Hunting

During the last several weeks, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game became aware of several separate incidents of hunters illegally transporting whole deer carcasses or deer heads into Idaho from states with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).  It’s important for hunters traveling to states where CWD  is present to know that it is illegal to bring whole carcasses or heads back to Idaho, and presents substantial risks to Idaho's wildlife.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Nov. 20 approved changes to nonresident participation in general season deer and elk hunts to address concerns from residents about hunter congestion in some areas. Starting 2021, nonresident hunters in most general season elk and deer hunts will be limited to 10 or 15 percent of the total hunters in each elk zone or deer units based on hunter participation estimates averaged over the last five years. The new limits do not apply to capped elk zones. 

Fish and Game developed the Large Tracts program as part of their Access Yes! Program and opened or preserved sportsmen’s access to nearly 900,000 acres of private land.    

White-tailed deer hunting is synonymous with North and Central Idaho. Generations of hunters have hiked and hunted the forests and prairies of this region to harvest whitetails every fall. Despite encompassing a relatively small area of the state, the Panhandle and Clearwater regions account for nearly half of Idaho's annual deer harvest, and late fall is primetime for whitetail hunting.     

     

 

Hunters using a boat to get to their island blind, and hunters shooting from their duck boats are going not only on a hunting trip. They are also going on a boating trip. It is critically important that they have all of the safety equipment that a boating outing requires. In addition having safety gear, it is critical to consider the weight capacity of the boat being used.