CAP your Tag with a Dollar Donation

Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) reminds ethical sportsmen to stop a game thief by designating a dollar to CAP when applying for controlled hunts this spring. Designations from hunters applying for controlled hunts are critical to the poaching hotline. Those dollars provide funding for rewards and staffing, and they do not cost hunters anything. If you mark "yes" where the application asks "Designate $1 of fee to CAP?" you will simply be directing that dollar to be used by Citizens Against Poaching. Your application fee will remain the same. CAP is a 24-hour hotline where citizens can report poaching violations and remain anonymous if they choose. In addition, callers may also receive a reward. The CAP hotline received 487 calls from citizens reporting suspected Fish and Game violations in 2004. Those calls resulted in 61 cases and 123 citations. The people involved in those cases paid nearly $60,000 in civil penalties and fines. "More Idahoans are realizing that unethical hunters and anglers who steal fish and wildlife are stealing from all of us" said Jon Heggen, Fish and Game's chief of enforcement. Citizens who witness fish and game violations are encouraged to call the CAP hotline number 1-800-632-5999.