Press Releases and Articles
Important dates to help plan your November
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From tags sales to season openers, there’s a lot happening in Idaho during November that you should be aware of. Staying in the loop can be the difference between applying for that coveted controlled hunt tag and watching from the sidelines.
Be sure to stay up to date on all Fish and Game happenings. Here are… more
Statewide trout stocking highlights for November 2024
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Many of Idaho’s lakes and ponds are soon going to be bolstered with Idaho Fish and Game stocking roughly 12,500 catchable-sized rainbow trout this November. Wondering if the stocking trucks are going to be backing up to your favorite fishing hole? We asked our Fish and Game hatchery staff to boil down some of the most… more
Hunter education class scheduled in the Clearwater Region
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If you want one last opportunity to take a hunter education class in Lewiston before the new year, mark out the evenings of 4-8 November on your calendar. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will be hosting a hunter education class at their office (3316 16th St., Lewiston) on those evenings. The class… more
Upper Snake Winter Feeding Advisory Committee will meet Nov. 19
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Upper Snake Winter Feeding Advisory Committee Meeting
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024- 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM MST
Address: 4279 Commerce Circle, Idaho Falls, ID 83401
Members of the Upper Snake Winter Feeding Advisory Committee will meet to assist Fish and Game with the assessment of winter… more
Fire burns 105 acres on Georgetown Summit Wildlife Management Area in southeast Idaho
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In the early afternoon on Tuesday, Oct. 15, a wildfire started on the Georgetown Summit Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in southeast Idaho’s Bear Lake County. The WMA is managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Due to dry fuel conditions, high temperatures, and moderate winds, the fire moved… more
Volunteer instructors are the backbone of Idaho’s Hunter Education program
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Magic Valley Region, is looking for new volunteer hunter education instructors to help ensure that the newest generation of Idaho hunters has a thorough understanding of safety, ethics and conservation.
New instructor orientation
The Magic Valley Regional Office… more
Successful or not, hunters and anglers must stop at check stations
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Check stations are an opportunity for Fish and Game staff to talk to thousands of hunters and see thousands of harvested animals. The goal is for Fish and Game personnel to get information and learn what's happening in the field and also answer questions, collect samples for chronic wasting disease… more
F&G seeks information about four separate cases of mule deer left to waste near Council
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Fish and Game conservation officers are asking the public for information regarding four separate cases of mule deer being shot and left to waste near Council:
Upper Salmon River Fall 2024 Steelhead Fishing Update (10-22-2024)
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Cooler temperatures and clear skies made last week feel a bit more like a typical October along the Upper Salmon River. In addition to clearing out the smoke, the weather changes also resulted in increased river flows, decreased water temperatures, and better steelhead fishing. Angler effort continued to increase… more
Monitoring wild salmon and steelhead in the wilderness
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The Big Creek rotary screw trap on a fall day.
Catch, kill, report walleye in Idaho's salmon and steelhead rivers
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Walleye are spreading at an alarming rate upstream in the Snake and Salmon rivers and now occupy critical rearing and migratory areas of juvenile salmon and steelhead. For the past couple years, Idaho Fish and Game has asked – and continues to ask – anglers to harvest any walleye they catch in Idaho salmon and… more
Fall fishing: Don't let great fishing months slip away
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Yeah, we get it. You’ve been fishing for months, and hopefully, you’re having a great time and catching some fish. Then fall comes along, the guns come out, and the rods get stashed. Considering hunting seasons tend to be relatively short compared to fishing season, it makes sense.
But if you’re not a… more
Hunting and Advanced Technology Working Group (HAT Working Group) will meet November 2, 2024
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) has traditionally managed game species with a focus on providing greater hunter opportunity, including a higher number of available tags and longer seasons. Some members of Idaho’s outdoor sporting community have begun to express concerns related to the advancement of hunting… more
Idaho is bull trout country
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Check out this video our partners at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently produced highlighting Idaho’s awesome bull trout country!
Our state is fortunate to have some of the strongest populations of bull trout across the range, and Idaho Fish and Game along with other state, federal, and tribal partners are… more
2024 Hunting Outlook: Elk
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Overall, the numbers for Idaho elk are once again looking steady and impressive.
Fish and Game’s Deer and Elk Coordinator Toby Boudreau believes we will see much of the same, if not better conditions, for elk this fall.
“Overall, elk populations are looking good,” Boudreau said. “We saw 87% of… more
Idaho Fish and Game investigating wasted deer and elk meat discovered in the Big Desert in eastern Idaho
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On October 11, Idaho Fish and Game District Conservation Officer Tim Klucken received calls regarding several carcasses and wasted meat from both mule deer and elk found in Game Management Unit 68 in the Big Desert.
Officer Klucken’s investigation took him to Winters Road just north of Crystal Ice Cave… more
Know your species before heading into the mountains this fall
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Is that a mule deer or a white-tailed deer? A moose or an elk? A black bear or a grizzly bear? These are questions asked and thoughts pondered by many a sportsman each hunting season.
While it may seem like an easy task, correctly identifying your target species can be challenging at times. Weather conditions,… more