Don't Forget to Report on Deer, Elk, Pronghorn Tags
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Hunters are required to file a report on their deer, elk and pronghorn hunts within 10 days after harvesting an animal or within 10 days after the end of the hunt if they did not harvest.
Hunters are required to file a report for each tag they bought whether they went hunting or not.
To make it easier to file a report, Fish and Game has a 24-hour, toll-free phone line to speak to a live operator when filing reports. Call 1-877-268-9365 to file reports 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Or go to the Fish and Game Website to file a report at:
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/harvest_report/.
To file reports, hunters need to know their tag numbers or hunting license number, the number of days they hunted, the game management units they hunted in, the date they harvested, and the number of antler points on the animal they harvested, or the length of the horns for pronghorns in inches.
These harvest data are valuable to Idaho Fish and Game for managing big game populations.
Hunters who had not yet filed their reports were sent a reminder postcard in mid-November. The postcard is just a friendly reminder, and some hunts are still open, a few until the end of December. Reports should be filed when the hunt is over.
A random sample of hunters who have not yet filed their reports will be contacted to get their report after all their hunts have closed. These survey results will be used to estimate the total harvest. Hunters who do not wish to be called can file their own reports.
Harvest data for past years is available on the Fish and Game website at:
For questions or problems entering a hunter report please call the Fish and Game Wildlife Bureau at 208-334-2920.