Bear General Any Weapon Season

Unit 44
Black Bear Tag Unlimited Tags

8/30/2024 - 10/31/2024

Species: American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Either-sex Black Bear: No female black bear accompanied by young may be taken.

Any Weapon: Rifle, Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, or Handgun.

Restrictions

Dogs prohibited Oct. 1 - Oct. 31

Surface Management

Game Units

Wilderness

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Unit 44: All of Unit 44. Area Size: 353,397 acres

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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 44

General Season Harvest Statistics

Year	Unit	Harvest	Boars	Sows	Fall	Spring	Bait	Hounds	Incidental	Still Stalk
2015	44	25	16	9	3	22	11	5	2	4
2014	44	23			9	14	12	3	2	5
2013	44	14			6	8	7	2	1	2
2012	44	18	10	8	7	11	7	3	1
2011	44	23	16	7	8	15	12	7
2010	44	24	12	12	7	17	9	5	3	5
2009	44	16	13	3	4	12	10	2		1
2008	44	27	22	5	6	21	5	12	2	5
2007	44	25	18	7	8	17	9	2	1	6
2006	44	16	12	4	11	5	5	3	3	3
2005	44	21	13	8	11	10	5	10	3	2
2004	44	26	16	10	15	11	6	12	2	2
2003	44	14	10	4	6	8	5	4	2
2002	44	15	10	5	10	5	4	3	4	1
2001	44	16	10	6	11	5	2	8	2	2
2000	44	21	14	7	15	6	2	10	2	7

Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

Adult Bear Tag
Jr./Sr./DAV Bear Tag
Hound Hunter Permit*
Bear Bait Permit*
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

Junior Mentored Bear Tag
Adult Bear Tag
Bear Bait Permit*
Hound Hunter Permit*
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.

* Indicates this item is optional.

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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.

Private 172,189 acres 48.7%

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 128,635 acres 36.4%

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 33,519 acres 9.5%

State of Idaho 16,751 acres 4.7%

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 2,066 acres 0.6%

Other 236 acres 0.1%

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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.