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Goose General Any Weapon Season
Management Area 1
Unlimited Tags
10/14/2017 - 1/26/2018
- Species
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Either-sex Canada Goose
- Either sex may be taken.
- Short-Range Weapons
- Muzzleloader, Archery, Crossbow, Shotgun or Handgun.
- Restrictions
Area 1 Daily Bag Limit: 4, Possession Limit: 12
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- Management Area 1
- Includes all parts of the state EXCEPT: all lands and waters within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, including private inholdings; and the following counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham (except that portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage), Bonneville, Butte, Caribou County, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, that portion of Power County east of State Highway 37 and State Highway 39, Teton, and Valley. Area Size: 40,366,654 acres
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Resident Tags and Permits
- Federal Migratory Bird Stamp (ducks, geese)
- 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) 15,790,875 acres 39.1% |
Private 11,398,161 acres 28.2% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 9,812,000 acres 24.3% |
State of Idaho 1,786,325 acres 4.4% |
U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 355,440 acres 0.9% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 273,245 acres 0.7% |
Other 246,901 acres 0.6% |
State of Idaho 163,046 acres 0.4% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 126,938 acres 0.3% |
U.S. Military 126,208 acres 0.3% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 98,234 acres 0.2% |
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 71,667 acres 0.2% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 48,807 acres 0.1% |
State of Idaho 26,887 acres 0.1% |
U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 20,044 acres 0% |
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 3,840 acres 0% |
Other 374 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
- 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 1,625,895 acres 4% of hunt
- Selway Bitterroot Wilderness 1,092,240 acres 2.7% of hunt
- Owyhee River Wilderness 272,397 acres 0.7% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 217,590 acres 0.5% of hunt
- Gospel Hump Wilderness 205,589 acres 0.5% 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