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Idaho Fish and Game

Goose hunting opportunities still available

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While most hunting seasons are now closed, the spring "light goose" season is poised to open in southeast Idaho. Beginning Saturday, February 13, the season on Blue, Ross's and Snow geese opens and runs through March 10 in Area 4. The season in Area 3 is currently open and continues through March 10. The bag limit is 20 per day and 60 in possession. The White-fronted Goose season is also open in Area 3 through February 21 with a bag limit of 10 and 30 in possession. Area 4 includes Bingham County west of the west bank of the Snake River, east of the McTucker boat ramp access road, and west of the American Falls Reservoir bluff; and Power County, except below the American Falls Reservoir bluff and those lands and waters within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Area 3 includes Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls and Washington counties. Goose hunters are reminded that Fort Boise and Payette River wildlife management areas and that part of Roswell Marsh Wildlife Habitat Area south of State Highway 18, and the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, including the 101 refuge islands on the Snake River from the Canyon-Ada County line to Oregon, are closed during the spring light goose season from February 1 through March 10. For maps of the refuge and Snake River islands, see http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Deer_Flat/map.html. In addition, hunters are reminded that electronic calls and unplugged shotguns are allowed only for hunting light geese when no other seasons are open. These hunting methods are allowed for the light goose seasons that occur in Area 4 from February 13 through March 10 and in Area 3 from February 22 to March 10. Hunters need a 2016 hunting license and a state migratory bird (HIP) permit. Last year's federal duck stamp is valid through June 30, 2016. For additional information, see the 2015 Waterfowl Seasons and Rules brochure available at all license vendors and online at: http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/rules/?getPage=66.