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Q. Help! I want to enter my harvest report online, but I can't find the link. A. You will find the link on the home page of the Fish and Game website in the FEATURED PAGES list. The website address is http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ and the link is the sixth item listed: "Online Harvest Report Card". Hunters that… moreFilmed On Location In Idaho!
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IDAHO FALLS - Filming the shooting of a big 6 x 6 bull elk in Idaho is something that should have been the perfect film subject for Glen Berry, owner of Big Bull Productions, a company that specializes in the producing videos of big game hunts all around the globe. The problem was that Berry was hunting the bull with a… moreRainbow Trout Stocking Report
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Personnel from Fish and Game's Nampa and McCall Hatcheries will be releasing more than 15,000 catchable-sized rainbow trout at the following locations during December. LOCATION - NUMBER OF TROUT Boise River (Boise)- 4,000 Boise River (Eagle to Middleton) - 2,000 Caldwell Pond #2 - 500 Eagle Island Park Pond -… moreSale of Nonresident Selway B Elk Tags Delayed
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Nonresident elk hunters looking to purchase Selway B-tags will find a slight change in how licenses, tags and permits are sold starting December 1, 2005. The new 2006 licenses, tags, and permits go on sale December 1 at 12:01 a.m. Mountain Time, except for the nonresident Selway B elk tags which go on sale at… moreIdaho Hunters Buying Wild Game?
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The idea that Idaho hunters are buying game animals to hunt is preposterous to most. However, that is exactly what every resident and nonresident hunter in the state is doing. No, they are not going out to the auction or game farms and picking out the biggest or most prolific animals and releasing them into the wilds… moreA Place for New Hunters
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By Al Van Vooren, Regional Supervisor Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Southwest Region "We didn't know where to go." That was one of the common reasons given when Fish and Game surveyed young hunter education graduates who did not subsequently go hunting. If you or someone you know has faced the challenge… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q: I have been seeing articles in the news media about Fish and Game planting sturgeon. Does that mean that I can now harvest a sturgeon? A: No, the rules have not changed. It is still illegal to harvest sturgeon in Idaho. Sturgeon were planted this fall in the Snake River below American Falls Dam to provide… moreCommission Approves Fishing Rules
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New rules for fishing in Idaho were approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission November 17. The Commission was meeting in Jerome when they approved staff recommendations for the new 2006-2007 fishing rules. The new rules booklet will appear in Fish and Game offices and at license vendors in late December. The… moreCommission Elects Chairman, Seats New Member
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Meeting in Jerome November 16-18, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission elected Cameron Wheeler chairman through 2006. Wheeler, Ririe, is the commissioner from the Upper Snake Region. He is a former state legislator, a farmer and businessman. Wheeler is serving his first term on the Commission. Dr. Wayne Wright, Twin… moreNonresident Deer Tags Sold Out
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All the deer tags in the nonresident quota have been sold for the current seasons. Idaho deer tags for nonresidents have not sold out in any other year since the price was raised substantially in 1994. Nonresidents are limited to a total of 10,900 deer tags each year. Resident deer hunters may still buy tags for… moreHunters to Comment on Bonus Point Choices
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Meeting November 16-18 in Jerome, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission decided to offer hunters another opportunity to pick among bonus point alternatives. Bonus point systems are used in some states as one way to alleviate hunters' criticisms of purely random selection in controlled hunt drawings. Details of the points… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. When can I buy a license for 2006? A. The new 2006 licenses, tags, and permits go on sale December 1 at 12:01 a.m. Mountain Time, except for the nonresident Selway B elk tags which go on sale at 10 a.m. Mountain Time on December 1, 2005. Resident can purchase deer and elk receipts that can be redeemed for the tags… moreLast Truck of Steelhead Heads for Boise
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The third and, for this season, last fish transport truck with steelhead aboard is scheduled to arrive at the Boise River Thursday, November 17. Idaho Fish and Game will have released about 1,000 adult steelhead from the Hells Canyon hatchery into the urban fishery this fall. The steelhead will go into the river at… moreHuffaker on Hand for Grizzly Delist Announcement
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Idaho Fish and Game Director Steve Huffaker will be on hand Tuesday in Washington D.C. when U.S. Interior Secretary Gayle Norton announces the end to the Yellowstone grizzly's time on the endangered species list. Huffaker is to attend the announcement and press conference in his capacity as chairman of the Interagency… moreHunters, Report Wolf Sightings
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Hunters who see wolves can help Idaho Fish and Game with management of that species by simply reporting their sightings. With tens of thousands of extra pairs of eyes in Idaho's wild lands this time of year, valuable information about the location, numbers and activities of wolves can be added to the scientific… moreLeaving Evidence of Sex
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By Jon Rachael, Regional Wildlife Manager - Southwest Region As long as most of us can remember, big game hunters have been required to leave evidence of sex attached to the animals they harvest. As with many Fish and Game rules, there were exceptions to this rule for deer and elk if the season was open for the… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. I had been hunting in Montana and was headed home to Washington when I passed an Idaho Fish and Game check station. I had not been hunting in Idaho but I wound up with a warning ticket because I did not stop. What was I supposed to do? A. Stop, that's what you are supposed to do if you have been hunting or fishing… moreVolunteers can Help with Homestead Fire Restoration
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Plan now to help the Idaho Department of Fish and Game collect sagebrush seed to be used for restoration work on areas burned during the 2005 Homestead Fire on the Boise River Wildlife Management Area. For more information regarding the volunteer effort, contact the Fish and Game volunteer office at 327-7095. The… more