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Duck General Any Weapon Season
Management Area 1
Unlimited Tags
10/25/2008 - 1/16/2009
- Species
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
- Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
- Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
- Gadwall (Anas strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
- American Wigeon (Anas americana)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Redhead (Aythya americana)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Antlerless or Antlered Duck (including Merganser)
- Either sex may be taken.
- Short-Range Weapons
- Muzzleloader, Archery, Crossbow, Shotgun or Handgun.
Daily Bag Limit 7 of any kind, Possession Limit 14, Species Restrictions apply
- Restrictions
- Nontoxic Shot REQUIRED.
- Federal Migratory Bird Stamp REQUIRED (Hunters 16 or older). Bird Stamps are available at any license vendor or online.
CANVASBACK CLOSED
SCAUP SEASON 11/1/2008 - 1/23/2009
Daily Bag Limit:Limits
Ducks (including mergansers)
Daily Bag Limit:
7 of any kind except:
Shall not include more than the following:
2 female mallards
2 redheads
1 pintail
2 scaup (lesser or greater in the aggregate)
Possession Limit After First Day of Season:
14 of any kind except:
Shall not include more than the following:
4 female mallards
4 redheads
2 pintails
4 scaup (lesser or greater in the aggregate)
- Management Area 1
- Includes all parts of the state not included in the following counties or portions of counties: Ada; Boise; Canyon; Cassia - except the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge; Elmore - except the Camas Creek drainage; Gem; Gooding; Jerome; Lincoln; Minidoka; Owyhee; Payette; Power west of State Highway 37 and State Highway 39 except the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge; Twin Falls; and Washington Counties. Area Size: 37,344,458 acres
Resident Tags and Permits
- Federal Migratory Bird Stamp (ducks, geese)
- Federal Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) Validation (dove, duck, goose, coot, sandhill crane, and common snipe)
- Falconry Permit* (Valid for 3 years from purchase year)
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
NonResident Tags and Permits
- Federal Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) Validation (dove, duck, goose, coot, sandhill crane, and common snipe)
- Falconry Permit* (Valid for 3 years from purchase year)
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
Where to purchase
Learn more about IDFG Licenses, Tags & Permits
Surface Management
For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 17,989,326 acres 48.2%
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Private 10,694,140 acres 28.6%
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 4,478,202 acres 12%
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State of Idaho 1,878,994 acres 5%
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Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 789,895 acres 2.1%
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 560,931 acres 1.5%
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U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 377,313 acres 1%
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Other 294,547 acres 0.8%
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 76,282 acres 0.2%
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U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 65,372 acres 0.2%
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 44,135 acres 0.1%
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U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 26,045 acres 0.1%
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U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 21,484 acres 0.1%
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U.S. Military 1,078 acres 0%
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Make your own map of Management Area 1
Land management via Inside Idaho
Access Yes! Properties
Access Yes! is Fish and Game program designed to improve hunting and fishing access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.
- Mica Creek Drainage on St. Joe River
- Hugas Creek & St. Joe River Basin
- Rinker Rock Creek Ranch
- Fox Hills Ranch
- Wood River Land Trust - Draper Wood River Preserve
- Colorado Gulch Preserve
- Arbon - East Bench
- Flat Top Sheep Co.
- East of Ririe Reservoir/Meadow Creek Junction
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
- Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness 2,357,999 acres 6.3% of hunt
- Selway Bitterroot Wilderness 1,092,240 acres 2.9% of hunt
- Gospel Hump Wilderness 205,589 acres 0.6% of hunt
- Hells Canyon Wilderness 86,379 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 67,867 acres 0.2% of hunt

