Fort Boise Boat Ramp Reopens

Fri, 10/20/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-eoneale

The boat ramp at Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area is now fully operational, just in time for the waterfowl season. During the three-month renovation project, the ramp and surrounding area received a complete overhaul. The concrete ramp blocks were pulled from the Snake River and replaced with a poured concrete boat… more

Pheasant Hunters Reminded Of Special Rules To Hunt On Wildlife Management Areas

Thu, 10/19/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-glosinski

IDAHO FALLS - Hunters know that every season has its own special rules, but those sportsmen who choose to hunt on any number of the Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's) in the state need to be aware of special regulations. Idaho is broken into three areas for pheasant management purposes, the Upper Snake Region falls… more

Bringing Down a Renegade Camp

Wed, 10/18/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

By Evin Oneale, Regional Conservation Educator, Southwest Region A highly complex poaching ring investigation, nearly two years in the making, has reached its dramatic conclusion with the poaching ringleader and one of his associates receiving lifetime hunting license revocations and thousands of dollars in fines and… more

Volunteers Needed to Collect Sagebrush Seed

Tue, 10/17/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

Recent wildfires in the Squaw Butte and Willow Ridge area north of Emmett have consumed thousands of acres of wildlife habitat, including hundreds of acres of critical mule deer winter range. This fall, volunteers have the opportunity to help Fish and Game with restoration of those burned areas. Volunteer crews will… more

Joint Idfg/Usfs Ohv Patrols Continue To Focus On Travel Plan Enforcement

Fri, 10/13/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-glosinski

IDAHO FALLS - While no major changes have been made to the Targhee National Forest Travel Plan in a number of years, IDFG… more

Hunters Need To Remember That They're In Grizzly Country

Fri, 10/13/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-glosinski

IDAHO FALLS - When a person hunts they are the one who is in control of the situation. They choose the time, place, animal and the shot. In the past, it was even a rite of passage for young native tribesmen in Canada and Alaska to kill a grizzly bear with a spear! The key was that they practiced and planned on how to… more

Fish and Game Seeks Help with Moose Case

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

MOSCOW - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information concerning the recent shooting and wasting of a mature bull moose on the north side of Moscow mountain. The entire moose was left to waste and was believed to have been shot on Monday, October 10, the opening day of elk and deer season. The… more

Hunters Can Help with CWD Testing

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

POCATELLO - This year the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will continue to sample for Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD, a progressive and fatal disease of the nervous system of cervids (deer and elk). The Southeast Region of Fish and Game will be collecting CWD samples at hunter check stations located near Inkom and… more

Fish and Game to collect teeth, jaws

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

JEROME - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is collecting jaws from cow elk or doe mule deer this hunting season. The jaws are needed as part of an effort to better estimate the age structure of elk and deer populations across Idaho. "If we can collect enough lower jaws from female elk and deer, we can estimate the… more

Youth Pheasant Clinic November 4

Wed, 10/11/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

LEWISTON - Pursuing ring-necked pheasants await young hunters who sign up for a youth pheasant hunting clinic scheduled for Saturday, November 4 in Lewiston. "This clinic is intended to increase the interest young people have in upland game hunting and wildlife conservation," says Jay Roach, North Idaho Chapter… more

Steelhead Season Opens on the Clearwater

Wed, 10/11/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-nnokkentved

Steelhead harvest fishing season opens Sunday, October 15, on the Clearwater River above the Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 12 near Lewiston. The steelhead season has been open below the bridge since August 1. The river opens upstream of Memorial Bridge to Clear Creek; the South Fork opens from its mouth to the… more

Respect and Awareness Reduce Angler Conflicts

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

By Larry Barrett The secret is out - north central Idaho is a steelhead angler's paradise. The combination of 650 river miles of the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers, large numbers of fish, long spring and fall seasons, and an incredibly diverse array of fishing opportunities make our area an increasingly… more

Commissioners Support Redbird Purchase

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission, on Wednesday, October 4, agreed to lease property in Redbird Canyon from the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation, if the foundation were to buy it. Commissioners during a meeting in Boise agreed to the long-running effort by the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation to buy a piece of… more

Deer Season Opens in Southern Idaho

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

Got tags? The regular deer season opens October 10 in most regions of Idaho. In some areas, a regular deer tag allows hunters to take either mule deer or white-tailed deer. A white-tailed deer tag allows hunter to take only a whitetail. Many areas across the state also offer antlerless youth hunt opportunities,… more

Program Conserves Water, Enhances Habitat

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

The Idaho Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program would leave water in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer, and turn thousands of acres into potential wildlife habitat. The state and federal program would enroll 100,000 acres of cropland in a program similar to the federal conservation reserve program, taking the… more

Idaho Land Use Summit a Success

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

More than 170 people from across Idaho, interested in the conservation of rural quality of life and wildlife resources in balance with development and growth, attended the Idaho Land Use Summit in September in Nampa. They included ranchers, county commissioners, realtors, hunters, anglers, state legislators, and… more

Wolf Report: Update

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

September 23 through September 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services used a helicopter to remove six wolves following livestock depredations in late August and September. Two of the wolves were taken on Lava Ridge in the Payette National Forest on the September 23 and 24. The remaining four wolves… more

Ask Fish and Game

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 00:00 | idfg-staff

Q. I know it's late, but can I still get an elk tag? A. Yes, resident tags are still are available, except no elk B tags are available for the Elk City, Dworshak or Selway elk zones. Non-resident tags are sold out. All hunters must have a valid 2006 Idaho hunting license plus a tag to hunt elk.