- Eliminate evidence-of-sex requirement for meat being transported from a commercial meat processor.
- Allow disabled archery hunters to use crossbows with nonmagnifying scopes having battery powered or tritium lighted reticles during archery-only hunting seasons.
- Allow visually impaired hunters to use nonmagnifying scopes during muzzleloader-only hunts. This change allows a small percentage of people whose eyesight cannot be corrected by glasses to participate in primitive weapons hunts.
- Allow holders of senior combination and disabled combination licenses to apply for, and participate in, over-the-counter leftover permits after the second drawing for youth-only deer and elk controlled hunts.
- Include bait containers in the current commission rules on black bear bait placement.
Fish and Game Commission Adopts New Rules
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The Idaho Fish and Game Commission, during a regular meeting Thursday, July 24, in Post Falls, adopted rules that will affect hunting equipment, handling of game meat and bear baiting.
The commissioners adopted five nonbiological hunting rules that: