The Idaho Fish and Game Commission during a July meeting in Kellogg will consider additional methods in taking wolves and other changes to big game rules.
The commissioners will meet July 7 - 9 at the Silver Mountain Resort and a public comment period will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7.
The agenda includes a list of proposed rules that would:
- Allow the use of sabots in muzzleloader-only hunts.
- Prohibit the use of radio telemetry to locate game animals - the rule would not prohibit telemetry use on hunting dogs.
- Prohibit shooting upland game from boats.
- Establish a bonus point system.
- Change some upland game seasons.
- Change the landowner appreciation program.
Other proposed rule changes would:
- Change methods of take for wolves to include allowing foothold traps, electronic calls and wolves incidentally encountered at bear bait.
- Extend mandatory check-in for wolves to 72 hours to report a kill and 10 days to check skull and hide.
- Allow depredation hunts for big game to include bears and wolves.
The commission agenda also includes nonresident deer and elk tag quotas; nonresident deer and elk tag outfitter set-aside; season setting for sandhill cranes; a briefing for 2011-2012 fishing seasons; consider release of bighorn sheep and wolf tags for auction and lottery; commission direction on the expenditure of Animal Damage Control funds; legislative proposals; migratory game birds briefing; and fiscal 2012 budget direction.
