Sage-Grouse General Any Weapon Season

Management Area 3
Unlimited Tags

9/21/2019 - 9/22/2019

Species
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Antlerless or Antlered Sage-Grouse
Either sex may be taken.
Shotgun, Archery or Falconry
No person shall take upland game birds:
  • Except wild turkey, from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise. Wild turkey shall not be taken between sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise.
  • With a trap, snare, net, crossbow, or firearms EXCEPT a shotgun using shells not exceeding three and one-half (3-1/2) inches maximum length, slingshot, hand-held or thrown missiles, EXCEPT forest grouse. Forest grouse shall not be taken with a trap, snare, net, or crossbow. Crossbow may be used to take forest grouse by a person who possesses a Disabled Persons Archery Hunting Permit or a Special Weapon Reasonable Modification Hunting Permit authorizing use of a crossbow or by a person hunting in an area where crossbow is a lawful method of take for big game.
  • From any watercraft.
  • By the use or aid of any electronic call.
  • By the aid of baiting. Bait is defined as any substance placed to attract upland game birds.
  • When hunting on Wildlife Management Areas where pheasants are stocked without wearing at least thirty-six (36) square inches of visible hunter orange above the waist.

In addition to the methods listed above, wild turkey may not be taken:
  • With lead shot exceeding BB size.
  • With steel shot exceeding T size.
  • By the use of dogs, except during fall hunts.

Restrictions

One-bird daily bag limit, two in possession.

Wings collected from harvested birds provide important biological data. If you see a wing barrel, please deposit one wing from each bird you harvest. We also collect wings at check stations and through a mail-in wing survey. If you would like to participate in our wing envelope program, call 208-334-2920.

Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit Validation: Any person hunting sage-grouse or sharp-tailed grouse must have in possession a valid hunting license with a sage/sharp-tailed grouse permit validation at $4.75.

Identify Your Target! Is it a Sage-grouse or a Sharp-tailed Grouse? Sage-grouse and sharp-tailed grouse can occur in the same areas in south-central and eastern Idaho. Hunting season for these species do not overlap. The sharp-tailed grouse hunting season is October 1 to October 31.

Refer to the Upland Game, Furbearer and Turkey Season Rules for general upland gamebird rules, license and permit information. See Page 7-9 for important grouse identification information.

Management Area 3
  • Bannock and Power counties north of Interstate 86 and Bannock County west of Interstate 15
  • Bingham County west of Interstate
  • 15Blaine County, except within the Salmon River drainage
  • Bonneville County west of Interstate 15
  • Butte County, except north of State Highway 33 and southeast of State Highway 22
  • Camas, Gooding, Jerome, Lemhi, Lincoln, and Minidok
  • Cassia County north of Interstate 86
  • Clark County west of Interstate 15 and north of State Highway 22
  • Custer County, except within the Salmon River drainage upstream from and including Valley Creek
  • Elmore County east and south of U.S. Highway 20 and north of Interstate 84 from Exit 95 east to the county line
  • Jefferson County west of Interstate 15 and south of State Highway 33
Area Size: 6,790,784 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 21 21A 27 28 29 30 30A 35 35 35 36 36A 36B 37 37A 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 52A 52A 53 53 53 58 59 59A 63 68 68 68A 68A

Resident Tags and Permits

  • Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit
  • Falconry Permit* (Valid for 3 years from purchase year)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

  • Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit
  • 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.

Graph illustrating 76.39 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 5,187,513 acres   76.4%
Graph illustrating 69.64 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 4,729,410 acres   69.6%
Graph illustrating 42.88 percent Private 2,912,074 acres   42.9%
Graph illustrating 7.19 percent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 488,181 acres   7.2%
Graph illustrating 6.81 percent U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 462,701 acres   6.8%
Graph illustrating 5.92 percent State of Idaho 401,889 acres   5.9%
Graph illustrating 0.95 percent Other 64,628 acres   1%
Graph illustrating 0.74 percent Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 50,276 acres   0.7%
Graph illustrating 0.7 percent U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 47,803 acres   0.7%
Graph illustrating 0.04 percent U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 2,858 acres   0%
Graph illustrating 0.02 percent U.S. Military 1,080 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.