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Duck General Any Weapon Season
Management Area 1
Unlimited Tags
10/1/2016 - 1/13/2017
- 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.
- Restrictions
Duck Daily Bag Limit: 7 of any kind, except shall not include more than the following: 2 female mallard, 2 redhead, 2 pintail, 2 canvasback, 3 scaup (Scaup season Oct. 22 - Jan. 13)
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness

- Management Area 1
- All parts of the state EXCEPT: Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, and Washington counties. Area Size: 37,707,859 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*
A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.
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.
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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
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 0.5% of hunt
- Hells Canyon Wilderness 86,379 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 67,867 acres 0.2% of hunt