Answer:
Notifying Fish and Game within 24 hours and obtaining a salvage permit within 72 hours is a legal requirement to lawfully possess salvaged wildlife.
Within 24 hours, you must report a wildlife salvage by going online to http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/roadkill, which will direct you to a self-generating permit that you can print. A copy of the permit must accompany the salvaged wildlife. A copy of the report will be sent electronically to the local IDFG office.
Reporting a wildlife salvage can also be made by contacting your nearest IDFG regional office, conservation officer, or other Fish and Game employee within 24 hours. If contacting Fish and Game by phone outside normal business hours, it’s critical that you leave your full name, phone number, address, and location of salvage so a permit can be issued to you within 72 hours.
In addition to reporting a wildlife salvage, the following wildlife and their parts must be presented to your nearest IDFG office to satisfy mandatory harvest tagging/pinning report requirements:
SPECIES
PARTS TO PRESENT
TIME PERIOD TO PRESENT
Moose, Mountain Goat, Bighorn Sheep
Antlers or horns
Within 10 days of salvage
Mountain Lion, Black Bear, Wolf
Skull and pelt
Within 10 days of salvage
River Otter
Thawed pelt
With 72 hours of salvage
Bobcat
Thawed pelt
Within 10 days of salvage
Contact your nearest IDFG regional office to make arrangements.
Answered on:
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 2:27 PM MDT