish of our harvest share, and the Director's Office has signed a closure order effective at the end of fishing hours on Wednesday, July 29.
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