Commission Continues Discounts on Bear, Cougar & Wolf Tags

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved a plan to continue offering discounts on nonresident tags for large predators in some units. The discounts will apply to black bear, mountain lion and wolf tags. Black bear and mountain lion tags will be sold at the new discounted price of $41.75. This represents a 78 percent decrease in the regular price of $186.00. Gray wolf tags will continue to be sold at the discounted price of $31.75. The Commission has established a biological and public need to encourage participation in the hunting of mountain lion and black bear in certain units and in the hunting of wolves statewide as a rationale for the discount. The discounts will remain in effect through December 31, 2016. For a list of the units in which these discounts apply, go to http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/rules/?getPage=63 and click on your species of interest.