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Goose General Any Weapon Season
Management Area 2
Unlimited Tags
10/13/2012 - 1/25/2013
- Species
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Either-sex Dark Goose
- Either sex may be taken.
- Short-Range Weapons
- Muzzleloader, Archery, Crossbow, Shotgun or Handgun.
- Restrictions
Daily Bag Limit: 4; Possession Limit: 8
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- Management Area 2
- Includes all parts of the state EXCEPT: all lands and waters within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, including private in-holdings; Bannock County; Bingham county, except that portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir Drainage; Caribou County within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power County east of State Hwy 37 and State Hwy 39. Area Size: 50,854,414 acres
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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)
- 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)
- 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.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 20,158,968 acres 39.6% |
Private 14,665,219 acres 28.8% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 11,264,351 acres 22.2% |
State of Idaho 2,238,955 acres 4.4% |
U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 510,832 acres 1% |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 495,805 acres 1% |
Other 302,170 acres 0.6% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 273,253 acres 0.5% |
State of Idaho 215,640 acres 0.4% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 184,460 acres 0.4% |
U.S. Military 127,286 acres 0.3% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 124,325 acres 0.2% |
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 71,667 acres 0.1% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 48,807 acres 0.1% |
State of Idaho 40,458 acres 0.1% |
Other 27,504 acres 0.1% |
U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 26,190 acres 0.1% |
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 23,807 acres 0% |
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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
- Paddock Valley Reservoir
- Sturgill Creek
- Letha - Payette River Access
- Rinker Rock Creek Ranch
- Fox Hills Ranch
- Windy Wheat, LLC
- Little Fish Creek Grazing Assoc.
- Telfer Inc.
- Steve Deeg Farms
- Robert Gardner
- Pleasant Valley Grazing Association
- Bob Ivie Property
- Rockland Valley - West
- Janss Farms
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
- Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness 2,357,999 acres 4.6% of hunt
- Selway Bitterroot Wilderness 1,092,240 acres 2.1% of hunt
- Owyhee River Wilderness 272,397 acres 0.5% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 217,590 acres 0.4% of hunt
- Gospel Hump Wilderness 205,589 acres 0.4% of hunt
- Bruneau-Jarbridge Rivers Wilderness 94,853 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Hells Canyon Wilderness 86,379 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Big Jacks Creek Wilderness 56,546 acres 0.1% of hunt
- Little Jacks Creek Wilderness 54,935 acres 0.1% of hunt
- North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 44,684 acres 0.1% of hunt
- Pole Creek Wilderness 13,405 acres 0% of hunt