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Management Area 2
Unlimited Tags
10/7/2017 - 1/19/2018
- 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)
- Either-sex Duck (including Merganser)
- Either sex may be taken.
- Short-Range or Falconry
- Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, or Falcon ONLY.
- Restrictions
Area 2 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. 7 - Dec. 31)
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- Management Area 2
- All lands and waters within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, including private in-holdings; and the following counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, the portion of Power County east of State Highway 37 and State Highway 39, Teton, and Valley. Area Size: 13,084,182 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)
- 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
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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.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 4,492,794 acres 34.3% |
Private 4,466,849 acres 34.1% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 1,888,517 acres 14.4% |
State of Idaho 662,510 acres 5.1% |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 560,931 acres 4.3% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 365,349 acres 2.8% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 198,342 acres 1.5% |
U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 155,392 acres 1.2% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 66,306 acres 0.5% |
Other 64,857 acres 0.5% |
State of Idaho 57,988 acres 0.4% |
Other 27,130 acres 0.2% |
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 19,368 acres 0.1% |
State of Idaho 13,571 acres 0.1% |
U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 6,147 acres 0% |
U.S. Military 1,078 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.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
- Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness 732,088 acres 5.6% of hunt